The World Last Week
January 31st, 2010 at 9:10 pm (News, World Last Week, general)
Saturday
Connie Brown the oldest working woman dies aged 102 year after briefly being admitted to hospital for the first time in life. She had worked 6 days a week for 80 years.
A 3 day old boy whose right hand was cut allegedly due to the negligence o doctors during a caesarean operation at a Govt Hospital in Udaipur died in hospital.
For the first time in more than 50 years Britain Queen Elizabeth will address the UN General Assembly. The queen addressed the US Assembly only in one previous occasion in 1957.
Britain will soon have a burial ground where humans can be laid to rest next to their loved pets.
An International team lead by Queensland University’s researches has found that marriages make a woman fatter up to 4 pounds and up to nine pounds after a baby.
Sunday
Million of people from Sydney to Sweden are to set to switch off their lights at 8.30pm on March 27th as a part of global earth hour campaign and highlighting climate change.
European space engineers plan to collect solar energy from space and beam back to earth by laser to power homes and electric vehicles that could help provide a solution to the planets dwindling energy supplies.
A US base company has developed an instrument called Endoscope by which a 15 minute non surgical treatment that could lead to drastic weight loss and remove the onset of diabetes.
A pot full of copper coins were unearthed in a village near Mannargudi in Tiruvarur District while earth was scooped by an earth remover.
A 25 year old Italian man was rescued after spending 11 days buried in the ruins of a grocery shop survived on snacks and coca cola.
Monday
A 50 year old man hurled his shoe at Sudanese President Omar al-Bishi in a hallway. The shoe missed the president.
Mayanmar prodemocratic leader Ms Aung San Suu Kiji is to be freed in November 2010 after being in house arrest for over 20 years.
Sadam’s Hussain notorious cousin known as Chemical Ali who was responsible for the killing of thousands of kurds in 1991 has been finally executed.
An application for the iPhone has helped a British woman who was considering in vitro fertilization (ivp) treat has become pregnant thus she becomes the first Britain awaiting the first iPhone baby.
All 90 people abroad an Ethiopian Airline plane were feared dead after it plunged into the Mediterranean sea minutes after taking off from Beirut.
Tuesday
Doctors in Peru mistakenly amputated the wrong foot of an 86 year old man instead of his infected foot. The doctors involved were suspended.
6 lakhs pilgrims have booked to see the world famous shroud of Turin which goes on show in the Northern Italy city of Turin in April 2010.
A part of Southwest Houston Texas, home to a large number of south Asians including Indians has been officially renamed Mahatma Gandhi District to hounour the leader on his 141 birth year.
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) has found a new technique of increasing milk yield in cows by resting the cows comfortably on specially made rubber mats, more comfort more milk they say.
An astronomer at a Royal Society Conference in London said that an earth like planate is likely to be discovered out in the solar system by the year end.
Wednesday
A woman in Wisconsin tried to extort money from a upscale restaurant by putting a rat in her lunch and demanded 5,00,000 dollars and threatened to alert the media.
A retired schoolteacher in Concord who tired 100 years old earlier this month earned her bachelors degree the day before she died two days ago.
Police in Eastern Germany found a new born baby in the refrigerator of the 21 year old mothers apartment who was in psychiatric care.
A German man who suffered 44 small lizards into his underwear was arrested before boarding a plane in New Zealand.
An Islamize Supreme Court president fall back and suffered bruises when she was hit on her forehead by a shoe thrown by a 50-year-old man during a court proceedings.
Thursday
In a stunning recovery, French resources pulled out a 16 year old girl alive from the debris of a home 15 days after the earthquake in Hachi.
After growing pressure from Animal Rights activists the Chinese Government bans on eating dog and cat meat from April. Any one eating their pet’s will be fined 450 dollars or 15 days in jail.
A US Court has declared former Satyam Computers Chairman Ramalingja Raju and his brother Ramaraju as paupers because they were unable to meet their court charges.
An Australian study says after surveying 4677 men and 4563 women that overweight adults who have crossed 70 years live longer.
In a naval study, scientists from Stanford University have successfully transformed skin cells into nerve cells, an advancement that could pave way for new treatment of dementia.
Friday
A study has claimed that Australia is the most sinful nation on earth ranking first overall in the seven deadly sins which include lust, greed and pride.
A Chinese porcelain vase used as an umbrella stand for emperor Qianlong in 1740, worth 500,000 sterling pounds has been recovered from auction house in Dorchester.
Researchers in Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston say the drug valpori acid could improve the survival from injuries particularly in soldiers by preventing certain biological mechanism from shutting down.
Prof Julio Santiago de Torres at the university of Granade says right handed people favour the right and associates the direction of positively and is the opposite for the left handers.
A Dutch court has ruled that the dismissal was too server a measure meted against an employee of McDonalds restaurant who gave a colleague restaurant who gave an extra Peace of cheese on a hamburg.