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Friday, October 10, 2008
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Cats can turn when they're hungry
A dead woman was found eaten by her pack of 20 cats.
Much of 58-year-old Livia Melinte was nibbled by her pets after she died weeks ago.
'She loved her cats so much she spent half her time feeding them.
I suppose they had a big appetite,' said a neighbour in Tomnatic, Romania
Friday, October 10, 2008
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Mussels are more clever than we think
Mussels have brains as well as brawn, it seems.
They survive by being not just tough but also by changing their genetic make-up at different times of the day.
They express their genes in cyclic waves - spending part of the day respiring, and doing metabolic processes, and the rest switching to cell division, said biologist Andrew Gracey, from the University of Southern California
South Sudan's president shut down a police investigation that saw scores of young women arrested for "disturbing the peace" by wearing tight trousers.
The women were arrested over the past week by police who said they suspected them of belonging to youth gangs known for drinking, fighting and public nudity.
More than 35 young women were arrested
They were wearing trousers that were too tight, disturbing the peace," said Deputy Police Commissioner of Juba County Raiman Lege.
South Sudan is generally seen as much more liberal than the largely Muslim north, with which it fought a two-decade war that was ended by a 2005 peace deal.
Many Juba citizens reacted angrily to the arrests.
"We saw about 30 girls in two trucks piled up like animals. One girl was just picked up and thrown into the truck," civil servant Nok Duany said.
Southern Sudan Gender Minister Mary Kiden was also angry and said that eight young women had escaped arrest by hiding in her office
A computer hard drive with the private details of 100,000 Armed Forces personnel is missing, The Ministry of Defence has said.
The portable drive contains the names, addresses, passport numbers, dates of birth and driving licence details of around 100,000 serving personnel across the Army, Royal Navy and RAF, plus their next-of-kin details, an MoD spokeswoman said.
It also has data on 600,000 potential services applicants and the names of their referees. Officials are "not ruling out" the risk that bank account details of personnel were held on the drive, which belonged to its IT contractor EDS
The department said it learned of the loss on Wednesday and MoD Police were investigating.
The missing drive is the latest information security breach to hit the MoD. In July it admitted 658 of its laptops had been stolen over the past four years and 26 portable memory sticks containing classified information had been either stolen or misplaced since January.
The Liberal Democrats described the loss as a "disturbing breach of security" and called for an urgent inquiry into how it had occurred.
Liberal Democrat shadow defence secretary, Nick Harvey said: "This is extremely serious news and the immediate priority must be to ensure the security of all military personnel.
"However, once that has been established, there must be an urgent investigation into how such a disturbing breach of security could be allowed to happen."
The MoD spokeswoman was unable to confirm reports that the missing data was not encrypted.
She said: "On Wednesday, October 8 we were informed by our contractor EDS that they were unable to account for a portable hard drive used in connection with the administration of Armed Forces personnel data.
"This came to light during a priority audit EDS are conducting to comply with the Cabinet Office data handling review.
"The MoD Police are investigating this matter with EDS
Friday, October 10, 2008
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Chancellor Alistair Darling urged world's economies to follow Britain's lead
Chancellor Alistair Darling has warned that it was "essential" that the world's leading economies took action to stabilise financial markets.
Mr Darling, in Washington for meetings of the G7 finance ministers and the IMF, said that it was not enough to "just talk about these things".
After another day of heavy losses on world markets, with the FTSE closing below the 4,000 mark for the first time in five years, he urged the other wealthy nations to follow Britain's lead with its bank recapitalisation plan.
"This is a genuinely global problem and we, all of us, all over the world, need to step up to the mark and do something about it," he told the BBC.
"I believe that governments, can make a difference, they will make a difference provided that we agree to act together.
"We are going through a very, very turbulent time, a very difficult time, and it's essential, especially at this time when you have got a problem like this, that governments across the world, particularly the largest economies meeting here this weekend are prepared to do whatever it takes. There is a range of things that need to be done. The critical thing is that we don't just talk about these things, we actually get on with."
Mr Darling's comments echoed an earlier call by Prime Minister Gordon Brown for concerted international action at this weekend's meetings along the lines of Britain's bank bail-out plan.
"We are restructuring the banking system and we are doing everything we can. What we need now is for other countries to do similar things," he said. "This is a global problem and I'm trying to get other countries to do what we have done."
Shadow chancellor George Osborne said that it was now essential that the Treasury got on with the implementation of the bank bail-out plan announced by Mr Brown and Mr Darling on Wednesday.
"It is not enough to announce the overall plan - the Treasury must move quickly to conclude the negotiations with individual banks," he said. "We need to get the money in and secure the tough conditions on curbing bonuses and encouraging new lending. Time is of the essence. Let's get the deal signed and sealed
Saturday, October 11, 2008
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John Smeaton rushed to hospital after suffering serious asthma attack
Glasgow Airport car bomb hero John Smeaton is fighting for his life a day after the two men accused over the attack went on trial.
