Girl Has 2nd Brain Surgery to Alleviate Painful 'Suicide Disease'

KatieRose Hamilton just underwent her second brain surgery to try and find relief for trigeminal neuralgia.

When KatieRose Hamilton has a headache, she can’t just take an aspirin and lie down. Instead her headaches, which are related to a condition called trigeminal neuralgia, leave her incapacitated, unable to do anything but lie down in a darkened room, barely able to move.

KatieRose's mother, Megan Hamilton, said when her daughter is suffering from these intense headaches, there is nothing they can do for her.

“When she has attacks, it is sobbing, kicking her feet, moaning, begging God to make it stop,” Hamilton Said “It’s awful. As her parent, I would lay there and sob beside her.”

KatieRose suffers from a disorder called trigeminal neuralgia (TN), which affects the cranial nerve called the trigeminal and leads to intense, sometimes burning, or stabbing pain. The trigeminal nerve is one of the most widely distributed nerves in the head and these painful episodes can last for hours, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

Usually the pain is caused by some kind of artery or vein compressing the nerve as it pulses. Eventually the pulsing can damage the nerve leading to intense pain.

Angelina Jolie reportedly Jealous of Brad Pitt’s Crush On Lupita Nyong’o

So True, So False!

There are lots of stories that we hear about that we definitely give a side eye (you all know that side eye moment right?)…and this is one them.

The National Enquirer has run many “exclusive” stories over the years including Jennifer Aniston is pregnant which clearly wasn’t true as well as Beyoncé and Jay-Z are sad that their good friend Wendy Williams didn’t defend Queen Bey with rumours that she wasn’t carrying Baby Blue.

The talk show queen revealed she doesn’t really know them.

And now they are back with another story. This one involves Hollywood’s New It Girl Lupita Nyong’o.

The American publication states that Brad Pitt has gone “gaga” for Lupita who stars in his produced 12 Years a Slave and Angelia Jolie is jealous.

The mag goes on to claim that Brad, was able to hide his crush from Angelina for a while, but he let the cat out of the bag when he publicly gushed about the Kenyan beauty at the Producers Guild Awards.

“She’s very special, a very special young lady. We’re going to see great things from her”, he said.

Vodka blamed for high death rates in Russia

Binge drinking of spirits is a big problem

The high number of early deaths in Russia is mainly due to people drinking too much alcohol, particularly vodka, research shows.

The study, in The Lancet, says 25% of Russian men die before they are 55, and most of the deaths are down to alcohol. The comparable UK figure is 7%.

Causes of death include liver disease and alcohol poisoning. Many also die in accidents or after getting into fights.

The study is thought to be the largest of its kind in the country.

Researchers from the Russian Cancer Centre in Moscow, Oxford University in the UK and the World Health Organization International Agency for Research on Cancer, in France, tracked the drinking patterns of 151,000 adults in three Russian cities over up to 10 years.

During that time, 8,000 of them died. The researchers also drew on previous studies in which families of 49,000 people who had died were asked about their loved ones' drinking habits.

PLEASE DON'T CRY AFTER READING THIS!!!

A girl was sent parking from a house ... because she refused tohave sex with her landlord(owner of the house). 

She had no money to pay for her rent so the landlord gave her a chance that unless she sleeps with him before he would allow her live in his house but she refused because she loved her poor boyfriend so much. 

On her way to her friends house, some guys kidnapped her and wanted to rape her but she refused and they forcefully raped and killed her. 

One of the police officers that heard her story in the area of the incident where people where gathered, checked her phone and saw she had an incoming text massage from her boyfriend which goes like this, "baby i won a visa lottery for U and I.

 Which means me and u are going to abroad next tomorrow night. 

Come to my house today so I can tell u better. I LUV U" Tears rolled down from the police man's checks. 

Now I declare, any untimely death that would come when your good news arrives, I DESTROY AND SEND IT BACK TO THE SENDER, In The MIGHTY NAME OF GOD……………………………………….AMEN

Malta tightens passport sale terms under EU pressure

There are concerns that rich foreigners could simply buy their way into the EU

Malta has bowed to EU pressure over its controversial new passport scheme for non-EU nationals, saying applicants will now be required to spend at least a year in Malta in order to qualify.

The new condition was announced by Malta in a joint statement with the European Commission.

Applicants will still have to invest at least 1.15m euros (£944,000; $1.57m) in Malta to get a passport.

MEPs have condemned the Maltese scheme, saying it cheapens EU citizenship.

Earlier Malta had not set any residency requirement for rich foreigners wishing to get Maltese passports.

The new stipulation says "no certificate of naturalisation will be issued unless the applicant provides proof that he/she has resided in Malta for a period of at least 12 months immediately preceding the day of issuing of the certificate of naturalisation".

Justin Bieber charged with Toronto limo driver assault

Justin Bieber was led by police through a crowd of reporters and fans

Canadian pop star Justin Bieber has been charged with assaulting a limousine driver in Toronto last month.

The 19-year-old handed himself in at a Toronto police station where he was mobbed by TV crews, news photographers and screaming teenage fans.

The charge comes a week after the star was arrested for a separate incident in Florida and charged with drink-driving.

