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Feminists protest opening of Barbie house

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:56:25 PDT

Protesters outnumbered fans at the opening of a life-sized Barbie house in Berlin. Demonstraters burned a doll on a cross at the opening of the Mattel toy's fictional Malibu 'Dreamhouse' in the German capital. Security guards swiftly ejected the protesters from the site, near the city's Alexanderplatz. The Barbie Dreamhouse in Berlin is the second such theme house after a similar one opened recently in Florida. For an entry price of 22 Euro%2...

Ferrero orders super-fan Sara Rosso to cancel World Nutella Day

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:52:44 PDT

SHE was sweet on Nutella for years, but the spread super-fan Sara Rosso has been ordered to quit talking about her favourite flavour online. Nutella. It’s the gooey hazelnut spread that inspires a slavish devotion among fans. Students hoard it. Thieves steal tons of it. American Sara Rosso started World Nutella Day as her personal tribute to the product . Established in 2007 and held on February 5 each year, World Nutella Day quickly grew into a global celebratio...

Mysterious Crooked Forest in Poland

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:33:39 PDT

Noone knows who grew this weird looking trees in Poland.

Woman’s Privates Disappears After Sleeping With Married Man

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:19:02 PDT

ZIMBABWE – A 29-year-old Bulawayo woman from Matshobana suburb got the shock of her life when she woke up in the morning and realised that her private parts were missing, it is alleged. Chipo Sibanda reportedly learnt the hard way in the early hours of 29 April when she visited the toilet but could not urinate upon discovering that her vagina had mysteriously sealed. The woman is said to have nearly collapsed when she noticed that her ‘most sweetness spot%...

Man, 24, drops dead in the office from overworking

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:23:30 PDT

A 24-YEAR-OLD employee in Beijing has died after working a month of overtime for an international advertising firm. Li Yuan, a staffer in the Beijing office of international advertising, marketing and public relations agency, Ogilvy & Mather, reportedly suffered a sudden heart attack on May 14. He had being working overtime for a month, not leaving the office until 11pm every day, according to Yangzi Evening News. Li Yuan fell to the gr...

New pants hide 'unsightly cracks'

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:20:13 PDT

Polycell has designed special underpants for men and women - to stop 'unsightly cracks' from showing. The aptly named PolyPants have a higher, more secure waistband to protect the wearer's modesty. It comes as the company, which manufactures Polyfilla, has commissioned research revealing that 55% of British adults admit to accidentally showing their bums in public. From those surveyed, 61% of men admitted to offending compared to 47% of the wo...

Pilot locked out of cockpit after loo break

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:17:19 PDT

An Air India flight was forced to land after the pilot was locked out of the cockpit during a toilet break. He was unable to gain access to the cockpit because of a jammed door, reports the BBC. The flight, which was travelling from Delhi to Bangalore, was diverted to land instead at Bhopal Airport. "The commander of the flight had left the cockpit for a short while to visit the toilet and on returning to the cockpit found the door locked," a spokesma...

Pre-med student tricks girlfriend to take abortion pill

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:20:28 PDT

According to the federal indictment, 28-year-old Welden forged the signature of his physician father, Dr. Stephen Welden, an OB/GYN, for a prescription pill that can terminate pregnancy. He then allegedly switched the label to make it look like a bottle of antibiotics.

78,000 apply to leave Earth forever to live on Mars

Tue, 14 May 2013 02:56:54 PDT

Huge numbers of people on Earth are keen to leave the planet forever and seek a new life homesteading on Mars. About 78,000 people have applied to become Red Planet colonists with the nonprofit organization Mars One since its application process opened on April 22, officials announced Tuesday. Mars One aims to land four people on the Red Planet in 2023 as the vanguard of a permanent colony, with more astronauts arriving every two years thereafter. "With 78,000 app...

Russian billionaire reveals real-life 'avatar' plan - to live forever from 2045

Tue, 14 May 2013 02:35:27 PDT

A Russian billionaire has revealed controversial plans to upload his own brain and become immortal by 2045. 32 year-old Dmitry Itskov believes technology will allow him to live forever in a hologram body. His '2045 initiative' is described as the next step in evolution, and over 20,000 people have signed up on Facebook to follow its progress, with global conferences planned to explore the technology needed. 'We are in the process of creating focus gro...