In the news

[Second Summer]

A thread for sharing and discussing news stories (interesting / funny / odd / thought-provoking / etc) when you're too lazy to start your own thread. (Remember, for copyright reasons, don't quote whole news stories. Two or three paragraphs are usually fine though.)

I'll start with a couple I came across today ...

People of Timbuktu save manuscripts from invaders:
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/people-timbuktu-save-manuscripts-invaders

Witch tortured and burnt alive in Papua New Guinea:
http://www.postcourier.com.pg/20130207/news.htm

Edit: If you wish to seriously debate any of the topics posted here in this thread, then please start separate threads in the Debate & Current Events forum.

 

[Second Summer]

So uh, aren't you glad you live in a country where they burn neither books nor witches? It's pretty crazy down there in them countries.

 

[ledboots]

So uh, aren't you glad you live in a country where they burn neither books nor witches? It's pretty crazy down there in them countries.

You have to love that old guy from Timbuktu, saving the written history.

 

[Second Summer]

You have to love that old guy from Timbuktu, saving the written history.

Yeah, and he himself couldn't even read!

 

[Moll Flanders]

I saw the BBC news today and they had a piece about, what I think they said, was the only unsolved child murder case in London. A torso of a Nigerian boy was found in the Thames in 2001 and it is believed that it is related to ritualistic murder. The boy was given the name of Adam but a witness has come forward to give what she thinks is his real name.

BBC News - Thames torso case boy 'identified' by witness

Adam (murder victim) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Second Summer]

That is messed up.

 

[KLS52]

This is the only news, here, at the moment.

http://weather.yahoo.com/nyc-england-brace-3-feet-snow-112208161.html

 

[Second Summer]

In New Zealand a 30-year-old woman and mother of 8 has died from drinking way too much Coka Cola, probably due to an addiction.

"The fact she had her teeth extracted several years before her death because of what her family believed was Coke-induced tooth decay, and the fact that one or more of her children were born without enamel on their teeth, should have been treated by her, and by her family, as a warning," TVNZ quotes his statement as saying.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21423499

 

[Moll Flanders]

Olympic Games - Oscar Pistorius charged with murder after girlfriend shot dead - Yahoo! Eurosport UK

I have to say that my jaw hit the floor when I read this news report earlier. Oscar Pistorius charged with the murder of his girlfriend. Oscar Pistorius was a big star at last year's Paralympics in London. His girlfriend was shot four times and there are some reports he mistook her for a burglar.

 

[ledboots]

Olympic Games - Oscar Pistorius charged with murder after girlfriend shot dead - Yahoo! Eurosport UK

I have to say that my jaw hit the floor when I read this news report earlier. Oscar Pistorius charged with the murder of his girlfriend. Oscar Pistorius was a big star at last year's Paralympics in London. His girlfriend was shot four times and there are some reports he mistook her for a burglar.

Wow.

 

[thefadedone]

In New Zealand a 30-year-old woman and mother of 8 has died from drinking way too much Coka Cola, probably due to an addiction.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21423499

I find this really sad. Addictions ruin so many lives.

 

[Spang]

Olympic Games - Oscar Pistorius charged with murder after girlfriend shot dead - Yahoo! Eurosport UK

I have to say that my jaw hit the floor when I read this news report earlier. Oscar Pistorius charged with the murder of his girlfriend. Oscar Pistorius was a big star at last year's Paralympics in London. His girlfriend was shot four times and there are some reports he mistook her for a burglar.

Turns out he's an ******* and the media failed to mention that during the Olympics.

 

[Moll Flanders]

^ A lot of people are arseholes but not all turn out to be murderers. I hadn't heard any negative things about him throughout his career. Poor woman.

You need binoculars to see the asteroid unless the experts are wrong and we see it hitting the earth.
Huge Asteroid To Skim Past Earth At 18,641mph - Yahoo! News UK

 

[Spang]

Great headline:

Experts Say That Giant Pandas at the Edinburgh Zoo Will Soon Be Down to ****:

How do zoo experts know that the pandas are preparing for sexy times? For starters, Yang Guang has been doing handstands against trees and peeing on all the highest promontories in the panda enclosure, thus signaling his virility. Tian Tian, meanwhile, has started calling out to Yang Guang, which is common behavior during the small window of time nature has left cracked open for panda mating.

 

[Alice-Bee]

*excellent*

http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/topics/f...rgers-says-holland-and-barrett/236452.article

 

[ledboots]

*excellent*

http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/topics/f...rgers-says-holland-and-barrett/236452.article

Wow, that is a lot of people trying veggie meat replacements for the first time, ever, I bet.

 

[mlp]

Turns out he's an ******* and the media failed to mention that during the Olympics.

It's looking as though he's just another in a long, long line of people who think they can get away with anything because of their celebrity and/or wealth.

 

[mlp]

Business executive fired after he slapped a toddler on an airplane: http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-hundley-baby-plane-20130218,0,7100873.story

Way to derail his career.

 

[Spang]

Women in North Korea may now wear pants:

...North Korea's youthful supreme leader Kim Jong Un is allowing women to wear pants, platform shoes and earrings...

 

[mary1]

^---that is insane.