Showing posts with label 1off. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1off. Show all posts

Saturday, March 05, 2011

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Man wearing Obama mask robs Austrian bank

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VIENNA: A man who robs banks wearing a rubber mask of US President Barack Obama has struck again, Austrian police said today. 
The disguised thief robbed a bank in the town of Handenberg in Upper Austria just before the bank closed at 6:00 pm (2230 IST), police said in statement. 
Police believe the same man, disguised by his Obama mask, has been carrying out such bank raids for the past two years. 
He threatened the bank's employee with a gun, shouting: "This is a hold-up. Give me the money." 
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Sunday, January 02, 2011

 More than 1,000 dead birds fall from sky in US 



BEEBE (KANSAS): Wildlife officials are trying to determine what caused more than 1,000 black birds to die and fall from the sky over an Arkansas town. ..  story

Turkey Withdraws as Host of European Women’s Chess Championship

Monday, December 06, 2010

Naked Protest in Barcelona

Tierschützer haben in Barcelona nackt gegen die Pelzindustrie demonstriert. Rund 50 Männer und Frauen lagen unbekleidet und teils mit roter Farbe beschmiert auf dem Sant Jaume-Platz in der Innenstadt kreuz und quer übereinander. "Tiere brauchen ihren Pelz, wir nicht", sagte Leticia Olivares, Sprecherin der internationalen Tierschutzorganisation AnimaNaturalis, die den Protest organisiert hatte.
Pro-Animal activists demonstrated naked against the animal skin industry. About 50 men and women were placing themselves naked and partly smeared with red paint on the Plaza St.Jaume in the inner city. "Animals need their fur, we don't", said Leticia Olivares, speaker of the international organization AnimaNaturalis, which had organised the protest...  story, (german)

Wednesday, December 01, 2010

US student holds classroom hostage, shoots self

MARINETTE ( Wisconsin): A high school student who pulled a handgun and shot a film projector as the school day wound down held 23 classmates and a teacher hostage for about five hours before shooting himself when police busted down a classroom door...
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UPDATE:
US high school hostage-taker dies of wounds

Monday, August 23, 2010

Albino girl, 11, killed and beheaded in Swaziland ’for witchcraft’

Police believe children are targeted because of a belief by witch doctors that the blood and body parts of albinos can bring good luck and fortune when used in potions

An 11-year-old albino girl from Swaziland was shot dead in front of her friends and then beheaded in what police believe was a ritual murder.    story

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Record number of fake £1 coins

There are now so many fake £1 coins in circulation the Royal Mint could be forced to scrap all of the coins and reissue the entire denomination.
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Monday, July 19, 2010