Transsexual beauty queen crowned in Philippines

An unusual beauty pageant took place in the capital of the Philippines, Manila, last week. The pageant, Amazing Philippines Beauties 2008, was held to choose the beauty queen among transsexuals and transvestites.

Teacher commits suicide after her school collapses in small Russian town, killing 5

Another tragedy took place in the town of Belayevka in Russia’s Orenburg region, where five female students had been killed when their school collapsed. The form-mistress of the class, where the victims studied, committed suicide soon after the accident. The 43-year-old woman was found hanged. The woman had two sons, a ninth-grader, and an older [...]

Man survives electric shock of 6,000 volts and recovers completely

Kurman Putkaradze, a 45-year-old builder, survived the electric shock of 6,000 volts. The incident occurred due to the fault of a tower crane operator. He did not notice the crane lever touching a high-voltage line nearby. Kurman grabbed the hook to detach the cargo hanging on the lever and was struck with electric current.

Russian plane crash kills 88 including 7 children

A passenger plane en route from Moscow crashed outside the Urals city of Perm early on Sunday killing all 88 people on board including seven children and 21 foreign nationals. The Boeing-737-500 owned by Russian flagship airline Aeroflot crashed in an unpopulated area at 3:15 a.m. (23:15 GMT) with 83 passengers and five crew on [...]

Homeowner Finds SUV With 2 Dead In Pool

A Winter Garden woman came home Friday to find a sunken SUV carrying two dead people in her backyard swimming pool, according to the Winter Garden Police Department. The homeowner came home at about 2 p.m. to take her dog out and noticed a statue in her patio was missing, and that’s when she discovered [...]

Ex-neighbor of Clintons on trial in wife’s death

A disbarred lawyer who lived three doors down from the Clintons and was down to $300 in his bank account executed his wife of 30 years to collect her nearly $900,000 life insurance policy, a prosecutor said Friday.

Putin: Georgia conflict may have been provoked to aid U.S. presidential candidate

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin prompted an angry reaction from Washington on Thursday after suggesting the Georgia conflict may have been provoked to give an advantage to “one of” the U.S. presidential candidates.