Train in India

An unauthorised man ran an electric train for about seven kms unnoticed before crashing it into a goods train, killing four people and 11 others injured near Vyasarpadi Jeeva station. The passengers boarding the train thought it was a regular service.

Pakistan Army Retakes Key Town

After a week of strong criticism here and abroad over its inaction, the Pakistani military claimed on Wednesday to have captured control of a key town just 60 miles from the capital in the strategic district of Buner which was overrun by hundreds of Taliban militants last week.

The development came one day after the military deployed fighter jets and helicopter gunships against the insurgents. It was not immediately clear what level of resistance the Taliban had offered.
Pakistan also agreed to move 6,000 troops from its Indian border to fight militants on its western border with Afghanistan, according to a Pakistani official who did not want to be identified discussing troop movements in advance.
But American officials, who welcomed the redeployment, said Pakistan was still not doing enough to fight the insurgents, who are tightening their hold on the country. The Americans expressed frustration that Pakistan was still rebuffing their offers to train more Pakistanis to fight Al Qaeda and the Taliban.

Things to do when you are Bored

*With Nothing*

Pretend you're a robot(Amusement Potential: 1-3 minutes)´

Walk down the street with mechanical movements, adding 'zzzzzt' sounds with each motion. Pretending to have a motor broken in, say, your left hand can add at least 30 seconds more entertainment

Rate passers by(Amusement Potential: 10-15 minutes)

Secretly award passers by marks out of ten as you go along, offering (unsaid) expert criticism over their clothing, hairstyle and footwear choices.

Make Star Trek door noises(Amusement Potential: 1-2 minutes)

Stand by an electric door to a bank or something and make that silly "Scccccccchwop" sound heard whenever people popped on to the bridge to hang with Captain Kirk.

*Things to do with very little*

Make prank phone calls(Amusement Potential: 20-60 minutes)

Very entertaining, but requires discipline. Remember - immature complaints don't make a call funny, but getting the other person to believe a ridiculous story will. Try seeing if you can get them to make noises to 'test' the line. One to get you started off: Call McDonalds with weird complaints about their food.

Try and sound Welsh (if your not already) (Amusement Potential: 1-3 minutes)

The key to sounding Welsh is to make sure that your voice goes up at the end of the sentence, so that everything sounds like a question. Throw in a superfluous 'isn't it?' at the end of everything you say and you're halfway there. Isn't it?

Burn things with a magnifying glass(Amusement Potential: 5-30 minutes)

Ants are always fun to use for this, but burning the face of someone you don't like, under some circumstances, can be just as entertaining.

*Things to do with another Person*

Pour water in hand, make sneeze noise, throw water on back of person's neck(Amusement Potential: 5-15 minutes)

Always a good gag. For an even bigger reaction out of the person, act like you're not sorry at all for what they think you did. Comment instead on how big that sneeze was or about how there was a lot of mucus in that one.

Stare at the back of someone's head until they turn around(Amusement Potential: 2-5 minutes)

This works on the "I have the feeling I'm being watched" principle. Conduct an experiment-does this really work?

Have a "Who is less competitive" competitionwonder (Amusement Potential: 1-3 minutes)

Trying to win at this will make you lose. Trying to lose makes you win which makes you lose. Not trying at all makes you lose which makes you win which makes you lose.

ROBOT ATTACK!!!

A swedish worker was attacked and almost killed by a malfunctioning robot. the attacked person was pressing charges agains the firm. The robot came to life and grabbed victim's head. The man succeeded in defending himself but not before suffering serious injuries.

US to tackle resurgent bed bugs

The US government is holding their first bed bug conference.

The bed bugs have re-emerged in dormitories, hospitals, shelters and hotels in several cities; though people thought that they had been virtually eliminated decades ago.
These bugs are know to live in the seams of the mattresses, sofas and sheets, and then coming out in the night to feed on their victims.
Though these insects aren’t known to carry any diseases, many people develop an itchy swelling when bitten.

