Mother’s hugs brings dead son back to life
August 29, 2010
For two hours, a grieving mum cradled the apparently lifeless body of her newborn son – and all her caresses and whispered words were rewarded when the baby suddenly began to move.
Born prematurely at 27 weeks and weighing just one kilo, doctors said Jamie Ogg had no chance of survival. Unlike his twin sister Emily, he was not breathing and after 20 minutes of trying to resuscitate him, Jamie was Read more
UK’s oldest newly-weds tie the knot
July 28, 2010
It’s never too late to fall in love – a couple in Britain, aged 97 and 87, are said to have scripted history by becoming the oldest to get married.
Henry Kerr, just three years short of his 100th birthday, and his bride Valerie Berkowitz, 87, have a combined age of 184, are believed to be Britain’s oldest newlyweds, The Daily Express said.
They fell in love when Valerie joined Henry’s poetry reading circle and the couple Read more
Female priests a ‘crime against faith’, says Vatican
July 17, 2010
The Vatican issued a set of new rules in how they would handle discipline within the Church. Their new rules puts the ordination of female priests alongside pedophilia as a serious crimes which will be subject to investigation.
The “crimes against faith” will be investigated by the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith (CDF) which is being consider the successor of the Inquisition.
Anyone who is involved in ordaining women priest is automatically Read more
Woman who wears size triple zero clothes
July 1, 2010
Lizzie Velasquez, a 21-year-old college student in Austin, Texas who suffers from a rare and undiagnosed syndrome that prevents her from putting on weight, has to eat every 15 minutes in order to stay alive.
Velasquez wears triple-zero sized clothing, and has almost zero percent body fat. She eats 60 small meals a day and almost never gains weight. Consuming between 5,000 and 8,000 calories daily, the communications student has never tipped over Read more
Dog swept away by huge storm, found 20 miles away
June 21, 2010
A Hungarian dog has been reunited with his owners after being sucked into the sky still in his kennel by the wind from a huge storm. Agnes Tamas, 57, said she had chained her dog who she has renamed Lucky to the dog house when he was swept away by what she described as the worst storm anyone in her village of Gesztered can remember, quoted orange.co.uk.
She said: “I saw roofs of houses being ripped off, and Read more
Italy holds its first divorce fair
May 9, 2010
Italy is holding its first divorce fair, to help couples facing marriage break-ups.
Organizers of Italy’s first divorce fair said unhappily married Italians in attendance will be given advice to smooth their transitions to single status again.
Franco Zanetti, an organizer of the Turning a New Leaf conference Saturday and Sunday in Milan, said attendees will receive “serious, practical advice for often dramatic situations” related to splitting with Read more
Donna Simpson: woman who wants to be world’s fattest
March 23, 2010
Donna Simpson weighs 273 kilos and is originally from the US state of New Jersey. Her goal is to reach 450 kilos through the excessive intake of foods and thus become the most obese person on the planet, according to several local internet media.
Simpson, 42 years old, is already featured in the Guinness World Book of Records as the fattest woman to give birth: right before delivering, she weighed 240 kilos, and she gave birth three years ago to her Read more
Man claims fiancee hid beard under niqab
February 11, 2010
An Arab ambassador said he decided to call off his wedding immediately after he discovered that his wife-to-be, who wears a niqab, was bearded and cross-eyed.
Dubai: An Arab ambassador said he decided to call off his wedding immediately after he discovered that his wife-to-be, who wears a niqab, was bearded and cross-eyed, reports gulfnews.com.
The ambassador claimed that the bride’s mother deceived his mother, when she went to see his Read more
Romania ‘tops EU sex worker list’
January 27, 2010
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Romania has overtaken Russia as the top country of origin of migrant sex workers in the EU, a survey of prostitution across the EU has found.
In 2006 the top countries of origin were Russia, Ukraine and Romania – in that order, the Tampep network reports.
But in 2008 the top three were Romania, Russia and Bulgaria. Romania and Bulgaria joined the EU in 2007.
EU-funded Tampep collects data from welfare groups and public health bodies that monitor Read more
Disabled mom fighting to keep her son
December 20, 2009
Can a quadriplegic woman be a good parent? Her ex-boyfriend filed a custody suit that says no.
From Chicago Tribune
Kaney O’Neill knows she has limits as a mother.
The 31-year-old Des Plaines woman cannot walk, move her fingers independently or feel anything from the chest down. A decade ago, O’Neill was a Navy airman apprentice when she was knocked from a balcony during Hurricane Floyd, leaving her a quadriplegic.
When she discovered she was pregnant last December, she felt fear and joy, a journey the Tribune Read more
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