A 14-year-old boy has been left with the body of a 110-year-old in India because he has a rare disease which makes him age eight times faster than normal
Monday, August 26, 2013
14-Yr-Old Boy With The Body Of a 110-Yr-Old - SHOCKING PHOTOS
Sufferer: Ali Hussain, 14, has Progeria which makes his body age eight times faster than normal The rare condition is known to affect only 80 people in the world, but has killed five of his siblings Progeria causes rapid ageing and sufferers of the genetic disease are prone to arthritis, eye problems, heart disease and baldness.
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Barbaric: Land grabbers beat architect to death over ₦5,000
This was, however, not to be as the 36-year-old man was beaten to death by land grabbers few hours after he left his house.
PUNCH Metro learnt that Kiyesola had gone to a construction site to supervise an ongoing work when about five land grabbers stormed the site.
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Snipers in Syria shoot at UN chemical inspectors
"The first vehicle of the chemical weapons investigation team was deliberately shot at multiple times by unidentified snipers," said UN spokesman Martin Nesirky. No injuries were reported.
The alleged shooting came after two mortar bombs landed close to the hotel where the inspectors are staying.
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Israeli security forces shot dead three Palestinians, Peace Talk Canceled.
Peace talks between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators expected on Monday have been shelved after Israeli security forces shot dead three Palestinians during clashes in the West Bank, a Palestinian official said. "The meeting that was to take place in Jericho...today was cancelled because of the Israeli crime committed in Qalandiya today," said the official, referring to the refugee camp where the clashes erupted before dawn.
Unemployed graduate appeals for aid after having triplet
BY JIMITOTA ONOYUME
PORT HARCOURT— A mother of triplet, Mrs Joyce Peter, has appealed for financial assistance to enable her take care of the babies.
PORT HARCOURT— A mother of triplet, Mrs Joyce Peter, has appealed for financial assistance to enable her take care of the babies.
Joyce, who is from Delta State but resides with her husband in Port Harcour, made the appeal, yesterday, saying things had been very difficult for her family since she had the children on July 30.
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Updates On Governor Suntai's Health As He Returns
Reliable sources said he traveled aboard a jet equipped to handle medical emergencies. The jet will refuel in Dakar, Senegal, before flying to Abuja to arrive at about 9:00am on Sunday morning.
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Obasanjo Knows Of Jonathan’s One-Term Pact; President Now Begging Him To Deny
“We are impressed with the report that Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has already taken a unique and unprecedented step of declaring that he would only want to be a one-term president. If so, whether he knows it or not, that is a sacrifice and it is statesmanly.
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Sunday, August 25, 2013
16-year-old who killed boy, 8, gets life in prison without parole
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| Jackson Attuso |
Trevor Reese of St. Francisville, Louisiana, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Reese had initially pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, but later changed his plea to guilty. He was found guilty of second-degree murder for the killing of 8-year-old Jackson “Jack” Attuso.
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Mexico migrant train derails, 4 dead, 35 injured
A cargo train carrying up to 300 migrants derailed in southeastern Mexico on Sunday, leaving at least four people dead and 35 injured, officials said. Luis Felipe Puente, the national civil protection coordinator, confirmed the toll on Twitter, adding that 16 of the injured were in "serious" condition following the incident in the state of Tabasco. The train, known as "The Beast," carries Mexican and Central American migrants with many sitting on top of the cars after paying smugglers upwards of $100 for the right to travel. The train derailed on a stretch of tracks alongside a river and the site of the accident is only accessible by boat, a public security official from the municipality of Huimanguillo said.
The Tabasco state civil protection agency said the train derailed at around 3:00 am (08:00 GMT) and that rescuers were using hydraulic tools to cut through the metal to find survivors.FULL UPDATE: Russia warns against military intervention in Syria
Russia on Sunday welcomed Damascus' offer to allow a mission by UN inspectors probing alleged chemical weapons use and warned the West that an Iraq scenario in Syria would be a "tragic mistake", saying that any unilateral military action in Syria would undermine efforts for peace and have a "devastating impact" on the security situation in the Middle East. Russia has urged action to get all Syria opposition groups to agree to talks, said threats of force against Assad counterproductive.
