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- The lightest ever T-shirt bra 'as comfy as second skin'
- Buddhist nun gangraped in Nepal bus
- British woman convicted for 229th time
- Chinese mother jailed for drowning twins
- Brain dead for four months, woman gives birth to boy in S. Arabia
- Man kills his ex-wife over property dispute, entombs her in wall
- Militants storm hotel in Kabul, 13 dead
- Sharapova thrashes Cibulkova to enter Wimbledon semis
- Kitne panda the? China wants to know
- Bond girl banned from Burma for meeting Suu Kyi
- Will Harry be King of Canada?
- Bristol Palin: Mom 'knows' if she'll run for president
- Gaddafi could face rape charges
- Hit these topless 'sexpresso' bars for a steamy coffee!
The lightest ever T-shirt bra 'as comfy as second skin' Posted: British retailer Debenhams has launched the lightest ever T-shirt bra Weighing less than two ounces, the 18 pounds T-shirt bra has a moulded cup that is glued together rather than stitched. Almost half as light as most bras, it weighs a fifth of the typical gel push-up varieties. Trials found the lingerie gives the sensation of being naked under clothing, feeling like a "second skin". "The search for a bra that fits, flatters and is comfortable is as hard as finding the right man. We're confident once women try this, they will never wear another T-shirt bra again," the Daily Express quoted Sharon Webb, Debenhams' head of lingerie buying and design, as saying. |
Buddhist nun gangraped in Nepal bus Posted: A 21-year-old Buddhist nun was gangraped by five men inside a bus in eastern Nepal, media reports said Monday The victim, a resident of Bhojpur district in eastern Nepal, was travelling by bus when she was attacked by the group, which also included the driver of the bus. According to reports, when the bus reached Sabhakhola town in Sankhuwasabha district Saturday night, the five men dragged the woman inside the bus. The attackers included two teens, aged 17 and 18. The nun was rescued by an ethnic organisation, the Sanghiya Limbuwan Rajya Parishad, whose members also caught the five men and handed them over to police. The woman was taken to the local health centre. However, its services proved inadequate and she was taken to the B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences in Dharan. There was no immediate reaction from Nepal's Buddhist organisations. Nepal is the birthplace of the Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, and many communities still follow the custom of sending one member of the family to a monastery or nunnery to become a monk or a nun. |
British woman convicted for 229th time Posted: A woman thief in Britain has been called the "worst female criminal ever seen" by a shocked judge who jailed her for her 229th offence Penelope Russell, 42, was told by the judge at the Stoke-on-Trent crown court that he had never encountered a woman with so many convictions, the Daily Express reported. In the latest theft, Russell robbed 74-year-old Dorothy Hall who was out shopping with her daughter in Tesco in Staffordshire. She stole the woman's handbag from her trolley. She had also robbed another woman of her handbag a few days earlier. The court heard that Russell's 227 previous offences included 129 for theft and 52 for fraud. Judge Paul Glenn said: "You have a truly appalling record. I have never seen a female offender with so many convictions." "You are a professional criminal and the public deserve a rest from you, particularly the female shoppers you so regularly target," he said." Russell was jailed for two years. |
Chinese mother jailed for drowning twins Posted: A woman in China was Tuesday sentenced to five years of imprisonment for drowning her twin sons in a bathtub after drugging them, Xinhua reported The court showed leniency after hearing her plight, as according to the Chinese law a murder conviction can mean life imprisonment or a death sentence. Han Qunfeng had quit her job to attend to her children full-time just days before the murder. She said she couldn't handle the pressure of raising the boys who were suffering from cerebral palsy. She said she regretted her act. "My heart sank when I faced with such a sorrowful mother," said Xue Fengyan, chief judge in the trial. Han was convicted of murder by the No. 1 People's Court in Dongguan city of Guangdong province. She was found to have given her sons sleeping pills before drowning them in the bathtub when they were alone in their home last year. She had given birth to the twins in 1998. After the crime, she tried to kill herself by drinking pesticide. |
Brain dead for four months, woman gives birth to boy in S. Arabia Posted: In a rare case, a 38-year-old mother who has been brain dead for four months has given birth to a baby boy in Saudi Arabia's eastern Al Khobar province A Gulf News report said that the baby boy was delivered 28 weeks and two days after conception and is in good condition at the Sa''ad Specialist Hospital. "The mother was transferred to the hospital more than four months ago in a terrible state," Dr Samer Qarah, chief medical officer at Sa''ad Specialist Hospital, said. "She was 11 months pregnant and was artificially fed and was given all necessary antibiotics," the Sabq news portal quoted him, as saying further. With the mother brain dead, the medical team worked on preserving the baby''s life in compliance with religious and medical ethics. After 28 weeks, doctors decided to perform a caesarean due to the baby''s condition worsening. |