A lawyer for the singer said his client was innocent.

Toronto police say that Justin Bieber was one of six people picked up by a limousine outside a nightclub in the early hours of 30 December.

"While driving the group to a hotel, an altercation occurred between one of the passengers and the driver of the limousine," a police statement said.

Queen Elizabeth II down to her last million due to overspending

According to new reports, the Queen of England is down to her last $1.6m in reserves after royal overspending. She was once the richest woman in the world (in the 80s) and in 2010 Forbes mag estimated her net worth at around $450 million and now she's broke? Nah!! Read the report below..

Perhaps Queen Elizabeth II could learn something from her thrifty granddaughter-in-law Kate Middleton. The 87-year-old monarch has been overspending the royal family's famous fortune, according to a report published by the Commons Public Accounts Committee on Monday, Jan. 27.
Following her courtiers' advice, Her Majesty the Queen's reserve fund has fallen from £35 million ($58 million) in 2001 to just £1 million ($1.6 million) in 2014. The report states the royal family is "spending above their means and dipping into the reserves...the balance now stands at an all-time low." Continue...

The report also reveals that a number of palaces are in "dangerous or deteriorating" conditions. Forty percent of them, in fact, are "below acceptable standards." It's not exactly new information, as Queen Elizabeth II knows that there's an $82 million backlog in repairs due to tightened government funding.

Dan Aykroyd Named Sheriff's Deputy in Mississippi

Meet the newest member of the Hinds County Sheriff's Department.

In "The Blues Brothers," Dan Aykroyd — along with his sidekick John Belushi — memorably tried to evade the law. Now, Aykroyd is the law.
The 61-year-old Canadian actor was sworn in as the newest member of the Hinds County Sheriff's Department's reserve squad on Friday. The ceremony took place at the group's Jackson, Mississippi, headquarters during which the "Ghostbusters" and "Spies Like Us" star received a uniform and badge.

"It's an honor to join these ranks today," the star said humbly during his swearing in. "I understand the challenges that law enforcement face in today’s world."

And Aykroyd, who previously served two law enforcement agencies in Louisiana for almost 16 years, said he wouldn't be scared to roll his sleeves up if duty called.
"If there's some raid and I have to go in and do some negotiation, or I have to do something that requires me to be on the front line, my experience there is obviously very limited — I've acted in this reserve capacity in some departments before and I know what that entails — but of course I now stand shoulder to shoulder and arm in arm with all the great young women than I've met here," he said.

US folk singer Pete Seeger died at the age of 94

US folk singer and activist Pete Seeger, whose songs included Turn! Turn! Turn! and If I Had A Hammer, has died at the age of 94.

He died at a New York hospital after a short illness, his grandson said.

Seeger gained fame in The Weavers, formed in 1948, and continued to perform in his own right in a career spanning six decades.

Renowned for his protest songs, Seeger was blacklisted in the 1950s for his leftist stance.

Denied broadcast exposure, Seeger toured US college campuses spreading his music and ethos, later calling this the "most important job of my career".

The lofty, bearded banjo-playing musician became a standard bearer for political causes from nuclear disarmament to the Occupy Wall Street movement in 2011.

In 2009, he was at a gala concert in the US capital ahead of Barack Obama's inauguration as president.

[PHOTOS] MEET The First Black African Heading Into Space

A 25-year-old DJ from a South African township is set to become the first black African to go into space.

Mandla Maseko is one of 23 people who won a seat on an hour-long sub-orbital trip in 2015. He has beaten about one million other people to get his spot in the team.
Mandla applied for the program, just like millions of contenders from around the world.

At the first stage, on national level, he had to answer a couple of theoretical questions, and to explain why he wanted to go into space.

“My response was: I want to defy the laws of gravity, and go down history as the first black South African in space,” the South-African revealed.

Beyonce & Jay Z's showstopping performance at the Grammys

Jay Z and Beyonce put on a showstopping performance as they opened the 2014 Grammy Awards on Sunday night performing hit song, Drunk In Love. Beyonce wore a black thong, glittering bra and sheer bodysuit while Jay Z looked dapper in a suit. Definitely one of the best performances of the night. See more photos of their performance after the cut...

Michael Essien Moves To AC Milan From Chelsea

AC Milan have confirmed that they have signed Michael Essien from Chelsea on a free transfer.

The Ghanaian midfielder, has spent most of this season on the bench, as Jose Mourinho prefers Frank Lampard, Mikel Obi and Ramires in central midfield and has decided to move to Italy, to stay fit for the 2014 World Cup.

Essien expressed his delight at playing under the Rossoneri new manager, Clarence Seedorf and revealed that the Dutchman played a crucial role in bringing him to the Serie A.

“I can’t wait to play for Milan,” Essien told reporters after landing in Italy on Friday. “Kaka and Balotelli are great players.

“I joined Milan because of Seedorf. I spoke with him two days ago. Seedorf is a great man and I hope that he will also become a great manager.

“I’m happy to be at Milan. They’re a great club. l will do my best for them.

“I want to thank [Chelsea chairman] Roman Abramovich, the squad and Mourinho, who gave me the chance to join Milan.”