By: Louise

Driver holds on as hijacked semi leads police on chase





A hijacked tractor-trailer, its driver clinging to the outside, led police on a wild chase Tuesday on Interstate 75 just south of Atlanta, Georgia, officials said. When the chase was over, the truck driver was safe and the hijacking suspect was in custody. Aerial footage of the chase showed truck driver Torrey Lang, 32, seated behind his truck's cab and holding on as it hurtled down Interstate 75 with Georgia State Patrol in pursuit, and the suspected hijacker behind the wheel.
Lang, apparently was in a parking lot when he saw the truck being stolen. Lang jumped on the side of the truck, then made his way to the back of the truck when it started moving. As the truck was moving, Lang called 9-1-1. He stayed on the line describing the situation and his location until his phone was either dropped or lost. Once the truck came to a complete stop, more than a dozen officers surrounded it, guns drawn. Officers broke the drivers' side window, opened the cab door and pulled the suspect from the vehicle. Milo Banks, 27, will be charged with fleeing and attempting to elude, kidnapping and theft by taking, according to Georgia State Patrol spokesman Gordy Wright.

By: Chelsi

Tactical World News

It seems the Somalian pirates are on the run and are being captured or found across the globe. They are being found in the African waters, the North Atlantic and even a few in the English Channel. However, this does not seem to be the end of the story. What are believed to be copycat pirates have been found in numerous places (mainly near Southeast Asia).

Getting back to the original pirates, though it seems that they are waining in power and surprise, they certainly have no intention of going down without a fight. Nine of the suspected pirates were captured after trying to unsuccessfully capture an Italian luxury liner off the coast of Seychelles (a small chain of islands north of Madagascar).

Moving on from pirates, a while back it seemed that the nation of Japan was losing money at a huge pace and was believed to go 'bankrupt'. The Japanese's response to this was new investments and a vast changing of prices in its companies. In fact, at least 23 companies stated that their sales would be dropping drastically and would continue go down steadily in their stocks. However, it does seem that Japan may be able to pull themselves out of this yet!

Sri Lanka Vows To Destroy Rebels, As EU Envoys Visit

Sri Lanka said it will prevent Tamil Tiger rebels rebuilding during the Sri Lankan army's halt to combat operations, as U.K. and French envoys visit the island to talk about the civilians caught in the conflict.

Stoping the operation is to allow civilians to leave the place where the conflict is and not for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam “to resettle into another brutal war,” said the president Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Two days ago, the government ordered a halt to the use of heavy weapons and combat aircraft, saying they are concentrating on rescuing as many as 20,000 civilians which are still held by the LTTE.

Sri Lanka says the LTTE is facing defeat after a 26-year fight for a a different Tamil homeland and they have only 500 fighters holding out in a strip of land on the northeast coast.

“Now is the time for the fighting to stop,” AP cited Miliband as saying. The ministers said the government should let aid workers into the conflict zone.

By: Eugene Jivéke

Japanese Popstar Dressed As a Pineapple Robbed in Malmö

At 5th of April, Hideki Kaji, known for having a particular fondness for the Scandinavian countries, was in Malmö to record a music video. When she was robbed, she was dressed as a Pineapple. She lost the total of 20.000 kronor worth of camera equipment.

BY MICHAL

Wild BOAR

A woman was out walking her dog in the woods at Västra Kykogården cemetery at 7am, 14 of April, when she came face to face with a large wild boar."I have never run as fast in all my life," the woman told the newspaper.

Foreign foods:How to make a delicious meal

Refried Beans (Mexican Food)

Ingredients

1 cup dried pinto beans

1/4 table spoon baking soda

1/2 table spoon salt

1/8 table spoon pepper

Directions:

First you might want to rinse the beans then pour into a pot with 3 cups water. Put them into a boiling pot then add baking soda. Remove it from heat and them remove foamy residue from the pot. Cover and let be for 1 hour. Add 2 cups of water and bring it back to boil. Then cover and let it simmer for one hour stirring occassionally. Mix with potato masher or hand mixer until fairly smooth. Continue to cook until liquid is absorbed. Stir. Pour it into what you want to serve it on and get ready to eat!

The Seven Wonders Of the World

The Seven Wonders are Great Pyramid of Giza ,Hanging Gardens of Babylon ,Statue of Zeus at Olympia ,Temple of Artemis at Ephesus,Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus,Colossus of Rhodes, Lighthouse of Alexandria.

The Pyramid is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis bordering what is now Cairo, Egypt.It is believed the pyramid was built as a tomb for Fourth dynasty Egyptian King Khufu and constructed over a 20 year period concluding around 2560 BC. The Great Pyramid was the tallest man-made structure in the world for over 3,800 years.

