Englishchic's Blog – November 2010 Archive (4)

Zhang Chuanqiu, a 27-year-old Chinese man, is hoping to save his hands after he was shackled so tightly in an illegal prison in Hunan that his flesh grew over the chains, the Austrian Times is reporting. According to the paper, Chuanqiu says he is in terrible pain due to the…

Calling it an "unbelievable case of concealment," officials are trying to determine how a young Asian man in Hong Kong was able to disguise himself as an elderly Caucasian man and slip onto a Canada-bound flight.

It is believed that the man managed to get on the plane with only a boarding pass and Aeroplan card, both of which belonged to a 55-year-old U.S. citizen.

The unnamed young man at the centre of the curious case, which…

A ten-day-old baby girl died after being placed in a washing machine as it went through an entire spin cycle.

The newborn’s mother Lyndsey Fiddler put her daughter into the washing machine along with a pile of laundry.

The tiny baby was inside the top…

No help for Caricom countries hit by Tropical Storm Tomas without benefits to Trinidad and Tobago.

This was made clear by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday.

She said Trinidad and Tobago stands ready to assist its Caricom neighbours but she stipulated that any aid would only come after discussions with her Cabinet colleagues as well as the Opposition Leader, and…