Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Indonesian man claims to be world's oldest person at 145 and other top stories.

  • Indonesian man claims to be world's oldest person at 145

    Indonesian man claims to be world's oldest person at 145
    An Indonesian man whose official documentation suggests he was born 145 years ago could be the latest contender for the world record of oldest human being, according to a local television report. Indonesian records officials have confirmed the age of Mbah Gotho as 145, which is 23 years older than current title-holder, 122-year-old Jeanne Calment, the Independent UK reports.Mr Gotho, who said he has been making preparations for his death since 1992 and had bought his tombstone 20 years ago, tol..
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  • Indigenous Canadian friends find they were switched at birth in second case at same hospital

    Indigenous Canadian friends find they were switched at birth in second case at same hospital
    Indigenous Canadian friends find they were switched at birth in second case at same hospital Posted August 28, 2016 08:33:43 Two indigenous Canadians have found out they were switched at birth after 41 years of living as friends.Leon Swanson and David Tait Jr confirmed the news after recent DNA tests showed that one man was raised by the biological mother of the other.Mr Swanson was born January 31, 1975 at the Norway House Indian Hospital, and Mr Tait was born at the..
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  • Boy in horrific ISIS propaganda video could be jihadi bride Sally Jones's son

    Boy in horrific ISIS propaganda video could be jihadi bride Sally Jones's son
    A fanatical ISIS child killer who murdered a captured Kurdish fighter in Raqqa is believed to be the son of Jihadi bride Sally Jones. The 47-year-old mother-of-two from Chatham, Kent, fled to Syria with her youngest son JoJo, who was born in December 2004. Jones and the child, who was ten at the time, converted to Islam. She married 20-year-old British Jihadi Junaid Hussain who was killed in a US drone strike in August 2015.  This young British boy was featured in the latest ISIS propaganda vide..
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  • Castaways scrawl SOS in sand

    Castaways scrawl SOS in sand
    The castaways signalled to a US Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft from the uninhabited island in Micronesia, Hawaii.A COUPLE stranded on a remote desert island in Micronesia were rescued after scrawling “SOS” in the sand in huge letters.The sailors had been missing for a week, after leaving Weno Island on August 17, the US coastguard reported.They were expected to arrive at Tamatam Island the following day, but two days later, the 5.5-metre boat was reported missing after the pair failed to arrive at ..
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  • How Turkey's offensive into Syria is opening a hornets' nest

    How Turkey's offensive into Syria is opening a hornets' nest
    Karkamis, Turkey: Turkey's incursion into Syria is deepening tensions between two major US-backed groups, potentially setting up a conflict that could undermine Washington's efforts to eradicate Islamic State's presence in Syria.The current focal point of those animosities is the strategic Syrian town of Manbij, nestled on the western side of the Euphrates River. The Kurds wrested it from IS earlier this month. On Thursday, under US pressure, Kurdish forces known by the acronym YPG declared tha..
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  • Suspected 'terror' attack at Indonesian church; no serious casualties

    Suspected 'terror' attack at Indonesian church; no serious casualties
    Suspected 'terror' attack at Indonesian church; no serious casualties Updated August 28, 2016 17:42:28 Indonesian police are investigating a suspected terror attack by a knife-wielding assailant on a priest during the Sunday service at a church, and a bomb squad has been deployed to determine whether the attacker's backpack contained explosives.There were no serious casualties, though the priest and his attacker suffered minor injuries, according to police in Medan city..
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  • Merkel Fails to Translate Drop in Refugees Into Greater Backing

    Merkel Fails to Translate Drop in Refugees Into Greater Backing
    German Chancellor Angela Merkel is failing to translate a significant drop in new refugee arrivals into greater backing from the general public.The head of the agency responsible for asylum seekers, Frank-Juergen Weise, told Bild am Sonntag that he expects 250,000-300,000 refugees to arrive this year, well below last year’s 1 million. Nonetheless, a poll released Sunday by the newspaper showed 50 percent of voters don’t want Merkel to serve a fourth term, up from 48 percent last November at the..
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  • Rocket hits airport in Diyarbakir after Turkey's first combat casualty in Syria

    Rocket hits airport in Diyarbakir after Turkey's first combat casualty in Syria
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  • Victorian taxi owners consider legal action over ride-sharing reforms

    Victorian taxi owners consider legal action over ride-sharing reforms
    Hundreds of furious taxi and hire car drivers are threatening legal action - including a possible grand final day strike - over an Andrews Government move to deregulate the industry.The group claims they stand to lose millions of dollars spent buying now-worthless licences. Drivers at the meeting in Bulleen on Sunday. Photo: Channel 7 Under a major shake-up announced last week, hire car operators who paid as much as $60,500 for licences will get just $25,000 in compensation for their fir..
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