Cemetery collector with 29 bodies arrested

A still image taken from undated police footage shot inside the flat of Anatoly Moskvin and released to Reuters on November 8, 2011. It shows books, clothes and dressed figures, reportedly mummified bodies desecrated from cemeteries.


Russian police have arrested a man described by local media as the "cemetery collector" for digging up 29 corpses and dressing the remains in female clothing to display around his flat.

Grainy police video images of the man's cramped flat showed what look like several life-sized female dolls without faces, some with platinum blond wigs.

Meet the last surviving master of the Sikh warrior art: He lives in Wolverhampton and he is on the lookout for an apprentice * But former factory worker, 45, says learner warrior must come to Midlands * 'I am the last known remaining master - it is my mission in life now to find a successor to carry on this great martial art. If I die with it, it is all gone'

Nidar Singh Nihang has devoted his life to the mysterious Sikh martial art of Shastar Vidiya.

Having learned his skills from an 80-year-old Indian guru, he is now seeking an apprentice to keep the ancient art alive.

But he insists that any budding warrior wanting to follow in his footsteps must travel to his home - in Wolverhampton.

Mother nature lights up the world's tallest building in down town Dubai

It's one of the world's most extraordinary man-made achievements and it was given a suitably spectacular light show - courtesy of Mother Nature.

The Burj Khalifa, which rises 2,716 feet out of the Dubai desert and is the tallest building in the world, was struck by fork lightning during a recent storm.

With more than 160 levels, the Burj also holds the record for having the highest outdoor observation deck - on floor 124 - and the lift which travels the longest distance.

Lucky strike: The Burj Khalifa skyscraper during a lightning storm in downtown Dubai

Mesmerising: Burj Khalifa in Dubai is the world's tallest building.

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'For 14 days we were all in pitch darkness. There was no night and no day. We begged God to help us': The amazing first interview with one of the trapped Chilean miners

He is the undisputed star of the Chilean mine rescue. When Mario Sepulveda became the second miner to surface after 69 days trapped half-a-mile below ground, his cheeky gift of souvenir rocks for the Chilean president combined with his wildly enthusiastic chants of ‘Viva Chile’ alongside his rescuers led to him being dubbed Super Mario on newspaper front pages around the world.

Since his rescue, the charismatic 40-year-old heavy-equipment operator has been deluged with lucrative media offers, including the chance to host his own Chilean TV show.

But yesterday Mario, speaking from his hospital bed before being released last night – leaving only one of the 33 in the care of doctors – spoke exclusively to The Mail on Sunday and revealed how his jaunty facade was hiding a man tormented by the ‘nightmare’ of what he and the others faced for the initial 17 days after they were trapped – fearing they would starve to death in their underground tomb.

Together again: Mario Sepulveda with his daughter Scarlette, wife Katty and son Franco. Mario has broken the miners 'pact of silence' as he believes there are certain truths about his time in the mine which need to be told

On his way: Mario was the second miner to make the journey to the surface

UFO brought the streets of New York to a standstill... on the very day predicted by retired US Air Force general

Was it a bird? A plane? A flying jellyfish? Or just a set of balloons that had caught the sunlight?

A mysterious set of shiny objects sparked a UFO alert over Manhattan yesterday when they were spied drifting over the trendy Chelsea district.

Traffic ground to a halt and thousands of people stopped in the street to point at the sky and the cluster of dots hovering overhead.


Police and the Federal Aviation Authority were deluged with calls and despite mounting an investigation were unable to ascertain what it was.

The truth is up there: Traffic ground to a halt and thousands looked to the skies at the strange object whizzing over Manhattan

A cluster of tiny silver dots hover over Manhattan yesterday

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.

Meet Lindsay, the 6ft 9in model who makes her living as an Amazonian wrestler

Towering above her terrified opponents at 6ft 9in and with the ability to lift a man over her head before smashing him to the canvas, Lindsay Hayward presents an overwhelming sight.

The Amazonian 23-year-old - known to fans as Isis - has achieved minor celebrity status in the U.S. as a professional wrestler and model who can leg press an astonishing 50st.

Now Lindsay hopes to make an impact on Hollywood as only she can.

She said: 'I want to be that tough chick that strides in and beats the hell out of everyone.

Don't mess with Isis: Lindsay Hayward and a fan in New York. the 23-year-old wrestler wants to become a Hollywood star

Driving force: Lindsay shows her incredible strength

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

US space crew lands in Kazakhstan

A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russian cosmonauts and a US astronaut back to Earth from the International Space Station landed safely in Kazakhstan today.

“The TMA module has landed,” an announcer at Mission Control outside Moscow said to applause from officials and relatives, relieved afer an initial attempt to return from the orbital outpost was foiled by an equipment problem yesterday.

Space officials said the capsule landed upright, on time and on target near Arkalyk on the central Kazakh steppe.

The Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft is seen as it lands near the town of Arkalyk, northern Kazakhstan

Las Vegas hotel guests left with severe burns from 'death ray' caused by building's design

Guests at a new hotel in Las Vegas have complained of receiving severe burns from a 'death ray' of sunlight caused by the unique design of the building.

Due to the concave shape of the Vdara hotel, the strong Nevada sun reflects off its all-glass front and directly onto sections of the swimming pool area below.

The result has left some guests with burns from the powerful rays and even plastic bags have been recorded as melting in the heat.
Chicago attorney Bill Pintas felt the power of the dangerous ray first hand last week.


'It felt like I had a chemical burn. I couldn't imagine why my head was burning,' he said.

'Within 30 seconds, the back of my legs were burning. My first though was, 'Jesus, they destroyed the ozone layer!'