Essien, who is eligible to play in the Champions League, becomes the third free arrival at the San Siro, after Keisuke Honda and Adil Rami joined from CSKA Moscow and Valencia respectively. 

Scientists Discover New STD That Kills Within Days!

There are reports that a new STD “Superbug” has emerged and according to experts is more deadly than AIDS and could cause an epidemic.

According to the report,  an antibiotic-resistant strain of gonorrhea has surfaced, a strain which is more aggressive than AIDS meaning the potential to infect the public will be exponentially greater.

Like most STDs, gonorrhea is transmitted through unprotected sexual contact and if left untreated, can cause a myriad of medical complications, such as infertility in women, debilitating pain and sterility in men and life threatening heart infections.

Alan Christianson, a doctor of naturopathic medicine, thinks this new deadly STD has the power to kill more than the 30 million people who have already died from AIDS-related causes worldwide, which would be catastrophic.

Photos Of The First "Made In Nigeria" Cars To Be Out In April

The first set of made in Nigeria, 4x4 SUVs will be ready come April 2014, the Chief Executive Officer of Nissan Motors has disclosed. He said this to President Jonathan at the on-going World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. According to him, it is possible to make two to three million cars annually in Nigeria for Nigerians. For now, the SUVs are being made at the old Volkswagen Assembly plant in Lagos, but he said, Nissan would soon build its own production plant for this to work out effectively.

Shocking! 16-Year-Old Girl Strangles Her Boyfriend To Death During Sex

Glendale police on Saturday arrested a 16-year-old girl after she allegedly strangled her 43-year-old boyfriend to death during a during what she claimed to be a consensual s*x act.
According to the police the accused, Jessica Burlew told them that she and Ash would often get involved in auto-er*tic asphyxiation games prior to having s*x. She used electrical wire to garote Jason Ash but when he lost consciousness she began to cut him with a razor blade to wake him and when he failed to respond she continued to cut him to ‘relieve her own stress’.
Ash was declared dead at 5.45 pm on Saturday after emergency services were called by Burlew’s mother, Tracey Woodside to their Phoenix apartment.
The mother told the police that she left her 16-year-old daughter, who suffers from schizophrenia and autism, alone with Ash and returned when Burlew phoned her to say that the 43-year-old man had been hurt.

Egypt violence: Large car bomb in central Cairo

A car bomb has exploded outside the police headquarters in Egypt's capital, killing four people and wounding 51, Egypt's health ministry says.

The powerful blast was felt across Cairo and black smoke could be seen rising over the city centre.

A second explosion was later heard in the city's Dokki district.

The blasts come on the eve of the third anniversary of the 2011 uprising that led to the removal of the country's decades-long ruler Hosni Mubarak.

No group has said it was behind the attacks.
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LASU students disrupt exams and stone vice chancellor

State University students went on the rampage Thursday, disrupting the university’s second semester examination and destroying properties in the process.

The protest which started Wednesday over the closure of the university’s registration portal, led to stoning of the University Vice Chancellor Prof. John Obafunwa, as he tried to evade the riotous students who had blocked the main gate and made bonfires on the Lagos-Badagry expressway.

An eye witness told P.M.NEWS Thursday that students threw sticks and stones at the Vice Chancellor’s convoy as he made to escape through an alternative route beside Conoil Filling station.

Trouble started in the university when the VC decided not to open the registration portal for over 2,000 students who are yet to register their second semester coursesas exams was to begin Thursday, even though the banks are still collecting school fees from students, whose hope of registering gets slimmer by the day.

According to the students, only 708 were able to register before the portal was shut again leaving, 1292 students to their fate.


When the students union government went to plead on behalf of the students, the VC was reported as saying those yet to register are insignificant and would automatically have to carry the session over, a statement which infuriated the students and they decided to take laws into their hands.

Justin Bieber arrested for DUI, drag racing and resisting arrest

19 year old teen sensation Justin Bieber was this morning arrested for drinking under the influence, drag racing in Miami beach and resisting arrest,
"Law enforcement tells us ... Bieber was busted in Miami Beach and it didn't end with DUI ... he was also busted for resisting arrest without violence, drag racing and driving on an expired license.
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... they believe Justin was under the influence of both drugs and alcohol.
We're told the resisting arrest charge stems from Bieber refusing to take his hands out of his pockets when ordered to do so by cops.
Bieber is now in custody and is at the police department where he is being tested -- presumably to more precisely measure his blood alcohol level. Our law enforcement sources say Justin was given a field sobriety test at the scene ... and failed. His next stop will be jail, where he will be booked and processed and bail will be set.

MEET The Woman With ‘The Most Expensive Body On Earth’ [PHOTOS]

Amanda Lepore, 46, is a very famous transsexual in New York and she says she has the most expensive body in the world following series of plastic surgeries.

In a recent interview with Into The Gloss, she revealed that after having a sex change at the age of 19 she went about getting three breast augmentations, buttock implants and even had her bottom ribs broken so she could achieve a smaller waist.

