7yr-old blind 'Batboy' sees with his earsOctober 5th, 2009 LONDON - A 7-year-old blind boy has been given the nickname Batboy, for he has learnt how to "see" by using his ears. Lucas Murray, who was born blind, is believed to be the first in Britain to use echoes to visualise his surroundings.
2,830 suspects of fake invoice trading held in ChinaSeptember 21st, 2009 BEIJING - The Chinese police have arrested 2,830 people suspected of fake invoice trading and confiscated more than 47 million such invoices during a three-month national campaign against invoice fraud. These suspects were involved in 1,658 cases, a report said Monday.
Two Nepalese held with fake currency notes in BiharSeptember 9th, 2009 RAXAUL - Border guards have arrested two Nepalese with fake currency worth Rs 40,000 in the town of Raxaul, Bihar, near the Indo-Nepal border. Guards belonging to the Seema Suraksha Bal arrested Shyam Kumar Shah and Azad Alam with Rs 40,000 in fake Indian Rupee notes in Raxaul on Tuesday.
'Ex-Nepal prince involved in fake currency racke'August 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Nepali nationals caught by the Madhya Pradesh ATS in connection with fake currency racket have revealed Nepal's former prince Paras's link to India's most wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim. Paras is the son of the former Nepal king Gyanendra, who has now taken refuge in Singapore.
Blind man gets vision back following tooth implantation in his eyeJuly 5th, 2009 LONDON - A man who lost his eyesight in an accident at work can now see again, thanks to doctors who transplanted his tooth in his eye. Martin Jones, 42, a builder, had been blind for 12 years after a tub of white-hot aluminium exploded in his face while working at a scrapyard.
'2,000 fake colleges damaging UK's reputation'June 17th, 2009 LONDON - There could be as many as 2,000 privately funded 'fake' colleges in the UK, allowing tens of thousands of bogus students in to the country, it has emerged. Britain's Further Education Minister Kevin Brennan admitted he is concerned about the wave of fake colleges is damaging the UK's reputation as a centre for education.
Australia's aboriginals now facing racial tauntsJune 17th, 2009 PERTH - It was bad enough that Indian students were being racially abused, but reports have now surfaced that racial taunts have also been directed at aboriginal students in the town of Narrogin in Western Australia's south-east. According to news.com.au, 25 children have been asked by their parents to stay at home because of what they claim are racial slurs against indigenous students.
Australia may force illegal foreign students back homeJune 10th, 2009 MELBOURNE - The Australian Government has said that its migration fraud investigators have discovered scores of illegal foreign students residing in the country using bogus documents to support permanent residency applications. Over 60 students, whose documents were initially accepted as genuine by the Government, will be forced to leave Australia if they are unable to prove their documents are authentic.
Japanese university giving pupils iPhones to monitor classroom attendanceMay 30th, 2009 LONDON - Hundreds of students of a top Japanese university are getting sat-nav iPhones, so that it's easier to track them down in case they skip classes. Usually, students fake attendance by getting friends to answer proxy roll-call or hand in signed attendance cards.
Jeans, body hugging dresses banned in Lahore college fearing terror threatApril 30th, 2009 LAHORE - Fearing terror threats from the Taliban and other extremist groups, a college here has banned students from wearing jeans and other body hugging dresses. According to the Daily Times, the Kinnaird College (KC) administration has imposed a strict dress code for the students.
Soon, sat nav that directs guide dogs for blind peopleApril 18th, 2009 LONDON - A British boffin has invented a revolutionary sat nav that directs guide dogs for blind people. The 500-pound gizmo, which will be launched this summer, clips on to the dog's harness and vibrates on the left or right side to tell the handler which direction to go in.
Girlfriend's fake tan woke Brit man from coma!March 27th, 2009 LONDON - Tom wouldn't have imagined that her girlfriend's fake tan - which he always griped about - would one day help save his life. His girlfriend Jo Ventham was a die-hard fan of fake tan, no matter how much her boyfriend moaned about the smell.
UK websites flooded with 800 million pounds of fake goodsMarch 21st, 2009 LONDON - Online shopping sites in Britain are flooded with fake goods such as counterfeit designer clothing and computer softwares. According to a research was carried out by the online marketplace Price Minister, these fake goods are worth a whopping 800 million pounds.
Ragging death: Four students expelled from Himachal collegeMarch 13th, 2009 TANDA - Four medical students, arrested on murder charges following the death of their junior allegedly due to ragging, have been expelled from their college in Himachal Pradesh. All the four students, who have been booked on murder charge, have been expelled for two years,' new principal of the college Anil Chauhan told IANS.
Counterfeit currency on the rise in CanadaJanuary 4th, 2009 TORONTO - Counterfeiting of currency notes is increasing in Canada and fake $20 and $100 notes worth $5 million were estimated to be in circulation by the third quarter of last year, says a Canadian Press report. Quoting a Bank of Canada internal document, the report said counterfeit currency has almost doubled since 2007.
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