Dirty tricks and toxic waste in Ivory Coast

In the dead of night, the 19th of August 2006, a group of trucks from a newly formed company Abidjan arrived to take waste away. First they illegally dumped their first load at a huge tip in Aquedo.A powerful smell engulfed the area and the tip's operators were called out and the drivers sent packing. They drove around to look for other places to dump their waste, and ending up tipping the toxic waste in 18 different places.The smell made the people gag and sicken.Thousands of people fell ill, says Esaie Modto, "There were women who miscarried, and that was very painful. But still, the worst was that three people, two adults and a girl were killed by the toxic wastes. That was very hard."

Jean Francois Kouadio and his wife, Fidel told BBC NewsNight that Fidel was eight months pregnant with their first child when the fumes swamped their home. She gave birth prematurely and their newly born son dies within a day. Born one year later was their daughter Ama Grace. She fell ill to, the docters said that she was suffering from "was suffering from acute glycaemia caused by the toxic wastes" and they couldn't do anything. Jean Francois and Fidel now fear they will never become parents.

One of the founders of Transfigura, Eric de Turckheim told Jeremy Paxman "these materials were not dangerous for human beings. It was smelly, but not dangerous."Transfigura continues to deny any wrongdoing.

By: Louise

AIR FRACE FLIGHT 447

French army air crewman searches for remains of Air France Flight 447, which had 228 people on board. A seat, an orange buoy, a tank and a fuel slick were spotted about 400 miles off the Brazilian coast.
The Air France jet's wreckage is believed to be 2 miles beneath the Atlantic, perhaps beyond recovery.If there is ever to be an answer to what caused Air France Flight 447 to fall from the sky, the best clues probably lie on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean amid rugged volcanic ridges and steep trenches, some plunging deeper than the Grand Canyon.Search planes scouring the area Tuesday spotted a seat, an orange buoy, a tank and a fuel slick about 400 miles off the Brazilian coast. Brazilian authorities identified them as pieces from the Airbus A330 that disappeared late Sunday, and French officials reiterated that there was virtually no chance that any of the 228 people aboard survived, the flight was flying during a heavy storm and was probably struck by lightning.

Suicide Bomb kills 6 people

The explosion occured when a driver of a Toyota Corolla smashed into an NATO convoy. It resulted in the death of three US soliders and three civilians

WORLD TRADE CENTER

2001 september 11 8:46 in the morning terrorists attacked the north WTC building 1 that was 110 stories high. A boeing 767 from boston with 92 passangers on it. the plane hit the 100th floor, the aeroplane did alot of damage to building nr1 because it had alot of fuel in it and it started leaking around the whole building and thats what caused all the black smoke that was comeing from the building. 17 minutes later at 9:03 the second aeroplane crashes into WTC building nr 2, Over 2,800 people were killed in the devastating attacks on New York. Many people think there were bombs planted in the foyer if the building but there is no concrete evidence.

By: Alexander Alkinge

Smartest Person in the World

Smartest Person in the World

Kim Ung Yonga prodigy who was speaking four languages and solving integral calculus problems at age four, is said to tip the mental scales with an IQ of 210, which was scored on the Stanford-Binet test. There are other candidates for that title such as Marilyn Vos Savant, or Chris Langan, but they're argued by many to be less smart than what they're reported to be.

Akrit Jaswal

Akrit Jaswal

Now 13-year-old, Akrit has an IQ of 146 and is considered the smartest person his age in India ,a country of more than a billion people.

Before Akrit could even speak, his parents say they knew he was special. Akrit developed a passion for science and anatomy at an early age. Doctors at local hospitals took notice and started allowing him to observe surgeries when he was six years old.

When an impoverished family heard about his amazing abilities, they asked if he would operate on their daughter for free. Her surgery was a success.

At age 11, Akrit was admitted to Punjab University. He‘s the youngest student ever to attend an Indian university. That same year, he was also invited to London‘s famed Imperial College to exchange ideas with scientists on the cutting edge of medical research.

Swedish couple continue fight for right to name their son Q

The parents insist that the boy was not named after the person from the James Bond films and that the decision was instead a last minute one when "Q" was born. They argue that he answers to the name which they have used since birth. The couple claim in their there are stranger names in the valley.