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Plane skids off runway in Bulgaria

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:37:00 +0400

Two passengers were injured when their plane skidded off the runway while landing at Bulgaria's Black Sea airport of Varna on Friday morning, aviation and hospital officials said.

"One of our planes rolled slightly off the runway at landing. A Bulgarian woman was hospitalised with an injury, reportedly a broken leg, the rest of the people are alright," a representative for private charter airline Air Via, who operated the aircraft, told AFP by telephone from Varna.

Hospital officials later said that a second passenger, an 81-year-old German woman, was also hospitalised with a broken ankle.

Officials said they believed the Airbus 320, which was arriving from the German city of Leipzig with 172 passengers on board, had skidded due to bad weather conditions, but were still investigating.

Varna airport was closed following the incident and was to remain shut due to the bad weather, airport officials said.

Monk sets himself on fire in Sri Lanka

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:58:00 +0400

Colombo: A Buddhist monk sets himself on fire outside the temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic in Kandy, protesting against the slaughter of cattle, police said.

The monk was admitted to the Kandy Hospital with 90 per cent critical burn injuries.

Eye witnesses said the monk poured petrol over his body and then lit himself. He was rushed by police.

The monk had been calling for a stop to cattle slaughter in Kandy, the city home to one of the holiest shrines for Buddhists, the

Temple of Tooth, which contains relic of the tooth of Buddha.

Police have identified him, through a NIC found in his possession, as a resident Buddhist monk at the Porabe Viharaya in Kahawatta.

Wesak is a public holiday throughout the country. Meat stalls remain closed for two days during this time which signifies the birth, enlightenment and the death of Lord Buddha.

Shilpa Shetty gifts Lamborghini to her son

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:37:00 +0400

Actress and owner of IPL team Rajasthan Royals Shilpa Shetty has gifted her son Viaan Raj Kundra, a Lamborghini on his first birthday.

Viaan turned one on May 21.

Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra’s son has just turned a year old, but his high profile and rich parents are already on their way to ‘spoil’ their boy with big fat presents.

But wait a minute -- it is just a toy version of the luxury sports car. In the picture tweeted by Shilpa Shetty, one could see Viaan’s maternal and paternal grandfathers assembling the contents of the Lamborgini. Shilpa wrote, "Both the Granpa's working assembling on VIAANS Lamborghini..too cute,ha ha ha." Well, it won't be too long before young Viaan gets a real one.

Over 6,000 jumped red signal in Shj this year

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:06:00 +0400

An increasing number of motorists have been jumping the red signals in Sharjah. According to the latest statistics, 5,291 violations relating to jumping red lights were reported during the first half of 2012, compared to 4,577 during the same period of 2011.

This is an increase of about 15 per cent, said a report by the traffic and patrols directorate Sharjah Police.

However, in 2013, there have been 6,553 cases of motorists jumping the red signal, which is an increase of 5 per cent compared to last year.

Sharjah Police installed about 24 new radars, besides surveillance cameras at crucial intersections signals, the traffic directorate said and added that this measure aided in spotting violators.

These devices alert the operations room directly.

Police said accidents that result from jumping red signals are often dangerous because they would be speeding causing violent crashes.

In an effort to create public awareness, police telecast the video clips from radar cameras on a TV programme called ‘The

Policeman’ on Saturdays at 7pm on Sharjah Channel, in collaboration with Sharjah Media Corporation.

Mom falls over infant killing her

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:07:00 +0400

Colombo: A quarrel between a husband and a wife has led to the tragic death of their five-month-old daughter.

The man allegedly had pushed his wife resulting in her falling over the infant, reports Ceylon Today.

According to Lindula Police, the husband had pushed the wife in a fit of rage, causing her to fall on a nearby bed, crushing the infant to death instantaneously.

The incident had occurred on May 22 at the Lindula Fairfield Bairwell Estate.

The police, after the preliminary inquiries, learnt that the couple used to fight frequently.

The wife too had sustained injuries and had received treatment at the Lindula Hospital.

