Topless protesters arrested at Kiev Euro 2012 stadium opening ceremony

Topless women were arrested at the opening ceremony for the Euro 2012 stadium in Kiev after they invaded the pitch as part of a feminist protest.

One woman had to be carried off the pitch by a steward, wearing only a pair of black leggings with two flowers painted over her breasts.

The Ukrainian activists, Femen - who have a history of getting their kit off to promote their causes - believe the tournament will increase sex tourism in their country.






Dressed for impact: A topless Ukrainian feminist is escorted away after her pitch invasion.Final whistle: Stewards carry the blonde protester out of the Olympiyskiy Stadium.Skilful moves: The sex tourism protesters gave stewards at the football stadium the runaround

The demonstrators said in a statement: 'Femen demands that UEFA initiate an explanatory campaign for football fans about the impermissibility of sex tourism and funding the sex industry, and the Ukrainian authorities criminalise the visiting of prostitutes.'

It is believed that four women were arrested after police arrived at the Olympiisky National Sports Complex, which will host some games during next year's tournament.

Their 'Euro without prostitution' protest followed a more modest performance by Colombian pop star Shakira and a whopping 2,000 other artists in front of 60,000 fans.

The group, many of whom are students, have previously stripped in front of Paris Hilton and at the Miss Ukraine beauty contest to show their belief that the beauty industry is a form of prostitution.

Femen also once organised mud wrestling competitions in the capital's main square to protest against what they called the 'dirty' politics of president Viktor Yushchenkos.

Their actions are reminiscent of the controversial feminist 'SlutWalks', in which women dress provocatively for anti-rape demonstrations.

The reconstructed stadium's opening ceremony came as teams from around Europe compete in qualifiers for the competition, which will take place in Ukraine and Poland.

Prostitution in Ukraine is illegal but reports say the country remains one of the main suppliers of prostitutes to Western Europe.

UEFA chief Michel Platini arrived last Monday for an inspection of the 70,000-seat building, and was at yesterday's event alongside the Ukrainian president.

Mr Yanukovich said before the celebrations: 'It's a holiday for the whole of Ukraine.

'The stadium's successful renovation is undoubtedly an exhibition project for Ukraine's image.'

But there was more embarrassment when fireworks set fire to some of the stage props, forcing the evacuation of the two central sectors.

Death row inmate eats two burgers with bacon, fried pork chops, fried chicken, fried fish, chili cheese fries, regular fries... and a glass of fruit punch

Milton Mathis had IQ of just 62 and has problems dressing himself

A mentally handicapped murderer who fatally shot two people and paralysed a third in a Houston crack house in 1998, was executed last night by lethal injection - after eating a mammoth final meal.

Milton Mathis, 32, scoffed two burgers with bacon, fried pork chops, fried chicken, fried fish, chili cheese fries, regular fries, and fruit punch, officials said.

Lawyers for Mathis, who was the 23rd person put to death in the U.S. this year and the sixth executed in Texas, had spent yesterday morning pleading his case before the Supreme Court. He previously lobbied unsuccessfully to state and federal courts.

Meaty: Mathis requested two burgers with bacon, fried pork chops, fried chicken, fried fish, chili cheese fries, regular fries and fruit punch (file photo).Sad ending: Milton Mathis, 32, was executed in Texas on Tuesday, despite being mentally disabled

Texas Republican Governor Rick Perry, however, vetoed state legislation in 2001 that would have outlawed executing inmates with mental disabilities.

Perry's decision gave Texas juries the power of deciding who to execute.

A year later, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in Atkins verse Virginia, but left it to the states to determine how to decide whether a person had mental disabilities.

It's been documented Mathis had an eighth-grade education when he was convicted, and scored in the low 60s on several IQ tests, once getting a 62.

Former Texas Governor, Mark White, came to Mathis's aid several years ago, voicing his opinion the convicts life should be spared.

White argued his low IQ scores should alter the decision.

Psychology experts have routinely put the standard for mental disabilities around a 70 IQ and lower.

'Mathis has suffered from obvious mental disabilities since childhood,' White has stated. 'He has had problems with functions that come easily to most of us, like dressing himself.'

Mathis was convicted in September 1999 after opening fire in a crack house located in Fort Bend County.

Travis Brown III, 24, and Daniel Hibbard, 31, were instantly killed. A third victim, Melanie Almaguer, then 15, was also shot in the head and is paralysed from the neck down.