Death ray: Guests at the Vdara hotel in Las Vegas have complained of receiving severe burns from the intense spot of sunlight reflected off the building

Amazing images of rare pink hippopotamus captured in Masai Mara

Wading through the muddy waters this rare pink-o-pottamus stands out from the crowd.

British brothers and wildlife photographers Will and Matt Burrard-Lucas captured these images of the brightly coloured hippo in the Masai Mara, Kenya, last week.

Visiting the African country on the hunt to photograph the legendary wildebeest migration the Londoners were in for a treat when rumours of a pink hippo surfaced.

Shy guy: As soon as the hippo notices the brothers snapping away on their cameras, he hides in the water behind his mother

Could most modern art be done by an 8-year-old? This child prodigy proves that it can!

She hasn't even started secondary school, let alone art school, but this pocket-sized genius has already been acclaimed by art critics and collectors alike.

Meet Autumn de Forest who at just eight years old is the world's youngest conceptual artist.

She has been compared to past masters such as Salvador Dali and Pablo Picasso and is talked about as one of the world's only authentic artistic child geniuses.

Offering up her work for auction since February of this year, Autumn has already raked in $200,000 and she has only been painting since she was five.
 

Work in progress: Autumn with the half-completed Barbie Marilyn piece in her Las Vegas studio

Portrait of the artist as a young girl: Autumn at work

Rare white elephant found in Burma hailed as positive sign for elections

The discovery of a rare white elephant in Burma has been hailed as a positive sign for upcoming elections.

The 7ft1in animal was found in Rakhine state in the north-west of the country on Thursday.

It is only the fifth white elephant caught in a decade, according to the New Light of Myanmar newspaper.

The elephant is estimated to be 18 years old. Its discovery comes ahead of the first election in two decades in the military-ruled country.

ET phone Mazlan, says UN

The United Nations is set to appoint Malaysian astrophysicist Datuk Dr Mazlan Othman to act as Earth’’s first contact for any aliens that may come visiting.


Mazlan, the head of the UN’s little-known Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), is to describe her potential new role next week at a scientific conference at the Royal Society’s Kavli conference centre in Buckinghamshire, according to the www.news.com.au website.


It reported that she is scheduled to tell delegates that the recent discovery of hundreds of planets around other stars has made thedetection of extraterrestrial life more likely than ever before — and that means the UN must be ready to coordinate humanity’s response to any “first contact”.

AMERICAN TOP 10 RICHEST Forbes Richest Person in USA.

1 # Bill Gates, Microsoft, $54billion
2 # Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, $45billion
3 # Larry Ellison, Oracle Corp, $27billion
4 # Christy Walton and family, Wal-Mart, $24billion
5 # Charles Koch, Koch Industries, $21.5 billion
6 # David Koch, Koch Industries, $21.5 billion
7 # Jim Walton, Wal-Mart, $20.1billion
8 # Alice Walton, Wal-Mart, $20billion
9 # S. Robson Walton, $19.7billion
10# Michael Bloomberg, Bloomberg LP, $18billion

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg is valued at $6.9bn in Forbes rich list, jumping above Steve Jobs and Rupert Murdoch

Millions across the world will be thinking the same thing – if only I had thought of that.

But it is 26-year-old Mark Zuckerberg who is reaping the rewards after starting social networking phenomenon Facebook.

The Harvard graduate shot up the list of wealthiest people in America yesterday with an estimated personal wealth of £4.4billion.


* Facebook co-founder, 26, triples fortune to $6.9bn
* Mark Zuckerberg pledges $100m to Newark schools
* Bill Gates still the richest with a $54bn fortune

$6.9bn fortune: Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg (left) has jumped above rival and Apple CEO Steve Jobs in the latest Forbes magazine rich list

New York by night: British photographer's astounding scenes of the Big Apple... taken from the open door of a helicopter

It is one of the most distinctive skylines on Earth.

But cloaked in a blanket of darkness, New York's numerous landmarks take on an almost ethereal quality.

Captured at night from around 1,000ft above the ground, these spectacular aerial images offer a striking portrait of one of the world's most vibrant cities, showing it as it has rarely been seen before.

Bird's eye view: Captured at night from around 1000ft above the ground, these spectacular aerial images show the city as it has rarely been seen before

Space Shuttle Discovery waits on launch pad ahead of its final mission

Its journey to the launch pad followed the same routine as any of its past 38 flights.

But as Space Shuttle Discovery was towed the 3.5 miles to Cape Canaveral last night there was a bittersweet, almost funereal, air to proceedings.

The old workhorse of Nasa’s fleet, this will be Discovery’s final mission before it is finally retired and becomes a museum piece.

Lit up against the night sky, the shuttle was watched by crowds of shuttle workers and their families as it took its last ride to the pad on top of a giant transporter.

Flight to International Space Station will be voyage No.39 for old timer

Space Shuttle Discovery viewed from the sixteenth floor of the  Vehicle Assembly Building , left, and workers make the final preparations before it is moved to the launch pad

Extraordinary pictures of great whites stripping a whale carcass shows they're actually quite picky eaters

Ever since Jaws, great whites have had a reputation as killing machines that has never seemed much point questioning.

However, that could all be about to change - after a study into the fearsome predators' dining habits.

Scientists towed a 36ft Brydes whale carcass into a well-known hunting ground for the animals in an exercise aimed at documenting how they tackled the huge free lunch.

And these amazing pictures show how up to 30 of them stripped a single whale carcass - and gave an 'extraordinary' insight into how the much-feared predators behave.

But while many would have expected a feeding frenzy and potentially lethal fights between the razor-teethed gians, the behaviour observed was quite different.

The sharks appeared to select choice cuts of the dead whale and did not appear to be aggressive towards each other.

Sharks preferred blubber and showed little aggression to one another

Free lunch: The 30 great white sharks were provided with a whale carcass so scientists could study their eating habits