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Odd NewsUpdated at 11:01 pm, October 1, 2008.Mexican Manuel Uribe, seen in 2006, is checked by Dr. Jaime ...  (AFP/File) - Mexican Manuel Uribe, seen in 2006, is checked by Dr. Jaime Gonzalez in San Nicolas de la Garza, Nuevo Leon state. Uribe, the world's fattest man in the 2007 Guinness Book of Records, said Wednesday that he would wed this month, after losing nearly half his original weight.(AFP/File/Alejandro Acosta)This handout picture from Spink auction house (SAH)in London ...  (AFP/SAH-HO) - This handout picture from Spink auction house (SAH)in London shows the so-called Number Eight one-million-pound note, which was issued in connection with the Marshall Aid Plan after the Second World War, and was intended for internal use as "records of movement" for a period of six weeks only. The note sold 78,300 pounds(US dollars 141,000 or euro 98,500) to a private UK based collector.(AFP/SAH-HO)Two Turkish immigrants who were reduced to begging on the streets ...  (AFP/File) - Two Turkish immigrants who were reduced to begging on the streets after being released from prison are pleading with authorities to send them back to jail, judicial sources said Wednesday.(AFP/File)A handout image from e-book publishers YUDU shows a dish by ...  (YUDU) - A handout image from e-book publishers YUDU shows a dish by Serbian chef Ljubomir Erovic. Squeamish gentlemen look away now: Erovic is bringing out October 2, 2008 a no-holds-barred guide to cuisine with a twist: "The Testicle Cookbook: Cooking With Balls."(YUDU/AFP/HO)Houses are seen along a canal in Venice, March 18, 2008. (John ...  (Reuters) - Houses are seen along a canal in Venice, March 18, 2008. (John Goh/Reuters)A box of Viagra, typically used to treat erectile dysfunction, ...  (Reuters) - A box of Viagra, typically used to treat erectile dysfunction, is seen in a pharmacy in Toronto January 31, 2008. (Mark Blinch/Reuters)A smoker lights up a cigarette in a public place near the Stade ...  (Reuters) - A smoker lights up a cigarette in a public place near the Stade de Geneve in Geneva August 22, 2007. (Denis Balibouse/Reuters) |
Lifestyle NewsUpdated at 11:30 pm, October 1, 2008.People are pictured playing video games in Seoul, during a cyber ...  (AFP/File) - People are pictured playing video games in Seoul, during a cyber game festival. Seoul-based "free-to-play" computer game titan Nexon on Wednesday blasted into the US videogame arena with a "Combat Arms" online first-person shooter title that makes its cash from optional "micro-transactions" by players.(AFP/File/Choi Jae-Ku)Portsmouth are seen as the club most likely to sink under the ...  (AFP) - Portsmouth are seen as the club most likely to sink under the weight of their rising debt. It stands at 53 million pounds but outstanding installments on the transfer deals that enabled Harry Redknapp (seen hee in August) to build an FA Cup winning squad mean it could be nearer 80 million by the end of the season.(AFP/Glyn Kirk)Portsmouth's owner Alexandre Gaydamak looks on during a ...  (AFP/File) - Portsmouth's owner Alexandre Gaydamak looks on during a Premiership match in Portsmouth, England, in February. Gaydamak denies he wants to cut his losses and sell up while admitting he would "listen to offers" -- hardly the stance of a man convinced he has a sustainable business model on his hands.(AFP/File/Glyn Kirk)Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley (centre) is seen here before ...  (AFP) - Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley (centre) is seen here before a Premiership match in Newcastle, north east England, in May. Ashley is so keen to get out he has cut the asking price for the club from 450 million pounds to 300 million.(AFP/Paul Ellis)Hull City fans react during a Premiership match at The Emirates ...  (AFP) - Hull City fans react during a Premiership match at The Emirates Stadium in London, on September 27. Fears are mounting that an English Premier League (EPL) football club could be the next high-profile victim of the financial crisis that has brought banks to their knees across the world.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)A worker cleans the 908 HY diesel hybrid Le Mans race car by ...  (AFP) - A worker cleans the 908 HY diesel hybrid Le Mans race car by French carmaker Peugeot, on October 1, three days ahead of the opening of the Paris motor show, which takes place from October 4 to 19. Some 90 new models are to be unveiled at the show, such as the new French Renault Megane and a German Volkswagen Golf.(AFP/Eric Piermont)A worker prepares a car at the Italian carmaker Maserati stand, ...  (AFP) - A worker prepares a car at the Italian carmaker Maserati stand, on October 1, three days ahead of the public opening of the Paris motor show, which takes place from October 4 to 19. Some 90 new models are to be unveiled at the show, such as the new French Renault Megane and a German Volkswagen Golf.(AFP/Eric Piermont)An Indian man smokes outside the Bombay Stock Exchange in Mumbai ...  (AFP/File) - An Indian man smokes outside the Bombay Stock Exchange in Mumbai in mid September. India is imposing a new ban on smoking in public spaces four years after an earlier prohibition, which was largely ignored, saw people continue to puff away in restaurants, clubs and bars.(AFP/File/Indranil Mukherjee) |
Health NewsUpdated at 11:30 pm, October 1, 2008.A Bangladeshi fruit stall owner in Dhaka. Tests this week have ...  (AFP/File) - A Bangladeshi fruit stall owner in Dhaka. Tests this week have confirmed that a brand of milk powder imported into the country from China was contaminated with the toxic chemical melamine but some health experts say the findings are hardly shocking in a country where up to 40 percent of all food is laced with potentially deadly industrial chemicals.(AFP/File/Farjana K. Godhuly)A Bangladeshi stall vendor sells dried chillis in Dhaka. Tests ...  (AFP/File) - A Bangladeshi stall vendor sells dried chillis in Dhaka. Tests this week have confirmed that a brand of milk powder imported into Bangladesh from China was contaminated with the toxic chemical melamine but some health experts in the country say the findings are hardly shocking in a country where they say up to 40 percent of all food is laced with potentially deadly industrial chemicals.(AFP/File/Lalage Snow)A Bangladeshi child eats rice in a Dhaka slum community. Tests ...  (AFP/File) - A Bangladeshi child eats rice in a Dhaka slum community. Tests this week have confirmed that a brand of milk powder imported into the country from China was contaminated with the toxic chemical melamine but some health experts say the findings are hardly shocking in a country where they say up to 40 percent of all food is laced with potentially deadly industrial chemicals.(AFP/File/Farjana K. Godhuly)Assorted medicines. Vitamin C supplements may significantly ...  (AFP/File) - Assorted medicines. Vitamin C supplements may significantly reduce the effectiveness of several anti-cancer drugs, according to a new study published Wednesday.(AFP/File/Jean-Pierre Muller)A woman smokes a cigarette. The health minister for Switzerland's ...  (AFP/File) - A woman smokes a cigarette. The health minister for Switzerland's Geneva canton said Wednesday that it could take until 2011 to reinstate a smoking ban overturned by a federal tribunal.(AFP/File/Timm Schamberger)AIDS ribbons. The AIDS virus, previously thought to have been ...  (AFP/File) - AIDS ribbons. The AIDS virus, previously thought to have been transmitted from chimps to humans in the 1930s, may have leapt the species barrier more than a century ago in west-central Africa, scientists said on Wednesday.(AFP/File)The chemical melamine has been blamed for the China milk crisis ...  (AFP/Graphic) - The chemical melamine has been blamed for the China milk crisis that has sickened nearly 53,000 children. Chinese authorities said Wednesday tests had found traces in nearly 12 percent of milk powder products of an industrial chemical that has so far sickened 53,000 children, killing four.(AFP/Graphic)Parents hold their babies as they wait for treatment at a children's ...  (AFP/File) - Parents hold their babies as they wait for treatment at a children's hospital in Beijing. Chinese authorities said Wednesday tests had found traces in nearly 12 percent of milk powder products of an industrial chemical that has so far sickened 53,000 children, killing four.(AFP/File/Peter Parks) |