According to the state attorney general's office, Mathis also turned the gun on Almaguer's mother, but ran out of bullets.

He looted the home before setting it on fire, fled in Brown's car, and later told a fellow inmate that he wished he had 'killed them all.'


SIX OF THE BEST: Famous last meals on death row



* GARY GILMORE (1977): Hamburgers, eggs, potatoes, coffee and whisky
* HENRY PORTER (1985): Tortillas, steak, beans, tossed salad, jalapeno peppers, ice cream and chocolate cake
* TED BUNDY (1989): Steak, eggs, toast, milk, coffee, juice, butter, jelly and hash browns
* JAMES SMITH (1990): Yoghurt [after asking for dirt]
* ROBERT HARRIS (1992): Chicken bucket, two large pizzas, Pepsi six-pack, jelly beans and Camel cigarettes
* TERESA LEWIS (2010): Fried chicken, sweet peas and German chocolate cake

Burglary victim remotely controls his stolen laptop to photograph thief - and then hands image to police who arrest him

A designer who had his laptop stolen helped police by using a spy camera programme to take pictures and catch the thief red-handed.

Joshua Kaufman thought he had lost his Apple MacBook when a thief broke into his apartment and stole the computer in March.

And with police giving his burglary report a low priority, he was resigned to never recovering the expensive laptop until he remembered the software he had installed on his MacBook.


Using 'Hidden' software, he remotely took pictures of the thief using his stolen computer - before handing the evidence to police to make an arrest.

Mr Kaufman captured the thief in a variety of bizarre locations - including using the stolen MacBook in bed, and in his car.

'Hidden' also provided him with location information, which police in Oakland, California, used to identify the thief as a taxi driver.

 Caught in the act: The hapless thief, who police later arrested, stares unwittingly into the camera of the stolen Macbook

Out and about: The thief was even captured using the stolen Apple computer while driving his car

Evidence: The 'Hidden' software even takes screenshots once your laptop has been stolen showing the activity of the user

None the wiser: The same man's mugshot is snapped as he uses the computer while sitting in bed

Always watching: Another covert snap shows the thief sleeping on his sofa

Trump Says No to Presidential Run - Did Donald Trump Consider Run Just to Up Ratings on 'Celebrity Apprentice'?

The stumbling start of Newt Gingrich and the withdrawals of Mike Huckabee and Donald Trump from the presidential race have boosted Mitt Romney's standing in the Republican nominating contest, while opening lanes ...

Are U.S. government microwave mind-control tests causing TV presenters' brains to melt down?

A bizarre spate of television presenters dissolving into on-air gibberish has sparked claims that the U.S. military could be to blame.

In four high-profile cases, the latest involving fast-talking Judge Judy, the presenters have started off speaking properly but have then descended into undecipherable nonsense - looking confused and unstable.

The frequency of the 'attacks' - and the fact that recorded examples of the mental meltdowns have been popular on websites - has led to conspiracy theorists pointing the finger at shadowy government experiments.

 Over the border: Mark McAllister, of Canadian Global Toronto News, soldiered on with his report on Libya, despite his words being unintelligible

 Latest victim: Judge Judy Sheindlin had to stop her courtroom TV show on Wednesday after descending into nonsensical language

Targeted? Serene Branson's garbled Grammys report became an internet sensation, while WISCTV's Sarah Carlson suffered a similar meltdown in January

A popular theory being circulated online blames the U.S. Military’s supposed research into using microwaves as a mind control weapon.

America has never admitted conducting such research but proponents say the effects - produced by microwave signals stimulating the brain with fake images and voices - exactly mimic those displayed in the recent on-air breakdowns.

As to why the Pentagon might be targeting U.S. television presenters, the microwave theorists are less clear.

The phenomenon, which has provided internet video sites with some of the oddest footage for months, has now claimed one of America’s most highly paid broadcasters

Judith Sheindlin, the fast-talking judge on Judge Judy, was taken to hospital on Wednesday after she began speaking a nonsensical string of words during a live recording of her courtroom TV show.

Studio insiders said Sheindlin, who earns £28 million a year for a show that is the most watched programme on American daytime TV, was sitting on camera and 'started saying things that didn’t make any sense'.

Sheindlin then announced she needed to stop as she didn’t feel well and asked a crew member to call an ambulance.

The 68-year-old lawyer was released from hospital the following day but a spokesman said medical tests had not revealed what caused her garbled speech and double vision.