The Ephesus was also called Temple of Artemis that was finished at 550Bc.The Temple was destroyed in 401. Emperor Constantine rebuilt much of the city. The town was again partially

destroyed by an earthquake in 614.

By:Romolo

Swedish man dies from rare parrot fever

A Swedish 50 year old man went to the hospital, the tests they took revealed that the man was infected with a rare parrot fever which is common in birds but can also spread to humans.Ten days before he died, the man had cut down a tree with a large birds nest and the doctors think it was most likely he was infected then.

Rhino Hunters

Discovery News has learned from conservationists who are attempting to defeat poachers equipped with automatic machine guns and ammunition belts.Although it is illegal to shoot a rhinoceros in the landlocked African country, poor enforcement of the law, combined with a downward spiraling economy and a new, deadly poaching technique, are leading to multiple rhino deaths.

Life In Sweden

Children Demands More Respect From Adults

“Oh, there goes one of those”, Says Petra Niskanen, thirteen years old, when she describes how she is sometimes seen by adults. Those who want to treat children and youths with respect should just act like they act with everyone else, says Petra.
Children experience too often that they are not treated with respect from the collective, in the library, and other public places, shows a new investigation.
“A serious disallowance”, Says the Children’s Ombudsman.
Hoe does children want to be treated?
- We are also human, if you understand, you shouldn’t think any different. Says Emil, fourteen years old.
A librarian in Stockholm, Ylva Håkansson, says that the guiding principle for how you should treat a child in a public place should be clearer because not all adults are use to this. She says that she, herself; try to be more aware of how she acts against today’s youth that are visitors in the library.
Children’s Ombudsman Fredrik Malmberg is not happy with this investigation as it shows that more children feel disrespected. He wants to keep doing this investigation and see why so many youths don’t feel respected when they are in public places.

Source: www.svd.se

Strategic World News

First, in the Western world pirates have once again become noticeable. The second US cargo ship was attacked earlier this week by pirates using rocket grenades and SMGs. This being the second attack by Somalian pirates on US ships, the navy has been deployed to patrol the Somalian shores more often to try and find the pirates.

Moving on to something else. Further east, we have Italy's city, Abruzzo having suffered from several earthquakes. The latest one, being 6.4, killed 294 people. Due to the recent quakes, the Italian government ahs decided to take action and will be spending 12 million euros ($16 million) on rebuilding.

Coming up next - I have no idea

Video Camera Tie...

USB specialists came up with a tie that's not your normal tie! It’s a tie with a nearly invisible mini camera. Buyers get a camera with 4GB of internal memory, which is enough to store up four hours of video and users can record video continuously for about 7 to 30 minutes. The battery takes two hours to charge. It costs 130$.......

It's cool........

2009 movies

Dragonball Evolution

Dragonball Evolution is an American live-action film adaptation of the Japanese animation series. It story focuses on its main character, Goku, played by Justin Chatwin, on his journey to gather the seven dragonballs. It was released in Japan and several other Asian nations on March 13, 2009, and now showing at other countries.

For more information click on this website --- http://www.dbthemovie.com/

Angels and Demons

Angels and Demons is an upcoming film due to be released on May 15, 2009, is a sequel to the 2006 movie The Da Vinci Code.

Its main story utilizes conflict between science and religion.

For more information click on this website:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels_&_Demons_(film)

Marley and Me

Marley and Me is a movie for the family which premiered this last 27th of March here in Sweden. After the wedding of newspaper writers John and Jennifer Grogan, they move to Florida. In an attempt to stall Jennifer's "biological clock", John gives her a puppy. While the puppy Marley grows into a 100 pound dog, he loses none of his puppy energy or rambunctiousness. Meanwhile, Marley gains no self-discipline. Marley's antics give John rich material for his newspaper column. As the Grogans mature and have children of their own, Marley continues to test everyone's patience by acting like the world's most impulsive dog.

Big News

This is amazing in japan a underwater camera spotted a phehistoric shark.It was a amazing sight to see a shark thats was alive millions of years ago.You can see more of this in this web site that i have linked under this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-GOpc_pw1c&feature=related

Pink Dolphin

On a charter boat, in USA, Captain Erik Rue, who's age is 42, photographed a pink dolphin, which is actually an albino. He began studying it after the mammal first surfaced in Lake Calcasieu, an inland saltwater estuary, north of the Gulf of Mexico in southwestern USA.
Capt Rue originally saw the dolphin, which also has reddish eyes, swimming with a pod of four other dolphins, with one appearing to be its mother which never left its side.