Man kills his ex-wife over property dispute, entombs her in wall Posted: An Australian man strangled his ex-wife, cut her into seven pieces with a saw, and then entombed her in a cavity he created in his hallway cupboard, because he was disgruntled over their property settlement, a Brisbane court has been told Former noodle restaurant owner Jiagen Pan killed his wife, Linjin Cui, during an argument about money, at their former matrimonial home at Springfield Lakes, west of Brisbane, two years ago, The Herald Sun reports. Detectives investigating the finding of blood at the Springfield Lakes went to Pan''s townhouse at Woodridge, and found him in the process entombing Cui''s remains. Pan, 45, pleaded not guilty to murdering Cui, 32, but guilty to her manslaughter on August 12, 2009. He had earlier pleaded guilty to a charge of misconduct with a corpse. Prosecutor Caroline Marco explained that Pan went to Cui''s home, where he struck her about the head and face and strangled her. Marco said Pan then used circular saws and handsaws to dismember the body before buying cement to use in entombing Cui''s remains, which had been cut into seven pieces and placed in two garage bags. Marco told the court that Pan and Cui had divorced five months before her death, at the end of a seven-year marriage. Pan had expressed bitterness at not getting what he considered was fair share in the divorce settlement and had accused Cui of being greedy. |
Militants storm hotel in Kabul, 13 dead Posted: Thirteen people, including six attackers, were killed and eight others injured when Taliban militants stormed a luxury hotel frequented by foreign nationals in the Afghan capital, Xinhua reported Wednesday Militants targeted the Intercontinental Hotel around 10.00 p.m. Tuesday with small arms and rocket-propelled grenades. The ensuing exchange of fire between the militants and police lasted till early Wednesday morning. Interior Minister Bismillah Mohammadi told reporters that the fighting has ended. Seven civilians were among the dead. The fortified hotel is popular with foreign and Afghan officials. At least 60 guests were staying at the hotel at the time of the attack. It was not immediately clear if there were any foreigners among the casualties. A witness had earlier said that at least two rockets fired by the militants hit the hotel compound. Purported Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told the media by telephone that the militant group was responsible for the attack. Last week, US President Barack Obama announced a plan to withdraw some 10,000 American troops from Afghanistan this year and an additional 23,000 by the end of September 2012.
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Sharapova thrashes Cibulkova to enter Wimbledon semis Posted: Sharapova thrashes Cibulkova 6-1, 6-1 to enter semi-finals; Will face Sabine Lisicki next Maria Sharapova stormed into the Wimbledon semi-finals for the first time since 2006 here yesterday, blasting aside Dominika Cibulkova with an emphatic 6-1, 6-1 quarter-final victory. Russia's Maria Sharapova during yesterday's Wimbledon quarter-final against Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova in London. Sharapova won 6-1, 6-1. PIC/Getty Images Cibulkova, who had stunned World No 1 and top seed Caroline Wozniacki in the last 16, never looked like repeating that upset against Sharapova, who is the heavy favourite to repeat her 2004 triumph. The 6ft 2in Russian fifth seed now faces German wildcard Sabine Lisicki in the last four for a place in the final. Lisicki defeated French ninth seed Marion Bartoli 6-4, 6-7 (4/7), 6-1. Czech eighth seed Petra Kvitova secured a place in the semi-finals for the second successive year with a 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 6-2 win over Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova in a hard fought battle. |
Kitne panda the? China wants to know Posted: China has counted its 1.34 billion people; now it's the pandas' turn. |
Bond girl banned from Burma for meeting Suu Kyi Posted: The military-backed government of Burma has deported Hollywood actress Michelle Yeoh, who stars as pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in an upcoming movie. |
Posted: Canadian monarchists want the third in line to British throne to move to Ottawa, in a bid to silence those who want an elected head of state |
Bristol Palin: Mom 'knows' if she'll run for president Posted: Sarah Palin's oldest daughter says her mom has decided whether she'll run for president in 2012, but for now, the decision will remain within the family. |
Gaddafi could face rape charges Posted: The International Criminal Court is still trying to link Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi, his son and his brother-in-law to rapes, but it does not yet have enough evidence to do so, prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said yesterday. |
Hit these topless 'sexpresso' bars for a steamy coffee! Posted: A recent boom in topless coffee bars in one of Washington's Counties has evoked concern from the local government, which is mulling banning under 18 people from using the stands The so-called 'sexpresso' bars, where 'baristas' or waitresses wear nothing but panties and pasties have proved so popular in Port Orchard that five outlets have opened up in the last year. The residents are considering much tighter restrictions on who can enter the topless bars that are fast becoming more popular than regular coffee shops, reports the Daily Mail. Speaking to KATU.com, a barista said: "Sex sells, and we're the busiest coffee stand in Kitsap County." She also added that the customers love her store. Cashing in on the popularity, five bars with names such as Fantasy Espresso, Steamy Grounds and Espresso Gone Crazy have mushroomed in the last 12 months. Speaking to the website, Larry Keeton of the County Department of Community Development said that the local government officials were due to hold a public hearing to decide if the bars should be given '18 only' status. However, owners of the Sexpresso bars said the regulations would harm not just their own businesses, but also the chain of suppliers who they buy from. "There's a smaller minority of people trying to speak for a large majority. There are a lot of vendors we all use, too. This just doesn't touch those in the stand, but out of the stand as well," Espresso Gone Crazy owner J.J. Wilson said.
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