Her verbal breakdown is the fourth such recent case and the odd coincidence has prompted feverish speculation over the cause.

No video has been released of the Judge Judy incident but footage of the other three has rapidly gone viral on the internet.

The first victim was Serene Branson, a Los Angeles reporter for CBS, who delivered a completely incoherent piece to camera on the Grammy music awards last month.

The presenter was unable to get out her words and continued to struggle to speak for around 10 seconds outside the Staples Centre before producers cut to a video.

She said later: 'My head was definitely pounding and I was very uncomfortable, and I knew something wasn’t right. I was terrified and confused.'

Her doctor later said she had suffered a complex migraine whose symptoms mimic a stroke.

Her case was followed by a Canadian news reporter whose report on his country’s contribution to the military campaign in Libya suddenly collapsed into gibberish.

Mark McAllister of Global Toronto News told viewers that the Canadian defence minister had confirmed that 'more than sifty four 18 fighter jets are spending about as much as 20 and ready to assist 600 hundred, hundred deployed over the an-amount needed'.

His piece-to-camera went on to become even more odd before he signed off.

His employers later confirmed there had been no problem with the autocue but McAllister had also suffered from a migraine.

In January, Sarah Carlson of WISC-TV in Wisconsin was also struck. She started out fine in her report on Wisconsin’s challenge to Barack Obama’s health care reforms, but it soon became apparent that she was having trouble forming words and the camera switched to a startled-looking co-presenter.

Unlike the others, Carlson, 35, has a history of seizures, but America’s army of conspiracy theorists are unconvinced by the medical explanations.

Crazy Wild boar attacked people in rampage in shopping centre.

A crazed wild boar wreaked havoc when it went on the rampage in a shopping centre in France.

The ten-stone 'hairy pig' with pointed tusks charged into a supermarket through a service entrance, smashing through product displays and sending shoppers fleeing in panic.

The animal then burst through a checkout, along a shopping arcade and into a hairdressing salon in Nancy, Lorraine.

As customers ran to safety, security men managed to trap the boar inside and lock the door.

 Knocked out: The boar slumps on the floor after the sedative finally worked through its syst

Rampage: The boar ran amok in a shopping arcade in the city of Nancy, France, before finally being brought down by a tranquiliser dart (red arrow in its flank)

Extreme measures: A security man readies a rifle loaded with a tranquiliser after being called to the shopping centre

The beast then 'smashed everything in sight' in the salon at the commercial centre of Nancy on Tuesday, eye-witnesses revealed.

The shopping centre's security chief Gregory Gobin said: 'Once the boar realised it was cornered it went berserk.

'It tore sinks from the walls, ripped and trampled the furniture and sent hair products flying in all directions.

'The room was devastated and the entire damage caused by the animal will run into tens of thousands of euros.'

The boar was locked inside the salon for an hour before a vet was called who shot it with a tranquilliser dart.

A fire service spokesman at the scene added: 'It is likely this animal strayed into the supermarket from fields nearby where there is a population of boars. It will probably now be put down.'

Pizza maker charged with using mice against competition

The owner of a suburban Philadelphia pizza shop has been arraigned on charges he schemed to plant live mice in competing pizza parlours in hope of putting them out of business.

Nickolas Galiatsatos, owner of Nina’s Bella Pizzeria in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, is accused of putting bags of mice at nearby competitors on Monday afternoon, according to Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood.

The owner of Verona Pizza watched Galiatsatos go into his restroom carrying a bag but emerge empty-handed, and alerted two patrol officers who were in the restaurant, Chitwood said.



The officers found a bag of mice and footprints on a toilet seat, suggesting someone had been trying to reach the ceiling tiles, he said.

The officers then found Galiatsatos near another pizza place, Uncle Nick’s, where he was seen putting something in a trash can. There, police found a bag containing five mice, Chitwood said.

“This guy planted them to put these guys out of business,” Chitwood said. “I’ve been at this for 47 years, and I’ve never seen mice used as a criminal tool.”

Galiatsatos claimed his shop had been infested with mice, and he blamed his competitors for the problem, he said.

Chitwood said that Galiatsatos told police he bought the mice at a pet shop for US$10.

He faces misdemeanor charges of cruelty to animals, criminal mischief, harassment and disorderly conduct.

Couples lock lips for record in Thai kiss marathon

Felix Werth and Urairat Ooutaboon in their bid to break the world record for the longest kiss


A kiss is still a kiss — even if it goes on for over a day.