He said: "I just happened to see a little pod of dolphins, and I noticed one that was a little lighter. "It was absolutely stunningly pink.
"I had never seen anything like it. It's the same color throughout the whole body and it looks like it just came out of a paint booth.
"The dolphin appears to be healthy and normal other than its coloration, which is quite beautiful and stunningly pink.
"The mammal is entirely pink from tip to tail and has reddish eyes indicating its albinism. The skin appears smooth, glossy pink and without flaws.
"I have personally spotted the pink dolphin 40 to 50 times in the time since the original sighting as it has apparently taken up residence with its family in the Calcasieu ship channel.

He said: "I just happened to see a little pod of dolphins, and I noticed one that was a little lighter.
"It was absolutely stunningly pink.
"I had never seen anything like it. It's the same color throughout the whole body and it looks like it just came out of a paint booth.
"The dolphin appears to be healthy and normal other than its coloration, which is quite beautiful and stunningly pink.
"The mammal is entirely pink from tip to tail and has reddish eyes indicating its albinism. The skin appears smooth, glossy pink and without flaws.
"I have personally spotted the pink dolphin 40 to 50 times in the time since the original sighting as it has apparently taken up residence with its family in the Calcasieu ship channel.

He said: "I just happened to see a little pod of dolphins, and I noticed one that was a little lighter.
"It was absolutely stunningly pink.
"I had never seen anything like it. It's the same color throughout the whole body and it looks like it just came out of a paint booth.
"The dolphin appears to be healthy and normal other than its coloration, which is quite beautiful and stunningly pink.
"The mammal is entirely pink from tip to tail and has reddish eyes indicating its albinism. The skin appears smooth, glossy pink and without flaws.
"I have personally spotted the pink dolphin 40 to 50 times in the time since the original sighting as it has apparently taken up residence with its family in the Calcasieu ship channel.

He said: "I just happened to see a little pod of dolphins, and I noticed one that was a little lighter.
"It was absolutely stunningly pink.
"I had never seen anything like it. It's the same color throughout the whole body and it looks like it just came out of a paint booth.
"The dolphin appears to be healthy and normal other than its coloration, which is quite beautiful and stunningly pink.
"The mammal is entirely pink from tip to tail and has reddish eyes indicating its albinism. The skin appears smooth, glossy pink and without flaws.
"I have personally spotted the pink dolphin 40 to 50 times in the time since the original sighting as it has apparently taken up residence with its family in the Calcasieu ship channel.

"As time has passed the young mammal has grown and sometimes ventures away from its mother to feed and play but always remains in the vicinity of the pod.
"Surprisingly, it does not appear to be drastically affected by the environment or sunlight as might be expected considering its condition, although it tends to remain below the surface a little more than the others in the pod."

"Surprisingly, it does not appear to be drastically affected by the environment or sunlight as might be expected considering its condition, although it tends to remain below the surface a little more than the others in the pod."

It is the world's only pink Bottlenose dolphin which was discovered in an inland lake in Louisiana, USA, has become such an attraction that conservationists have warned tourists to leave it alone.

CARS

TOP GEAR

To all car fans this is a website u need to visit! http://www.hessmo.com/Hessmo/Top_Gear.html It shows three car fanctics go around the world on different adventures to test new cars. This is a pretty funny show and you will always have a laugh. This is a automobileshow/comedy and is very intertaning. here is a picture of the people that run it and what it dose. The man to the right is James may, the mamn in the middle is Richard hammond and the man to the left is Jeremy clarkson.

This blog was was made by: Alexander Alkinge

World News

First, in space, the ISS (International Space Station) was scheduled this month to be possibly hit by an old piece of Soviet Space Junk. Luckily, the ISS was not hit, but it was quite close.

Next, getting back to my previous blog, Gråpes, it seems that through the economic depression, Bulgaria has been one of the European countries that has suffered most. But luckily, through newly discovered grape varieties, the country may have a chance to get back in the European market.

Now, heading on to southeast Asia, the Communist nation of North Korea accused the Republic of South Korea and the US of sending over 200 spy planes, including the benowed U-2 Spy Plane, over North Korean borders.

Apparently the North korean nation has a rocket unit there and they were planning to launch a satellite within the rocket within a few days. As far as we know the launch is still planned and teh schedule has not been changed.

