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- Alec Baldwin kicked off flight
- Drunk teen eaten alive by piranhas
- Zardari is out of danger: Official
- Zuckerberg exposed in privacy flap
| Alec Baldwin kicked off flight Posted: The famous Hollywood star flew into a rage on Twitter after an American Airlines flight attendant booted him off a plane for playing an online game during preparations for take-off Actor Alec Baldwin was involved in a dispute with an American Airlines flight attendant on Tuesday and asked to disembark an airplane because he was playing a smart-phone word game before departure.  Alec Baldwin was annoyed that he was forced to leave the plane and took to Twitter to rant against the airline The American Airlines plane was forced to turn back to the departure gate so the 53-year-old actor could be removed from the aircraft, delaying the early morning flight from LAX airport to New York. The 30 Rock star, who could be fined over the incident, had been playing a computer game on his iPad, Words With Friends, a puzzle game which the actor reportedly "would risk being thrown off a flight to play". Baldwin, who pledged never to not use the airline again, vented his frustration over the incident on his Twitter account @AlecBaldwin. "Flight attendant on American reamed me out 4 playing WORDS W FRIENDS while we sat at the gate, not moving. #nowonderamericaairisbankrupt," he wrote. Others travelling on the flight were unamused by the delay. Michael J Wolf wrote: "On an AA flight at LAX. Alec Baldwin removed from the plane. We had to go back to the gate. Terrible that everyone had to wait." The US actor later wrote that he had booked another flight on the same day with the same airline. "Now on the 3 o'clock American flight. The flight attendants already look..... smarter," he said. A spokesman for American Airlines refused to comment due to "privacy concerns", however, reports suggested that air stewards had thrown the actor off for "abusive conduct". A spokesman for the agency said Baldwin could be fined for refusing to obey a crew member's instructions. Celebrity in-flight antics Gerard Depardieu was thrown off flight after the French actor stood up and urinated on the floor after exclaiming "I need to piss, I need to piss". Cathay Pacific took the highly unusual step of banning Oasis for life after the became "drunk and rowdy" on a flight. Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong says wearing his pants too low kept him off his Southwest Airlines flight.
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| Drunk teen eaten alive by piranhas Posted: A teenage swimmer has been eaten alive by piranhas after he leaped into a Bolivian river infested with the fish. The unnamed 18-year-old boy was drunk when he jumped out of a canoe in the town of Rosario del Yata, 400 miles north of the capital of La Paz.  Guayaramerin police officer Daniel Cayaya said the teen bled to death after the attack, which happened last Thursday. The incident emerged yesterday when it was reported by Erbol, a local radio station. Cayaya said the police suspect suicide because the teenager was a fisherman in the region who knew the Yata river well. With razor sharp teeth, piranhas hunt in packs, stripping a body of its flesh in minutes. Despite their fearsome reputation, fatal attacks by piranhas on humans are rare. However, in September it was reported a popular river beach in Brazil was left deserted after flesh-eating piranhas attacked up to 15 swimmers. One swimmer lost the tip of his toe and officials warned people to get out of the water as quickly as possible if bitten, so their blood did not attract more of the fish. It was the first time piranhas have been seen at Daveron beach on the Paraguay river. Frightening fish Reaching up to 14 inch long, the piranha is mainly found in the Amazon River basin in South America and is infamous for its razor-sharp teeth and for hunting prey in packs. In shoals, the piranha ambushes its prey, stripping the flesh of large animals such as anaconda snakes or even jaguar within minutes. A piranha-infested tank is also used by James Bond villian Blofeld to kill people in the 1967 film You Only Live Twice.
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| Zardari is out of danger: Official Posted: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari is "out of danger" and is his condition is stable, government and his political party affiliates said yesterday. Mian Munir Hans, President, Pakistan People's Party President, said that Zardari is still in the hospital but he is now "out of danger". "All the tests have been completed but doctors have advised him to remain in the hospital tonight. He is expected to be released tomorrow and would stay for a few days in Dubai with his children." Zardari travelled to Dubai on Tuesday from Pakistan for medical tests on his heart after falling ill, fuelling rumours that he might be stepping down. Hans denied reports about president resigning saying that "since the president was undergoing heart treatment in Dubai for a long time. I was with the president since he landed here but it's not true that President is resigning."
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| Zuckerberg exposed in privacy flap Posted: A flaw in the social networking site has granted prying users access to private photographs of the website's chief executive Mark Zuckerberg A series of photos from Mark Zuckerberg's private Facebook page were made public today after a web expert managed to gain access thanks to a glitch in the social networking site.  The bug in the website's photo reporting tool which Facebook says was only temporary and has now been fixed meant that users could access others' pictures even if they were private. Users were able to look at the private photos by 'reporting' a profile picture as 'inappropriate', which then saw other photos displayed, such as those of Facebook CEO Zuckerberg. A Facebook spokesman said the glitch happened because of 'one of our most recent code pushes' but it was only live for a short time and 'not all content was accessible'. "The reporting system was disabled and will be brought back to normal once the bug has been fixed by the website's developers," the spokesman added, restating the site's commitment to data privacy. The glitch and resulting private photos of Zuckerberg went viral. The embarrassing incident comes a week after the Federal Trade Commission slammed changes made to Facebook's privacy settings two years ago. Rs 36 cr The cost of Mark Zuckerberg's five-bedroom, five bathroom house in California, which he purchased in May this year
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