‘I think Raquel Welch and Cher did that, too,’ she said ‘they break the floating rib in the back and push it in, so there’s no scar.’ Following multiple nips and tucks, 5ft 2in Ms Lepore boasts a perfect hourglass figure measuring 38-22-38. Facially she has had lip injections, fillers, Botox, a nose job, a forehead lift and her hairline lowered. Her inspirations included Jean Harlow, Marilyn Monroe and Jessica Rabbit.

Asked how much her cosmetic work has cost in total, the busty blonde declined to provide an answer, merely stating: ‘There is a reason I am labeled ‘The Most Expensive Body On Earth’. She says that her sex change from male to female, was the most painful procedure she’s had done. ‘It didn’t hurt when I got it done at the hospital,’ she recounted. ‘But they give you a dilator as part of the healing process, which you have to keep in for extended periods of time to stretch the honeypotl opening. It felt like a knife. It was the most painful thing I had ever experienced.’

Convicted cop killer Edgar Tamayo Arias executed

A last-ditch push to keep a convicted cop killer alive failed Wednesday night when the U.S. Supreme Court denied a motion to stay his execution.

Edgar Tamayo Arias, a Mexican national, was executed at 9:32 p.m. CT, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said.

His execution marks the first of the year in Texas and the 509th in the state since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.

Tamayo did not make a statement before his death, department spokesman Jason Clark said.

Mexico's government had been pushing to block Tamayo's execution, arguing that it would violate international law.

Lawyers for Tamayo criticized the Supreme Court's ruling.

"He will be executed tonight, despite the indisputable fact that his right to consular assistance was violated," attorneys Sandra L. Babcock and Maurie Levin said in a statement before Tamayo's lethal injection.

Tamayo, 46, was convicted of the 1994 murder of a Houston police officer.

I Barely Knew My Husband Before I Married Him; He Is Too Over Controlling

I have been married for about 4yrs. I really did’nt know him very well before we got married. I knew him from church as a good guy. He is a very good christain and prayerful. The problem is he complains about everything I do, I am expecting our 2nd baby even when I was pregnant with our 1st child I told him I don’t want him to be in the hospital with me because he never has anything good to say to me only finding faults.

I never have peace of mind, he tells me everything to do, he doesn’t want dirty dishes in the sink. He is just very controlling, abusive and insensitive with words and I always tell him. I use to think because he was a religious person maybe he is not used to how to treat a woman, and I will get marriage posts and send to him. Sometimes he tries to change, but he still treats me badly, talks to me anyhow and I am not used to people disrespecting me, how much more the man I am married to.

We quarrel all the time,I cry all the time and really miserable. I can’t communicate with him, he always shut me up,
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Microsoft Nigeria Employee Gets N39m For Unlawful Sack After Sexual Harassment

Former Microsoft Nigeria Employee Gets N39m For Unlawful Sack After Sexual Harassment
A former Enterprise Marketing Manager of Microsoft Nigeria Limited, Mrs. Ejieke Maduka, who was sacked after she complained she was sexually harassed by her immediate boss,  has awarded the sum of N39.6 million by the National Industrial Court.

According to reports, Ejieke said she was sacked for refusing to succumb to the sexual advances of her immediate boss, Mr. Emmanuel Onyeje, former Country Manager of Microsoft Nigeria. So she went to court to seek a declaration that the termination of her employment by her employers was as a result of her refusal to succumb to the sexual harassment. And that her fundamental right to human dignity and freedom from discrimination was violated.

In their defence, Mr Onyeje and Microsoft Nigeria argued that it has a right to hire and fire the claimant, adding that her sack had nothing to do with her alleged refusal. That she wasn't the only one sacked as the company was restructuring and downsizing at the time.

On his part, Onyeje denied ever sexually harassing the claimant. His only witness, Awawu Olumide Sojunri, who testified during the trial, said

Strange: Fisherman Catches Mysterious See-Through Fish [Photos]

 A fisherman from New Zealand was left baffled when he caught this see-through shrimp-like creature swimming near the surface of the ocean.
Stewart Fraser was fishing with sons Conaugh and Finn 43 miles north off the North Island’s Karikari Peninsula when he spotted the translucent ‘shrimp’ floating near the top of the water.

Mr Fraser said: ‘I was in two minds whether to haul it in, but curiosity got the better of me and I decided to take a closer look.
This translucent shrimp-like creature was caught swimming near the surface of the ocean off New Zealand

‘It felt scaly and was quite firm, almost jelly like, and you couldn’t see anything inside aside from this orange little blob inside it.
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I Launched D’Banj, Not Don Jazzy—OJB Jezreel Spits Venom

OJB Jezreel has continued to launch his series of attacks on Nigerian music star, Dapo Oyebanjo, better known as D’Banj, even though the Sagamu, Ogun State-born former MoHits star has not been tempted to give him a response.

Recall that during the ‘Save OJB Jezreel’ campaign championed by Nomoreloss, which was aimed at raising fund for OJB’s kidney treatment in India, there were reports that D’Banj donated an amount of money for the cause.

But the music producer later came out to categorically state that D’Banj never gave him a dime for his treatment as widely reported. OJB then went further to stress that what pained him the most was the fact that D’Banj used his (OJB Jezreel) ordeal to make publicity stunts for his own (D’Banj) music career.