Until next time!

Very Awkward News! (cont.)

As the economic crisis hits people from everywhere, a French pole vaulter has done the obvious thing to highlight himself for a new sponsorship deal. The man ran naked through the streets of Paris, holding his pole aloft, and posted the video on the internet! (Nice way to get some attention eh!)
His History:Romain Mesnil, who won a silver medal at the 2007 Athletics World Championships in Osaka, used to be sponsored by Nike, but says his contract expired last year and he could not renew it.
'It was probably for budgetary and strategic reasons. It's the crisis,' he wrote on his website.

http://www.romain-mesnil.com/ <------This is Romain Mesnil's website although its in French http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyIMikhWofc <---------This is Romain Mesnil's video of his running through Paris naked! Funny!

Very Awkward News!

Turtles are famous for swimming thousands of miles to return to the beach where they lay their eggs. But one sick turtle had a different instinct – he took himself to a hospital for injured reptiles!!!
The staff of the hospital spotted the 35kg "Loggerhead Turtle" in the sea near the centre in Marathon, Florida, and decided to investigate after it hung around for a few hours. "This is the first time a turtle has ever showed up at our doorstep waiting to be admitted," said hospital worker Ryan Butts, who found the creature. 'He has a bacterial infection. He's very thin and very weak. He needs Tender Loving Care.'

Afghanistan

There was a fight between the Afghantistan Soliders and the Terrorists next to the city of Kajaki. It happened one day after an attack on another southern city, Uruzgan. 30 Terrorists died and 17 got heavily injured. The Afghanistan Soldiers managaed to kill one of the Terrorist' leaders, Mohammad Jakub. The Afghanistan Goverment suspects that the Terrorists are moving from south towards the capital city, Kabul.

Tecnology

The 10 most expensive laptops in the world are the VoodooPC Envy u909, Falcon Northwest FragBook DR 6800A, Dell XPS M2010 , Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G, Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV660, Sager NP5950V, Alienware Aurora m9700, Apple MacBook Pro (17") , Asus Lamborghini VX1 , Acer Aspire 9810. These are computer are the newest and most expensive laptops in the world. They got the newest technology.


if u want to search these go to


http://archive.laptopmag.com/Review/Sony-VAIO-VGN-AR190G.htm?page=0

World of Sport

NHL

In the NHL the San Jose Sharks are still leading in the western conference with 111 and the Detroit Red Wings only 4 points behind. The Boston Bruins are leading in the eastern conference. Yesterday the Dallas Stars, the Anaheim Ducks, Vancouver Canucks, Florida Panthers, Montreal Canadiens, Columbus Blue Jackets, and the Boston Bruins have all won their games on Tuesday evening.






NBA
Sixteen out of thirty teams in the NBA made it t the playoffs. In the Eastern conference Cleveland, Boston and Orlando are at the the top of the conference and clearly made it to the playoffs. In the Western conference the Los Angeles Lakers are 1st. They are starting to play the playoffs.

Gråpes

Gråpes are the way Swedish people say 'grapes'. Someone in our class is a grape. **** is a grape. He is a grape because he sometimes turns purple, goes crazy and kills people. But then he returns to his original annoying form. **** likes grapes.

In 1410 Dr. ¤¤¤¤ developed the theory that when a human person is mentally challanged they will attempt to turn into the form of a purple grape, a purple grape vine, a bunch of purple grapes or a painting of purple grapes.


Moving on, grapes are a small fruit-like berry who are often found in bunches, connected by vines. The grapes range in colors from blue to green, the most regular ones being purple-red and green. Perhaps the most famous of all grape uses is wine - an alcoholic bevergae made by fermenting grapes and then adding a bit suger to sweeten it.

Here is a list of grape export country capitals, worldwide:
Maharashtra
Various areas of California State
France
Italy
Brazil
Other smaller areas of South America

Here is a list of grape recipes:
Plain Grapes
Garnish Grapes
Wine
Grape Pie
Grape Cake
Grape Juice

Ipod Touch

Ipod Touch has many functions. It has a touch screen, Internet, it has a lot of memory to store music, pictures, movies. It also has games, translators for over 50 languages, and you can draw pictures with the drawing function. You can chat online and download music and games. I believe that Ipod touch is a great music player because there are so many functions and great games and music.

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