Fourteen couples from across Thailand gathered at Pattaya beach resort to try and break the world record for kissing, attempting to spend more than 32 hours locked lip-to-lip.

The marathon kicked off at 6am yesterday (2300 GMT), with each couple given a space of one square metre in which they had to spend the time kissing, without leaving except for bathroom breaks.

Any break in the lip lock resulted in disqualification.



Besides the world record, couples were aiming for a diamond ring worth 50,000 baht (RM4,860) and a 100,000-baht cash prize.

Participants took part to show their love and mark Valentine’s Day, although kissing in public is unusual in Thailand.

“I’m just taking part for fun, and I’m looking forward to kissing for a long time,” said Felix Werth, a 32-year-old German participating with his Thai girlfriend, 21-year-old Urairat Ooutaboon.

During the event, couples were not allowed to sit, sleep or leave the venue. They also had to continue kissing while using the toilet, with staff accompanying them to verify the fact.

Within the limits, though, organisers did what they could to make the couples comfortable. Werth and Urairat, for example, had a 33-centimetre height difference, and a box was provided for her to stand on.

Food and drink could only be taken through straws, again with lips locked. “I just want to show my love to my boyfriend and everybody who is in love on Valentine’s Day,” said 31-year-old Nonthawat Charoenkesornsin before the event began.

When the whistle blew, couples started kissing. The previous record of 32 hours, 7 minutes and 14 seconds was set in Germany.

“These couples, who joined the longest kissing world record, are people who are in love,” said organiser Somporn Narksuetrong.

“They want to be part of history by entering this competition to show their love.”

But while the spirit was willing, the flesh was weak, with couples starting to drop out as time went on.

One woman fainted after just 34 minutes. Others left after a few hours.

“I could not make it anymore because my neck is hurting,” said Amporn Ketmao.

The event is due to continue until this afternoon.

Air Bangkok use Transsexual flight attendants.

Transsexual flight attendants at PC Air in Bangkok. The charter airline has four “ladyboys” among its flight crew of 30 when it starts to fly in April.

Don't be so rough with the kids!' Lioness gives male a real earful after playfight with cubs

He's supposed to be the king of the jungle, but these pictures clearly show who's in charge.

The male lion cowers his head as he is given an earful by a lioness after a playfight went too far.

The father had pinned his daughter Lusaka to the ground in mock anger after the playful cub had repeatedly nipped his tail.

But the pair's fun came to a dramatic halt after the mother arrived and bared her teeth in fury at the male.

The remarkable images were recorded by amateur photographer Jennifer Lockridge, who took them at the National Zoo in Washington DC.

Yes dear: The male lion cowers as the lioness lets him know exactly how she feels about his playfighting at the National Zoo in Washington DC

Courting controversy: The playful cub grabs hold of her dad's tail as he pretends not to notice

Daddy's girl: The cub rolls playfully over on to her back as the male catches up to her

Cat and mouse: The male has a look that would stop a wildebeest at 50 metres as the female cub makes good her escape

Catfight: Lusaka, a five-month-old cub, is devoted to her father, who has just been allowed near his seven children in the zoo

Luke, the male lion, had been pretending not to notice his offspring's attentions, before joining in a playfight.

Ms Lockridge, 42, said the spotted the drama during a visit to the zoo last month.

She said: 'I thoroughly enjoyed watching this interaction and Luke has just recently been allowed to interact with his cubs. The zoo has a lion pride consisting of seven cubs from two mothers and Luke is the father of all the cubs.

'The particular cub, Lusaka, is particularly feisty and is always one of the last ones to go inside when called. Lusaka is definitely a "daddy's girl" and seems to be the most enamoured with her father.'

She said the way five-month-old Lusaka and her father played together reminded her of human parents and their children.

'As the cubs have gotten braver, they approach Luke easily wanting to engage him in play.

'I don't believe he realised she was biting his tail and he didn't seem to be very upset. Lusaka has a habit of biting the tails of her siblings as well as the adults.'

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Lee Harvey Oswald’s coffin auctioned for RM272,000

Lee Harvey Oswald’s coffin, exhumed to clear a conspiracy theory

An anonymous buyer has paid more than US$87,000 (RM272,100) to buy the wood coffin that held Lee Harvey Oswald’s body for 20 years, an auction house said yesterday.