He then further said that instead of D’Banj to come out to deny the reports of him donating for the cause, he chose to remain silent.

Monsignor Nunzio Scarano charged with money-laundering

Monsignor Nunzio Scarano spent two decades working as a Vatican accountant

A senior Italian cleric has been charged with laundering millions through the Vatican bank, police say.

Monsignor Nunzio Scarano is already on trial and under house arrest on separate charges of plotting to smuggle 20m euros ($26m; £17m) into Italy.

The former Vatican accountant and two other people were served with arrest warrants on Tuesday, police said.

Last year, Pope Francis set up a commission to review the bank's activities after a series of scandals.

Traditionally the Vatican has opposed the right of the Italian judiciary to investigate alleged crimes committed by its officials on the grounds of diplomatic immunity and privilege,

But under Pope Francis, increased cooperation between the Vatican and Italian authorities led to the arrest of Monsignor Scarano last summer, our correspondent says.

Here she is! First picture of nun who had baby without knowing she was pregnant (PHOTO)

This is the first picture of nun and new mother Roxana Rodriguez. The 33-year-old woman, a nun with the order of the Little Disciples of Jesus, stunned her mother superior and local church chiefs after giving birth last week to a baby boy which she has called Francis, in honour of the current Pope. Sister Roxana initially claimed to have no idea that she was pregnant and thought her labour pains were ‘stomach cramps’ when an ambulance rushed her to hospital in severe pain after being called by fellow nuns when she collapsed at her nunnery.

Roxana Rodriguez, a nun with the order of the Little Disciples of Jesus, stunned her mother superior and local church chiefs after giving birth last week to a baby boy

MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGH: …Womb transplant successfully done in Sweden…

Doctors at the University of Gothenburg Sweden have successfully carried out womb transplant for 9 women who were born without a womb and are waiting for them to get pregnant. This amazing new kind of surgery is geared towards helping women who are born without wombs, a medical condition called MKRH or had there uterus removed due to severe medical conditions such as cervical cancer.

The wombs received were from mothers or female relatives of the recipients. All nine women are currently ovulating which is a good sign that the wombs are doing fine inside the women.

Nun gives birth in Italy, names baby Francis

A Salvadorean nun who said she had no idea she was pregnant gave birth in Italy this week after she felt stomach cramps in her convent and was rushed to hospital, Italian media reported on Friday.

The 31-year-old mother and her baby boy, who weighs 3.5 kilogrammes (nine pounds), are doing well and other new mothers in Rieti hospital have begun collecting clothes and donations for her, the reports said.

“I did not know I was pregnant. I only felt a stomach pain,” the nun was quoted as saying at the hospital, the Italian news agency ANSA reported.
La Repubblica said she gave birth on Wednesday.

ANSA said the nun had named her baby Francesco (Francis) — also the pope’s chosen title and one of the most popular names in Italy, where St Francis of Assisi is the much-loved national patron saint.

The hospital could not be reached for comment.
The nun belongs to the “Little Disciples of Jesus” convent in Campomoro near Rieti, which manages an old people’s home and reports said she would keep the baby.

Playboy Playmate Cassandra Lynn Hensley found dead at age 34

34 year old gorgeous Playboy model Cassandra Lynn Hensley was reportedly found dead at her friend's home in LA on Wednesday January 15th according to TMZ. The model was found floating in a bath tub in her friend's bathroom and by the time paramedics arrived, she'd already passed away.

The police are investigating the death as a possible overdose, law enforcement sources told TMZ. She leaves behind a daughter. May her soul rest in peace...amen.

New photos of Kim K and Kanye West's daughter, North West

She's beginning to look so much like her dad. She's so cute. Kim K shared the new pics on The Ellen DeGeneres show and said she and Kanye are planning a summer wedding that will not hold in the US

Photos: How many of you noticed Rihanna's extreme nipple piercing?

A few days ago y'all saw behind the scenes pics of Rihanna's beach shoot for Vogue Brazil. In some of the pics, Rihanna's perky boobs were on display but how many of you noticed her extreme nipple piercing? BadGal RiRi put a spike through each boob. In case you missed it, see the up-close pics after the cut...18+ biko...:-)

Meet the man who hasn't had a bath in over 60 years...

This Iranian man you see above hasn't allegedly had a bath for 60 years. Daily Mail reports that 80 year old Iranian Amou Haji hasn't washed for 60 years because he believes being clean will make him sick, and his favourite food is rotten porcupine.
To relax he likes to sit down and have a smoke, from a pipe packed with animal faeces. Mr Haji says he chose this way of life after going through some emotional setbacks in his youth and since then - perhaps unsurprisingly - he has become a bit isolated.
His home is in Dejgah village in the southern province of Fars in Iran where, once, a group of young men offered to give him a shower - but luckily he managed to escape.
At night he either sleeps in a hole in the ground, which is quite like a grave, or in an open brick shack which concerned locals built for him. Continue...

UN panel to hear Vatican over child sex abuse

Victims' group: "We are hoping that finally the truth will be exposed"

Vatican officials are expected to face tough questions from the UN on the sexual abuse of thousands of children by Roman Catholic clergy.