The suspect, who is in police custody will be produced before the Nuwara Eliya Magistrate.

The infant's remains were taken to the Lindula Hospital for post mortem.

IP Selvakumar, OIC of Lindula Police, along with a team of officers, is investigating the case.

Space trip worth € 1.2m with Leonardo DiCaprio

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:40:00 +0400

A trip to space with Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio raised € 1.2 million ($1.5 million) for charity at a glitzy fundraiser at the Cannes film festival on Thursday.

At the 20th annual event organized by amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research, DiCaprio emerged as the mystery guest to accompany the winner on a Virgin Galactic flight into space. DiCaprio stars in the film "The Great Gatsby," which opened the 66th Cannes film festival.

Actress Sharon Stone said the winning bidder would spend three days in training with DiCaprio in New Mexico before blast-off.

"You don't get to go to outer space every day with a handsome movie star," said Stone, dressed in a tight-fitting white dress with a gold snake trim down the back.

The bidding started at € 1 million.

The auction brochure for the star-studded gala held at the five-star Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, France, near Cannes, said DiCaprio and the winning bidder would be among the first 1,000 people to leave the planet.

The winner, Vasily Klyukin, 37, a Russian living in Monaco, said he had always wanted to go into space.

"I want to be a bit daring," Klyukin, who works in real estate, told Reuters. "I will have to give up smoking now for sure!"

After the successful bid from Klyukin - who also bought a gold and diamond necklace for 400,000 euros ($517,000) - Stone announced two other tickets were available on the flight. They raised another 1.8 million euros ($2.3 million).

The auction raised 25 million euros ($32.3 million), more than double last year's sum of 11 million euros($14.2 million).

The amfAR gala is the biggest fundraising event at the world's largest film festival. The benefit was first hosted by Elizabeth Taylor.

The list of stars attending Thursday's event included DiCaprio, Cannes jury members Nicole Kidman and Christopher Waltz, singers Kylie Minogue and Janet Jackson, and actors Adrien Brody, Jessica Chastain and Goldie Hawn.

The evening featured performances by gold-clad Shirley Bassey singing "Goldfinger" and British pop band Duran Duran.

Introducing the event, supermodel Heidi Klum said it raised more than 10 million euros ($12.9 million) a year for AIDS research.

Other auction items included tickets to Hollywood events, a Damien Hirst painting, an Annie Leibovitz family portrait, the chance to star in four movies and a private performance from Simon Le Bon and John Taylor of Duran Duran.

Woman gives birth while dead, comes back to life

Fri, 24 May 2013 07:31:00 +0400

A pregnant teacher has given birth while dead before being brought back to life in the US.

Erica Nigrelli's heart stopped after she collapsed in the hallway of Elkins High School in Missouri City, Texas. She was 36 weeks pregnant.

The International Business Times reports Ms Nigrelli's colleagues performed CPR and used a defibrillator to jump-start her heart but her heart still wasn't beating when paramedics arrived.

Ms Nigrelli was taken to a nearby hospital where an emergency postmortem caesarean section was carried out and baby Elayna was born.

Doctors diagnosed Ms Nigelli with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a condition in which the heart muscle becomes thick.

Both mother and baby were taken to intensive care for several weeks and are now understood to be stable and well.

Ms Nigrelli said her baby was "a normal baby" despite being born while her mother's heart was not beating.

"Apparently I told her I feel very faint and I put my head down and I essentially just passed out," she told Keye TV.

Her husband Nathan was two doors down when his wife collapsed. Clinical assistant Maxine Reeves told Click 2 Houston he was “freaking out” and saying “save my wife, save my wife.”

Her co-workers have been credited with saving both of their lives.

Ms Nigrelli’s coworkers are understood to have made Mr Nigrelli leave the room while they used a defibrillator.

He remains emotional about the fear of losing his wife and baby.

“Your daughter, your wife - your whole entire reason for being is on the ground,” he said.

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Sun, 19 May 2013 08:32:00 +0400

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