Sunday, February 27, 2011

Mid Day International News

Mid Day International News

First batch of Indians flown out of Libya

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The first Air India flight sent to evacuate Indians from strife-torn Libya took off from Tripoli for New Delhi on Saturday. Air India has sent two planes to Tripoli, and both flights are expected to land in New Delhi with the first batch of 700 stranded Indian citizens arriving early Sunday morning, External Affairs Minister SM Krishna confirmed.

Three naval warships also set sail for Malta on Saturday. INS Jalashwa, INS Mysore left from Mumbai while INS Aditya set sail from Karwar. The Naval ships will transport more than 1,000 Indians back and provide security during evacuation operations.

The ships have been specially equipped for the task with full medical facilities such as operation theatres, doctors and paramedics. The ships are also carrying helicopters and a contingent of marine Special Forces personnel.


Ex-Miss Colorado USA is homeless

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Blair Griffith, who won the crown of Miss Teen USA back in 2006, has declared that she is homeless.

She has been struggling with financial hardships since winning her Colorado title, reports ABC News.

"I am currently homeless. I do not have a house to go home to," Griffith told a classroom of students during an interview with KUSA-TV.

Griffith and her mother are among a growing cadre of families, who have lost their homes to recession, across the United States.

The 23-year-old's job at a retail store is expected to end soon and her mother has been unable to work after suffering a heart attack three years ago.


US teen threatens to kill dad after 'sexting' argument

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An 18-year-old boy in the US has been charged with threatening to kill his father after their telephone tussle over 'sexting.'

The incident happened when Christian Rider's father refused to pick him up from a friend's house because he found nude photographs Rider had sent to his girlfriend via his phone, according to MyFoxTwinCities.

Neighbours said Rider had spent part of the previous summer learning how to shoot a bow and arrow with his father, but his dad probably never expected that his son would threaten to use the weapon against him, reports Fox News.

Rider sent a text message to his father saying, "I'm going to kill you if you come anywhere near me. One of us will be going to the hospital when u get home."

According to investigators, Rider then knocked an arrow on a compound bow and waited for his father to come home. However, the father avoided a confrontation when he arrived and instead called the police.

Rider was released on 50,000 pounds bail and is still living with his family.

Elephant has sex with car he mistook for a mate

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An elephant left the passengers of a car with a jumbo-sized problem when he mistook the vehicle for a mate and started having sex.

The randy elephant got on with the tusk and went bumper to bumper with the saloon car before tyring of the chase and rolling the vehicle on to its back into the bushes.

Irishman John Somer and terrified friend Carina Lowers were driving the Volkswagen Passat through the Pilanesberg Game Reserve in South Africa when they came across the five-ton bull, called Amarula.

"I never thought I would be killed by an elephant. When I turned the corner there was another vehicle in the road in front of us. The driver started reversing and stopped next to us. I''m Irish and he was speaking Afrikaans, but I could make out the word ''elephant''," the Sun quoted Somer who lives in nearby Rustenburg, as saying.

John was unable to back up out of a ditch so turned the engine off hoping to avoid Amarula''s attention. But the elephant came straight for them and began rubbing up against the car.

"It really did seem to regard the car as a female elephant and was making advances on ''her''. When the bull started flipping the car over my life literally started flashing before my eyes.

"The car landed on its roof and we were lying inside it. Carina was very scared and wanted to crawl out but first I wanted to see where the elephant was. When we saw it was walking away we crawled out through the window," he said.

Fellow nature lover Riaan van Wyk managed to catch the incredible scenes on camera.

He said: "Amarula is one of the largest bull elephants in the reserve. To make a bad situation worse, he was in musth - a dangerous time where bull elephants become randy, aggressive and pumped full of hormones.

"As Amarula made his way closer to the VW Passat I sat quietly in a nearby car. Realising what was about to unfold I nervously grabbed my camera," said Wyk.

"Amarula then proceeded to focus his attention on me and only after a 15 minute chase did he finally lose interest and wander off into the bushes," he added.
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