Sources said the 32-year-old was rushed from his home in Paisley, Renfrewshire, to hospital after suffering a serious asthma attack on Thursday night. He is now understood to be in intensive care at the Royal Alexandra Hospital where he is in a serious but stable condition.
The former baggage handler has regularly written about his poor health in a national newspaper column.
A spokesman for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde confirmed: "I can confirm that he is in the Royal Alexandra Hospital and that his condition is stable."
Sources said a similar asthma attack a decade ago almost killed him.
Bilal Abdulla, 29, and Mohammed Asha, 28, went on trial at Woolwich Crown Court, south-east London, on Thursday, accused of attempting to murder hundreds of people with car bombs in London and Glasgow.
Abdulla wrote he was planning to kill in revenge for injustices against Muslims by British and American soldiers, the court was told on Friday.
The also heard he left a will addressed to Osama bin Laden. A draft of the will was found on a badly-burned laptop in the remains of a Jeep Cherokee that ploughed into the airport's main terminal building. The computer also contained videos of attacks on coalition forces in Iraq, coffins of American soldiers and clips of speeches by Osama bin Laden.
Jonathan Laidlaw QC, prosecuting, said Abdulla wrote the document because he expected to die in the attack alongside a second man, Kafeel Ahmed, 28. He said: "This document is addressed to, amongst others, the leaders of jihad in Iraq to bin Laden and to the brothers or soldiers of jihad in Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Palestine and other areas of the world.
"The terms in which it is written, we submit, expose that the defendant's position in his trial before you is a lie. The attacks he was planning were intended to kill. They were in revenge for the injustices as the defendant sees them that the British and American people and their armies visit on the Muslim communities
Friday, October 10, 2008
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Time is costly for Charlize
It's time for Charlize Theron to get a new watch with news the Hollywood star is being sued for a reported £10million for wearing the wrong one.
Swiss watchmaker Raymond Weil is reportedly suing their brand ambassador for 'substantial funds' after she reportedly broke their contract by wearing a Dior watch out in public.
Theron's costly accessory blunder happened when she was 'photographed wearing a watch from the Christian Dior line' at a Texan press event in March 2006
At the time, the South African-born star, 33, was also the face of Dior perfumes but was only contracted to wear Weil watches between October 2005 and 2006.
The case is set to go to court this month at a Federal Court for the Southern District of New York
by ANDREI HARMSWORTH - Thursday, October 9, 2008
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Leona Lewis turned down one of the biggest paydays of her young career after rejecting a £1million offer to open this year's Harrods summer sale.
The Bleeding Love singer reportedly turned down the proposition from store owner Mohammed Al Fayed because his famous department store allegedly still sells garments made from real animal fur
Lewis' moral stance is the latest in a long line of protests from the former X-Factor champion, who first turn to vegetarianism aged 12.
This year she was voted World's Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity by animal rights group Peta.
In response to the offer, the chart-topper, 22, was quoted as saying: 'I'm totally against animal cruelty. I don't have clothes, shoes or bags made from any animal products.'
The ribbon-cutting role will now reportedly be gifted to --- And The City star Kim Cattrall. In the past Victoria Beckham, Eva Longoria and Christina Aguilera have done the honours
Friday, October 10, 2008
The DVD isn't even out yet but there's already talk of another Indiana Jones movie.
The franchise's star Harrison Ford spilled the beans to the LA Times saying that writer George Lucas was hard at work rustling up some ideas for a fifth instalment.
"It's crazy but great… George is in think mode right now," he said.
"We did well with the last one and with that having done well and been a positive experience, it's not surprising that some people want to do it again," Ford added.
The film grossed $783m (£461m) worldwide but reviews were mixed over the story which follows Indiana Jones as he battles against agents of the Soviet Union, in the search for a crystal skull
Saturday, October 11, 2008
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Sealine set to shed more than 290 jobs due to the global economic downturn
A company which manufactures luxury motor boats and yachts is set to shed more than 290 jobs due to the global economic downturn.
Sealine, which has its headquarters in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, also confirmed that it plans to close its sites in nearby Hartlebury and in Burntwood, south Staffordshire, next year.
The firm, which currently employs around 630 people, stressed that it was entering into a 90-day consultation process with staff and would do everything it could to minimise the number of compulsory redundancies among its office and production workers.
In a statement, Sealine's managing director, Steve Coultate, said: "It is with great regret that we are planning these changes, but they are necessary given the current leisure marine market conditions and economic environment.
"We need to take action to protect the long-term prospects of both our company and our international dealer network."
Mr Coultate added that the action the company was taking would leave it well positioned to respond to a market upturn.
"We will seek to minimise the number of compulsory redundancies by inviting applications for voluntary redundancies and for all of those employees affected we will be providing a full consultation and counselling programme," he said