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February 20, 2014 at 11:30 am | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

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THE NEWS

Odd news from around the world

Mad African strangles bus passenger in front of him with scarf: “A bus passenger travelling to his first day in a new job was attacked by a man who strangled him with a scarf and told him: ‘I want to kill you’, a jury heard today. Homeless Eric Mjola, 33, throttled security guard Reynolds Quadjovie, who was heard choking by another passenger and passed out, Isleworth Crown Court was told. n Mr Quadjovie had just asked another passenger if they were near the Tesco where he was starting work when Mjola said to him: ‘Are you crazy?’. The jury were shown CCTV footage of the defendant springing towards him and then placing his scarf around Mr Quadjovie’s neck. ‘He was killing me, there’s no doubt about that,’ Mr Quadjovie told the court. ‘He meant it and he meant what he was doing. ‘At that time I was completely in his hands.’

Daredevil photographer escapes security guards to climb up the world’s most famous buildings: “Adventure photographer Lucinda Grange surveys the Manhattan skyline – perched hundreds of feet up on the edge of the Chrysler Building. In a picture that looks more Hollywood CGI than real life, the 25-year-old from Hartlepool, UK, sits one of the iconic eagle heads 61 floors above street level. For the past six years the daredevil snapper has travelled the world scaling famous buildings and structures and taking pictures from the top. Among her impressive list of climbs is the Great Pyramid of Giza, Firth of Forth Rail Bridge in Scotland and New York’s Manhattan and Brooklyn bridges. But despite the very real risk of injury and constant threat of detection by security guards, Lucinda takes these challenges in her stride. As well as scaling buildings and bridges, Lucinda and her friends have delved below cities exploring hidden rivers, abandoned subway stations and labyrinthine sewage systems.”

Reluctant bride agrees to be transported to her wedding on a COW: “As romantic gestures go, providing a cow to take his bride to the wedding is not one of those that is likely to catch on. While most women dream of arriving for the biggest day of their lives in a vintage car or horse-drawn carriage groom Zheng Fu, 37, had other plans for when he wed Yi Yang, 35, in China. The groom said he had always been fascinated by the love story of the poor cowherd Niulang from ancient mythology and wanted it to feature in the ceremony. He said: ‘I wanted to have the cow bring her to our wedding because I will be her Niulang, and I will love her for all eternity with my heart and soul.’ According to the legend Niulang was told by a cow where he would be able to witness the Emperor of heaven’s seven daughters come down to earth to bathe.” The beautiful woman on a cow is one of the images of the Chinese Valentine’s Day but it is never really taken off as a means of transport to the wedding”. Chinese Valentines Day, known as Qi Xi, takes place on a different day each year but always around the middle of August.”

Pretty girl defends her man: “Till Bechtolsheimer was allegedly shoved by reveller Daniel Kurkowski after he accidentally bumped into him on the dancefloor. Mr Bechtolsheimer’s girlfriend Julia Kadioglu is alleged to have retaliated by smashing a bottle of Stella Artois lager over Mr Kurkowski’s head, leaving him with a nasty gash. Miss Kadioglu was apparently arrested and led away in handcuffs but her lawyer said she did nothing wrong and is ‘indignant she was even arrested.’ The 32-year-old is said to have been defending the honour of investment banker Mr Bechtolsheimer, who is the grandson of Karl-Heinz Kipp, the billionaire owner of the German department store chain Massa. The incident happened late on Saturday night – according to the criminal complaint filed at the Manhattan Criminal Court the assault took place at 4.15am on Sunday the 19th of January.

China’s Lego hotel: Resembles the famous toy bricks and has 6,668 rooms: “It may look childish, but this Lego-looking hotel is showing the world how it’s done. Sitting in a haven of rivers and mountains, the 500-acre complex has a record number of 6,668 rooms – and it still manages to fit in a shopping plaza, street of bars and theatre. It has won the owners of Sanya Beauty Crown Hotel, in Sanya, south China, a catalogue of local and international awards since opening in late 2012. And the nine buildings that look like huge trees with hanging fruit, branches, and roots made from the infamous toy blocks are the heart of its success. Constructed by some of the world’s top architects, the ‘Nine Beautiful Trees’ consist of one 7-star hotel, one platinum 5-star hotel, one hotel-serviced apartment and six property hotels. The little compartments that jut out to create the unusual tree structure almost double the space normally available in a building of that height.”

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