The Vatican refused an earlier request for information, saying the cases were the responsibility of the judiciary of countries where abuse took place.

The Pope has said dealing with abuse is vital for the Church's credibility.

The Church has been criticised over its inadequate response to allegations of child sex abuse by priests.

Last month, Pope Francis announced that a Vatican committee would be set up to fight sexual abuse of children in the Church and offer help to victims.

Close up of Rihanna's new tattoo

Here's a full view of Rihanna's new tattoo, a cross added to her huge hand tattoo...

Kanye West allegedly assaults man who called Kim K a 'N***r Lover'

 

An 18 year old (pictured above covering his face) is reportedly pressing charges against Kanye West after the rapper allegedly punched him for calling his fiancee Kim Kardashian a N***r lover.

    Kanye West just attacked an 18-year-old guy inside the waiting room of a chiropractor's office ... after the guy allegedly called Kanye the N-word ... TMZ has learned.Kim was at a Beverly Hills medical building when she was swarmed by photogs.  We're told the guy allegedly tried to help Kim get in the building, as he started screaming,  "F**k these fa**ot-ass n****rs"" -- referring to the paparazzi.  Kim then told him it was not appropriate to use the N-word.  We're told he then screamed at her, "F**k you bitch.  Just trying to help you.  Shut up n****r lover, stupid slut."Apparently that got Kim hot as fish grease ... she watched the guy walk into an office.  As they were walking we're told the guy continued berating Kim. She dialed Kanye on his cell, and when the guy realized Kanye was on the phone he allegedly said, "F**k you N****r."   Kanye -- who had just arrived at the building -- then met up with Kim.Sources say Kanye and Kim rushed into the waiting room of chiropractor Richard Hill and found the 18-year-old sitting there.

US Condemns Nigeria's Same-sex Marriage Ban

The United States on Monday criticized Nigeria for approving a law that punishes same-sex marriage with prison, saying the move would curtail basic human rights.
Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States was “deeply concerned” by Nigeria’s new law which “dangerously restricts freedom of assembly, association and expression for all Nigerians.”
Kerry said the act “is inconsistent with Nigeria’s international legal obligations and undermines the democratic reforms and human rights protections enshrined in its 1999 constitution.”

“People everywhere deserve to live in freedom and equality. No one should face violence or discrimination for who they are or who they love,” Kerry said in a statement.

INCEST? Whitney Houston’s Daughter Passionately Kisses Her Husband [Photos]

Just one day after announcing that she had got married, Bobbi Kristina Brown stepped out with new husband (adopted brother) Nick Gordon for an impromptu photo shoot on Friday.

The couple couldn’t wipe the smiles from their faces as they excitedly showed off their wedding rings and passionately kissed for the cameras in a parking lot outside their local CVS/Pharmacy in Georgia.

The casually-dressed newlyweds have shrugged off their detractors, who have taken issue with the fact that they were essentially raised as brother and sister after Nick was taken in by Bobbi Kristina’s late mother, Whitney Houston.

Newlyweds: Bobbi Kristina and new husband Nick Gordon excitedly showed off their wedding rings on Friday – a day after revealing they had married in an intimate, low-key wedding

First public outing: The lovebirds appeared thrilled to share their happiness, enjoying an impromptu photo shoot in the parking lot of their local CVS/Pharmacy in Georgia
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American journalist David Satter kicked out of Russia

Russia has expelled American journalist and author David Satter, a former Moscow correspondent for the Financial Times and a longtime critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Satter told followers on Twitter.
Satter, the author of three books on Russia and the former Soviet Union, had been working as an adviser to the U.S. broadcasters Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty since September.
"As some of you may know, I've been expelled from Russia," he wrote on his Twitter page Monday.
Satter said he had gone to the Ukrainian capital Kiev to exchange his existing visa for a correspondent's visa when he was told his application had been rejected, on the grounds that his presence in Russia was "undesirable." He is now in London "until we figure out what to do next."
Satter is a former Moscow correspondent for the Financial Times and a fellow at Johns Hopkins University and the Hudson Institute, a U.S.-based think tank. He has written extensively on the history of Russia in the post-Soviet era.
In December, after suicide bombers killed more than 30 people in the Russian city of Volgograd, Satter wrote  that visitors to the upcoming and highly touted Winter Olympics in the Black Sea city of Sochi "are walking into what effectively is a war zone." But he said he didn't know what prompted the government to kick him out now.

Australian Open: Laura Robson determined to bounce back

Laura Robson played down her wrist injury and set her sights on getting fully fit after a heavy defeat in the first round of the Australian Open.
The British number one was beaten 6-3 6-0 by Belgian 18th seed Kirsten Flipkens in 50 minutes in Melbourne.
It was 19-year-old Robson's first full match of the season after she picked up a wrist injury.
"I prefer not to talk about my wrist because then it's just going to become this massive excuse," said Robson.
"Really she just played better than me."Robson had retired during the second set of her only other match this year, and went into Monday's match relying on a few days of practice.
"Practice is a lot different to playing a proper match in Slams," she said.
"I would have loved to have had some more points beforehand, but that's what happens sometimes."
Ranked 48th, Robson has won just six matches since reaching the last 16 at Wimbledon, and she will lose further ranking points after failing to match last year's run to the third round in Australia.
The manner of her defeat by Flipkens will serve as an extra incentive to turn the situation around.
"Definitely it motivates you to do better and be as fit as possible, and that's what I'll do in the next couple of weeks," said Robson, who turns 20 next week.

