Saturday, September 19, 2009

Fast food fork found in the lungs.

A 2.5cm piece of plastic was removed from the lung of a man. He probaly inhaled it while having a drink from Wendy's. On the plastic printed the fast food restuarant name called Wendy's. He saw multiple doctors and they said that there was a foreign object in his left lung which resulted in coughing, fatigue, pneumonia and breathing difficulties.

Mini T-Rex fossil found in China

A pint sized version of the T-rex dinosaur skull have been found in China. T-Rex dinosuars have powerful arms and legs, with sharp razor teeth roams China some 125 million years ago. It measured 3m, weighed only about 60kg and was nearly 100 times smaller than the king of the dinosaurs.

Noordin Top killed.

Noordin Top was shot in a dramatic nine hour siege. Three bullets ripped into Noordin. One hit into his head, others hit into his ribs and thigh. The back of his head was shattered when he was flung back by an explosive which was thrown into the house. Noordin was apparently preparing to make a run. In his backpack was a laptop and some documents. He had a loaded gun and bullets in his pocket.

Monday, September 14, 2009

Hospital blaze kills 38

Officials in Kazakhstan say 38 people were killed in a fire at a drug treatment center early on Sunday. The blaze broke out and spread over an area of 7,000 sq. feet. Emergency workers evacuated 40 people from the building during the fire. The cause of the blaze was not yet unclear.

Workers die in skyscraper fall

FIVE workers died on Sunday after plunging more than a dozen floors down a lift shaft in Hong Kong's tallest skyscraper and the fourth tallest building in the world. The workers were believed to have been working on a platform in a lift shaft on the 27th floor when it suddenly gave way and fell to the 10th floor. They are all dead and 1 is believed to be missing.

Friday, September 11, 2009

Woman, baby, die in blaze

A woman and her three-month-old baby perished in a fire that broke out at their home in Jalan Pudu early on Thursday. Mrs Lee Yoke Kun, 28, woke her family up at 1.15am to alert them of the fire. They had to crawl out through the thick smoke. Mrs Lee and her baby Yee Lean did not make it to safety after the fire had been put out. She was found still holding on to her baby in one of the rooms.

Liquor scam busted

10 people, including a husband and wife team, were arrested after officers raided 20 premises islandwide on Thursday. About 18 thousands of branded vodka, whisky, wines and 1600 cans of beers were seized. The amount of duties and goods & servicers tax evaded came up to about $400,000. The bottles of liquor are switched with empty alcohol bottles or mineral water bottles and packed into cartons to export.

Saturday, September 5, 2009

Woman jailed, Boyfriend died of cancer

A young woman from china is now in jail for drug offences while her Singaporean boyfriend, who was detained along with her, died of stomach cancer.The chinese national was carrying a handbag, a gift from her boyfriend during christmas, contained 4.2g of herion. Inside the bag contains a red plastic bag with 15 packets of powdery substance in it. She was jailed 2 years for herion possession.

Baby's heart now in place

The baby, who was born with a heart on the outside of his body, is recovering in hospital after undergoing surgery to create space for the organ. They gently place the heart partly in the heart cavity and partly in the stomach cavity without twisting or rotating anything. The baby was in critical but stable condition.

Friday, September 4, 2009

Heavy rains kills 12

Twelve people were killed and more than a dozen oithers injured after heavyovernight rain swept away houses in the indian city of Mumbai. Around 15 homes most of them are illegal shanties, were washed away in a land slide. Landslides are common during the annual monsoon season, which last from june to september.

Earthquake in Java

A remote village in west java was struck by a massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake that hit indonesia on wednesday afternoon. 63 were killed and 58 were buried inside a landslide. 13 houses have been trapped and around 30 people, a dozen of children and 2 babies, 24 bodies have been found. Survivors said that the help came late and they needed tents, food and medical supplies. Only one tent for 28 families that night.

Hospital on alert for new flu wave

The first wave infected about 700,000 people. Hospitals are making sure they have enough wards, manpower, medical supplyment and infection control measures in place to prepare for the next wave of influenza A. The second wave is expected to arrive during winter in the northen hemisphere and almost 2 billion people worldwide will get affected by this wave.