BEIJING — Chen Fuchao, a man heavily in debt, had been contemplating suicide on a bridge in southern China for hours when a passer-by came up, shook his hand — and pushed him off the ledge. Chen fell 26 feet (8 meters) onto a partially inflated emergency air cushion laid out by authorities and survived, [...]
The registration for the Iranian presidency race was recently completed, and among the candidates, that included were a man dressed as a cowboy and a Saddam Hussein lookalike, was a 12-year-old boy who according to local media reports was the only one to submit a written work plan as to his policies should he be elected.
By Abdurrahman Warsameh MOGADISHU, May 7 (Xinhua) — Somali youths will have yet another thing to pass their tough times and perhaps develop their mental capacities and promote peace as schools in Mogadishu now started to hold regular chess contests among their students, thanks to an initiative by local schools chess association. The first of [...]