The winning bid of US$87,469 (RM273,600), which included a 20 per cent commission, exceeded the target price of US$60,000 set for the simple pine coffin that held the alleged presidential assassin’s remains until 1981.

Oswald was arrested less than an hour after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. He was shot and killed two days later, while in police custody, by nightclub owner Jack Ruby.

“‘This was a one-of-a-kind item,”‘ said Sam Heller, spokesman for auction house Nate D. Sanders in Santa Monica, California. “This was the first coffin that this auction house has ever auctioned and it was quite a unique item.”

Bidding began on the coffin when it was posted online two weeks ago.

Auction house manager Laura Yntema declined to identify the buyer except to say that he was a “private individual” who was apparently bidding for himself.

The coffin was unearthed in October 1981 after a legal dispute between Oswald’s widow, Marina, and his brother, Robert.

Marina successfully sought an exhumation to test a conspiracy theory that a look-alike Russian agent had been buried in her husband’s place, according to the auction house.

A medical exam showed the badly decomposed body was indeed Oswald’s, and he was returned to Shannon Rose Hill Memorial Park in Fort Worth, Texas, in a new casket.

The original coffin, which had suffered extensive water damage, was sold by Baumgardner Funeral Home, the local undertaker that handled the reinterment.

Teenager named world's shortest man

A Nepalese fruit seller's son with the body of a toddler has turned 18 and been officially declared the world's shortest man.

Khagendra Thapa Magar measured in at 26.4in, displacing the former record holder, Edward Nino Hernandez of Colombia, who measures 27in.

Cheers went up when Mr Magar was handed a world record certificate by Guinness World Records official Marco Frigatti. The ceremony was held in a hotel in Pokhara, Mr Magar's home town and a popular tourist destination west of Katmandu.

His family have campaigned for years to get him the crown, but earlier requests to Guinness were rejected because of the possibility he might grow.

"We are very proud of our son," said his father, Rup Bahadur Thapa Magar. "We have been finally recognised and our dreams have finally come true."

Mr Magar and his family excitedly welcomed journalists to their rented home, where he jumped on the kitchen table and made tea for the press and family members. He also received presents for his 18th and danced to the sound of a toy drum.

Mr Magar, who weighs just over 12lb, was tiny at birth, weighing just 1.3lb. His father says he has no explanation for why he never grew taller - his younger brother is normal height for a boy of 13.

Local doctors are stumped, but lack facilities for detailed testing. Mr Magar's doctor for the past five years says he has the body of a three-year-old.

"His body structure is like that of a small child and he also thinks and behaves in that manner," Hum Prasad Newpane said.

Cabin crew perform in-flight safety demo... while dancing to Lady Gaga

We've all done it - failed to pay attention during a routine safety demonstration aboard an aeroplane.

But passengers flying to the Philippines are suddenly changing their tune.

Cabin crew on board a Cebu Pacific Airlines flight had the attention of everyone on board as they danced their safety demonstration - to Lady Gaga.

Stunned passengers were unable to take their eyes off the bouncy attendants as they indicated the emergency exits to Just Dance.

Meet Zhu Jianqiang, the two-legged pig who's become a celebrity in China

A pig which was born with just its two front legs has become an unlikely celebrity in Henan Province, China.

The 10-month-old animal, known by villagers as Zhu Jianqiang, which means Strong-Willed Pig, was born with only two front legs, which it now uses to walk on.

According to owner Wang Xihai, Zhu Jianqiang was one of nine piglets born in a litter this January.


He recalls: 'My wife asked me to dump it but I refused as it's a life. I thought I should give it a chance and unexpectedly it survived healthily.'

Zhu's owner Wang Xihai was offered a high price to sell her to a circus, but he turned it down

That'll do, pig: Wang said it took Zhu just 30 days to master the art of walking upside down

Several days after Zhu's birth Wang decided to train the two-legged female piglet to walk by lifting it up by its tail. 'I trained her a while each day. After 30 days she could agilely walk upside down.'

Wang said his home has been besieged by visitors since the birth of the pig, which currently weighs 110lbs. A circus even offered a high price for the pig, but he refused to sell.
'She proved to us that no matter what form life is it should continue to live on,' he said. 'I won't sell her no matter how much the offer is.'

Two legs good: 10-month-old pig Zhu Jianqiang survived against the odds and has now become famous

Going up: Wang taught Zhu Jianqiang how to walk on two legs by lifting up her tail