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Taiwan seizes over 2,500 unusual turtles heading to China
Taiwan coastguards seized more than 2,500 protected turtles bound for dinner plates in China, officials said Sunday, calling it the biggest smuggling case of its kind they had ever seen.
Coastguards discovered the 2,626 rare turtles - 1,180 Asian yellow pond turtles and 1,446 yellow-lined box turtles - in a container on board a vessel in Kaohsiung, a port in the south of Taiwan, on Saturday.
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Barack Obama Set To become a clone of George W. Bush - chairman of the State Duma's International Affairs Committee Alexei Pushkov.
The US is moving gradually towards a war in Syria, said chairman of the State Duma's International Affairs Committee Alexei Pushkov.
"Obama is moving unavoidably towards a war in Syria, the way George W. Bush was moving towards the war in Iraq.
A war in Syria, like the war in Iraq would be illegitimate, and Obama will become Bush's clone," he wrote in his Twitter blog on Sunday.
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The last days of Shekau, Boko Haram Leader
The leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, may have died a traumatic death.That was the picture security forces painted at the weekend. From the vast forests of Sambisa, Borno State, where he was reportedly shot and sustained injuries in June during a raid on his hideout by military forces, he was said to have been taken to Mali for treatment by the Boko Haram top hierarchy.
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IBB, not Buhari, overthrew Shagari's govt -- Col. Nyiam
In this interview, Col. Tony Nyiam, who was part of the failed attempt to oust the Gen. Ibrahim Babangida's military government in 1990, tells WAHEED BAKARE and ALLWELL OKPI, how the Orkar coup originated and its relevance to Nigerian politics
IBB, not Buhari, overthrew Shagari's govt -- Col. Nyiam
You said what has come to be known as the Orkar coup was not a coup but an action. What is the difference between the two?
I said it was a pro-democracy action to stop a situation where there would have been perpetual diarchy in Nigeria, where politicians in uniform would have put a system in place for them to rule forever. I'm talking about a system similar to what the Arab uprising dismantled in Egypt.
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Power Corrupts: US prepared to carry out military options on Syria, if Obama chooses
The Pentagon is prepared to carry out military options on Syria should President Barack Obama choose to exercise any of them, U.S Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Sunday.
The Pentagon is prepared to carry out military options on Syria should President Barack Obama choose to exercise any of them, U.S Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Sunday.
"President Obama has asked the Defense Department to prepare options for all contingencies. We have done that and we are prepared to exercise whatever option - if he decides to employ one of those options," Hagel told reporters during a trip to Malaysia.Continue After The Break.
North Florida U.S.A : Man kills Ex-box and former Co-worker before killing self.
A one-time employee of a north Florida trucking company shot and killed his ex-boss and a former co-worker on Saturday, then wounded two others before killing himself, authorities said.
Hubert Allen Jr, 72, killed former co-worker
Rolando Gonzalez-Delgado, 28, near a highway in a rural area between the towns of Lake Butler and Worthington on Saturday morning, the Union County Sheriff's Office said in a statement.
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Syrian rebels manufactured chemical weapons outside Damascus
The Syrian military have discovered a warehouse with chemical agents in a suburb of Damascus. Correspondent of the Al-Ihbariya Syrian information channel Yara Salehwho was among the journalists who inspected the site of the scary find has given an exclusive interview to The Voice of Russia. She says that the discovered warehouse was at the same time a laboratory where shells were stuffed with poisonous chemicals.
The Syrian military found chemical weapons in the rebels’ tunnel located in the Jobar suburb of Damascus. Later the Syrian state TV showed the discovered poisonous agents and medical drugs.
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