World news in brief.. 100-year-old letter to Santa found in girl’s school chimney.. A little called Haly H had penned a letter to Santa, asking for a new evening dress, which was recently found by a cleaner at a boarding school in Wales, after almost a century. ** ITALIAN CIRCUS PAINTS DOGS TO MAKE THEM LOOK LIKE PANDAS The owner of an Italian circus has been charged after authorities found that two pandas in his show were actually chow chow puppies that had been dyed. A spokeswoman for the Italian forestry corps, which deals with many of the offences involving animals, said audience members were encouraged to pay to have their photograph taken with the fake pandas, according to the Guardian. The circus was visiting Brescia near Milan when the trick was discovered. Officials raided the circus accompanied by vets. The dogs were in good health, but their eyes were watering because of the “continuous flash to which they were exposed“, the spokeswoman said. It was decided to leave the dogs with their owners, but on condition that they were no longer used for impersonation, the Guardian reported. ** Gandalf for Belarus After Darth Vader stood for president in Ukraines elections, a political group in nearby Belarus has decided to go for a fantasy character as its presidential candidate. The opposition group, `Belarus, My Country, has made `Gandalf for President its campaign slogan. The organizers know the wizard from JRR Tolkiens `Lord of the Rings and `Hobbit novels doesnt qualify for election, so theyre seeking a local candidate with similar qualities of wisdom and leadership. “Its a cushy job,“ they promise, adding that theyve chosen the character because hes “a good wizard and a friend to the Hobbits, who as we know are like Belarusians,“ a reference to a study undertaken by Bristol University that mapped locations in Tolkiens middle-earth to real life locations. The study found that Belarus was the most `Shire-like part of the world. The Shire, of course, is where Tolkiens hobbits live. However, this Gandalf will have to face down Saruman, a reference to Belarus disliked and repressive president Alexander Lukashenko. Australian family wins $24 million lottery ahead of Xmas. ** Man eats 160 eggs to mark Christmas.. A Chinese man gobbled 150 quail eggs and 10 chicken eggs in less than 40 minutes on Tuesday to promote a restaurant in central China. He later said he was in good health and planned more extreme stunts. ** US man jailed for stealing dying woman’s ring.. Taza desi khabar… Country cannot wait if one House doesn’t work: Jaitley.. Govt promulgates coal, insurance ordinances after bills remained stuck in Rajya Sabha. (Me: Resorting to ordinances frequently – for whatever reasons - to circumvent Parliament doesn’t speak well for democracy about which we take so much pride as being the largest one in the world. The chief business of Parliament is to discuss various bills and plans, make improvements in them and then legislate them into acts. If the democracy is only about holding huge election jamborees with the elected representatives slugging it out all the time among one another as has been happening for well over 10 years, why not dispose with it and opt for something form of government that suits our pocket and genius? The supposed lawmakers who don’t do what they are expected to, why have them in the first place? The country save upwards of Rs.50,000 crores in precious monetary resources. Anyways, the foreign investors aren’t going to rush in with tons of money a bill has to be passed within 6 months of promulgation of the ordinance which will otherwise lapse automatically) ** Illegal Niverian tourist makes police station his home for 10 months.. Cops forced to give him bedding, gym equipment, spend Rs.15,000 a month on him as his country refuses to take him back, fear that if allowed to stay elsewhere, he will fall into a life of crime. ** RIL, BP, Hardy Oil give up KG block.. Reliance Industries along with partners BP and Hardy Oil has surrendered its discovered gas block KG-D3 in the Krishna-Godavari basin due to operational restrictions placed by the defence ministry. They writing off about Rs.1,400 crore invested in the block so far and the relinquishment of the block will release them from any further work programme liability.. (RIL is the biggest private sector in the country and can write off the massive Rs.1,400 crore, how many other can do that? They would rather not come forward and invest at all, if roadblocks are going to be placed subsequently..)
Posted on: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 06:43:15 +0000
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