Kanye Threatens To End Relationship With Kim If She Doesn't Take His Name

KANYE West wants Kim Kardashian to drop her famous surname when they marry.
The 'Power' rapper is adamant his bride-to-be takes his last name, causing a tense moment over Christmas when her mother, Kris Jenner, suggested Kim become Kardashian-West.

A source said: "Everyone at the table gave a thumbs up, except for Kanye. He sat quiet and stern faced, then blurted forcefully, 'She will be known as Kim West. My wife will bear my name only!"

Kim - who has six-month-old daughter North with Kanye - is now facing the tough decision of trying to please both her notoriously hot-headed partner and her extremely persuasive mother.

The source added to National Enquirer magazine: "By the end of the night Kim was in tears because all the way home he kept ranting that he was furious about her even considering to keep the Kardashian name. When Kim fought back, saying her celebrity is based on her famous family's name, big-headed Kanye snapped that his name holds more weight and respect than hers ever will. Kim just couldn't stop crying because she suddenly realised she's in for ongoing pressure - not only from Kanye but from Kris, who'll be livid if she drops the Kardashian name."

Obasanjo sends letter to PDP withdrawing from party activities

All these drama with our politicians, leaders and political parties is becoming quite silly. They all just seem so confused. One of the founding members of the ruling party and former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo has sent a letter to the National Chairman of PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, where he gave a notice of his withdrawal from activities of the party.

In the letter, Obasanjo said although he is still a card carrying member of the party, he will withdraw his activities with PDP at local, state, zonal and national level until a person he describes as a criminal wanted abroad to face criminal charges is removed as the party's South West zonal leader.

Obasanjo proceeded to add that he was forwarding with the letter, “recent documents” on the alleged activities of the person. The letter, dated January 7th, was obtained by Tribune. See it after the cut...

Bill Gates, Obama, the Pope are the World's Most Admired People

The world's richest man and Microsoft chairman Bill Gates is the most admired person in the world, followed by US President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Pope Francis and Indian cricket player Sachin Tendulkar, the London Times reports, citing a poll.
Gates scored highly in each of the 12 countries where YouGov conducted polling and was the most popular in China. Putin’s popularity among Russians helped him secure third place on the list, the newspaper reported.
YouGov surveyed 14,000 people in the U.K., France, Germany, Russia, the U.S., Australia, Pakistan, Indonesia, India, China, Egypt, Nigeria and Brazil in the poll conducted for the Times, according to the newspaper.

Samsung: Galaxy S5 out by April, may scan your eyes

Samsung's Galaxy S5, the next generation of its flagship smartphone, will be released by April and may include innovative eye-scanning technology.

An executive for the Korean tech giant confirmed to Bloomberg that the phone will hit stores this year on roughly the same time table as previous iterations of the device, which has emerged as the chief rival to Apple's iPhone.

The Galaxy S4 was announced last March and released in April.

Lee Young Hee, executive vice president for Samsung's mobile business, also told the news service that a new version of the company's Galaxy Gear smartwatch will be released at the same time as the new phone.

"We've been announcing our first flagship model in the first half of each year, around March and April, and
we are still targeting for release around that time," Lee said. "When we release our S5 device, you can also expect a Gear successor with more advanced functions, and the bulky design will also be improved."

55 year old Madonna steps out with 26 year old toyboy a month after split–PHOTO

What Madonna wants, she gets and owes no apologies for that. Barely one month after splitting with boy toy 25 year old Brahim Zaibat, the 55 year old  stepped out with another 26 year old Timor Stephens, a backup dancer  who happens to be 29 years her junior . The two were at a party in Switzerland. ‎

See photos of her last 2 boy toys, Brahim and Jesus Zus  after the cut....

Whitney Houston's daughter, Bobbi Kristina marries adoptive 'brother'

After being engaged for over a year, 20 year old Bobbi Kristina, the only child of late singer Whitney Houston, has married her adoptive brother and longtime friend, Nick Gordon. Bobbi took to twitter yesterday to announce their marriage and show off their wedding bands.

Her affair with Nick, 24, has overtime generated a lot of controversy with relatives and friends asking if her mother would have approved because Whitney cared and took Nick in as a child. So Bobbi and Nick lived like 'brother and sister' for years before Whitney's passing. Congrats to them.

China: Filmmaker Zhang Yimou fined $1.2M for breach of one-child policy

Oscar-nominated Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou has been fined 7.48 million yuan ($1.2 million) for breaching China's one-child policy, authorities say.
A letter sent to Zhang by the family planning bureau of Binhu District of Wuxi City, Jiangsu province in eastern China on Thursday demanded that he pay a penalty for having two "beyond-the-quota" children.
The letter was posted on the district's official account on Sina Weibo, China's Twitter-like microblogging service.
The fine comes after Zhang apologized in an open letter for his "excessive children" in December. He and his wife, Chen Ting, admitted to having two sons and a daughter.
Impact of China easing 'one child' policy China's one child policy changes
"As a film director, it takes a lot of efforts and good movies for people to remember you, but having excessive children had ruined it all," he said, according to Xinhua, China's state news agency. "I sincerely apologize to everyone on my 'excessive children' case. I admit it's my mistake and I won't blame others for it."
"I will learn my lessons, and I'm willing to cooperate with any investigation from family planning commission," Zhang said.

Is 38 years in prison appropriate for a teacher who slept with her 12yr old student?

Former teacher Ethel Anderson, 31, (pictured above) was found guilty and sentenced to 38 years in prison in December 2013 for having sex with her 12 year old student.

The married mother of one had sex with one of her students, whose identity is being kept secret because of his age (he was 12 at the time). The alleged abuse started in 2011 just one month after the teacher and the minor started a tutoring session in her home. During her trial last year, the boy, now 14, told the court that she started by kissing him and progressed to giving him oral sex.
"I felt like she was a girlfriend, I loved her and she said that I was her boyfriend and she loved me. She would rub on my legs, kiss on my ears, neck and stuff like that. We would tongue kiss. I lost my virginity to her. I told her to stop but she said she wanted me bad"
The boy's angry mother told the former 'teacher of the year', who worked as a language arts teacher at Mango Elementary School, in Florida, that she took her boy's innocence.

'Anger and hatred don't even begin to explain how I feel about what you took from my son. His innocence is lost forever.' She said in a statement read at the sentencing
Now there are people, especially blacks in America, who feel 38 years is too much to spend in prison for having sex with a minor...especially after a teacher, Laura Whitehurst (who is white) was sentenced to prison for 1 year and released after only 6 months for sleeping with three of her students and giving birth to a child fathered by one of them. Watch the people you leave you children with.

UNBELIEVABLE: South African Pastor Lesego Makes Members Eat Grass (See Photos)

Pastor Daniel, who is the founder and Head Pastor at Rabboni Centre Ministries, situated at Zone 2 Ga-Rankuwa, north of Pretoria, said he was basically trying to prove that humans can be controlled by the spirit and they can eat anything to feed their bodies. I thought the bible says give to the poor not convince them to act like cows and eat grass.
see more photos after the cut....

Ex Miss Venezuela/Telemundo actress & ex shot dead in Venezuela

Former Miss Venezuela 2004 and popular telenovela actress, Monica Spear, 29, and her ex-husband Thomas Berry, 39, were shot dead in their car on a highway in Venezuela by armed robbers in front of their 5 year old daughter on Monday January 6th, local news reports.

Monica and Thomas were traveling with their daughter late Monday night when their car hit a sharp object which had been placed on the Puerto Cabello highway.

The couple came out of their car and dialed for help. While waiting for a tow truck, they saw armed men coming their way and locked themselves in their car. The men, later found to be armed robbers, opened fire through the car window, killing Monica & Thomas and injuring their daughter. Continue

Pentagon ex-head Gates criticises Obama's Afghan tactics

The former defence secretary voices frustration in his memoir at the "controlling nature" of Mr Obama's White House (file photo)

Former US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates has written a book strongly criticising President Barack Obama's handling of the war in Afghanistan.

In Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary of War, Mr Gates says that the president was sceptical that his administration's Afghan strategy would succeed.

"I never doubted [his] support for the troops, only his support for their mission," Mr Gates writes.

Mr Gates was Pentagon chief under Presidents Obama and George Bush.

He was the first Pentagon head to serve presidents of different parties before leaving political office in 2011.

'Getting out'
Although he describes Mr Obama as "a man of personal integrity" who was right in his decisions regarding Afghanistan, he says that the president was uncomfortable with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, which he inherited from the Bush administration.

He also says Mr Obama was distrustful of the military
that was providing him options.

Suicidal student finally succeeds in killing himself. Hangs self in his room

Part-time student of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Timilehin Ayobami Ogundare tried to kill himself on Sat January 4th by jumping into River Ogun but was stopped and saved by some security guards who handed him over to men of the vigilante service. Timi was later released. The next day, he succeeded in killing himself by hanging himself in his room with his belt.

PM News reports that Timi, who worked as a computer operator in Ibadan, was found dead in his room at Ilupeju area, Baasala, Asero, Abeokuta, Ogun State on Sunday January 5th. A family source disclosed that he'd tried to kill himself last year but was stopped by some people.
“The whole issue is still like a drama because I don’t know what could have made him decide to take his life. We have been looking for him since January 1. Later, we heard that he went to Lagos. He boarded a train from Lagos back to Abeokuta on Saturday and came down at Lafenwa. He trekked from the station through Enu Gada area to Ajitaadun down to Arakanga area with the aim of jumping into the river.
“He was arrested by the security men in the area when they saw him wandering with only his boxer pant on. They handed him over to the Vigilante men at Oke Ilewo for further investigation. We went there to collect him and we were told to come back with him yesterday. On getting to his room, we found out that he had hanged himself. He left a short note, apologizing that he disappointed us,” the source narrated in tears.