Apparently the bus driver hijacked the bus in a depot and sped out into the busy streets in the city of Pune, at the time it was rush hour so there were lots of children heading to school and office employees who were on the way to work.

The commissioner of police for Pune, Meeran Borwankar, told local television: “He just went berserk. He went on ramming whatever vehicles were plying the road. Citizens came forward and literally threw children away from the road. He was in such a dangerous mood. Ultimately he was held (by police) but the damage has been tremendous.”

There were at least forty vehicles damaged by the rampage including damage auto-rickshaws and overturned cars. AFP was informed by an officer in the police control room that nine people had been killed and 27 injured.

A police officer who attended the scene but did not wish to be names said: “He was a nut-case, had completely lost his head. He caused a lot of damage. Most of the damage was to parked taxis, private vehicles, cycles and stalls,”

The crazed driver was identified by police as Santosh Mane and they believe he is a driver for a local bus operator.

According to police reports, the rampage began as Santosh left the depot, here he reportedly crushed two pedestrians. Santosh was only stopped when members of the public wrestled him from the controls half an hour later after he had rammed into another bus.

One witness said: “Whoever came in his way, he just rammed into them.”

Another witness also told NDTV television: “I was out jogging, there was a noise, I jumped immediately that is why I was saved. This is my second life, I would have been dead.”

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The female body was discovered last week and police believe whoever it is died on or around New Year’s Day. It was found 30ft up a tree and officers do not believe that the woman fell from a window from one of the nearby buildings into a tree nor do they believe that the body was placed up into the tree because it would be too difficult to do so.

The most logical explanation is that the woman climbed up the tree then died in its branches. Although there were no reports of anyone ‘living’ in the tree a young boy from the area had commented to his father that he thought he had seen someone in the branches a few months ago. The father, who did not wish to be identified, said: “It’s weird to have someone in such close proximity. It’s got us all wondering who this lady is.”

Other residents however have said that when they have used the laneway to put out their garbage bins they haven’t seen anyone in or near the tree recently. At the beginning of the month many of the residents did start to notice a foul smell lingering around the area however many believed it to be a decomposing animal like a possum had died in the area somewhere nearby.
Another resident, Miss Danyane Bowing, who lives next to the tree believed the mystery woman may have walked through her garden around New Year’s Eve and climbed her fence into the tree. She told the Sydney Morning Herald: “My assumption is it started to smell on Wednesday (January 4), I’m no expert on decomposing bodies in summer time, but when I went out around the start of the New Year I remember thinking that something smelled dead.”

The tree and the surrounding fence have now been removed because both had been contaminated by the woman’s decaying body.

So far extensive inquiries into who the woman may be have drawn a blank, Chief Inspector Dave McBeath said: “We’re matching the body against the missing persons list, but as you can appreciate the ID’s not a good one. The body has decomposed to such an extent that I’m not sure the fingerprints are useable.”

According to details from a post mortem of the dead woman, she was 5ft 8in tall, with long brown hair – held back with a black hair clip with a plastic flower on it, there weren’t any visible tattoos either. The clothes she was wearing were described as a green hooded jumper, a green singlet top, and three-quarter-length black leggings.

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Unfortunately for the man the tattoo resulted in nonischemic priapism, according to doctors from the Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences. They stated that he suffered an arteriovenous fistula in his penis as a result of a tattoo needle being plunged too deep, the doctors who treated the unnamed man wrote ‘In our case, most probably, the handheld needle penetrated the penis too deep, creating an arteriovenous fistula,’  in the Journal of Sexual Medicine.

The definition of a fistula is: A connection between two organs or vessels that are not normally linked. For the young man this was between an artery and a vein in his penis caused by the tattoo.

The doctors also stated in the Journal of Sexual Medicine that: ‘For eight days after tattooing, the penis was painful, and thus there were no erections. After that, the patient noticed longer-than-usual sleep-related erections. This progressed, within a week, to a constantly half-rigid penis, day and night.’

Normally when a man’s penis becomes erect, blood rushes in through the arteries and later leaves through the veins. However when a nonischemic priapism occurs , blood continues to fill the penis faster than it can leave which results in pressure remaining constant and the penis permanently erect.

Nonischemic priapism takes its name from the Roman deity Priapus who was a rustic fertility god and protector of livestock, gardens and male genitalia. He is seen depicted with an absurdly oversized, permanent erection.

For the unnamed Iranian man, researchers stated that the problem resolves itself naturally 62 per cent of the time. But if it doesn’t men have the option of selective arterial embolism which is a procedure that blocks the offending artery. In the case of the unfortunate young man he apparently chose to have a shunt implanted to drain the excess blood. According to researchers: ‘Predictably, the procedure was unsuccessful,’ the authors wrote. But happily the man was left with no lasting damage.

They stated: ‘Because of the painless nature of erections, moderately good preservation of erectile function during intercourses, and disappointment with former surgery, the patient has declined to undergo further therapies, and lives with his condition. The patient has no regrets, despite his permanent erection. Nevertheless, the authors warned against others considering the same. Based on our unique case, we discourage penile tattooing.’

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Cirilo Castillo is accused of two counts of cruelty to animals and two counts of criminal trespass and has bonds set at $60,000 by Justice of the Peace Charlie Espinoza. Investigators identified Castillo from the videos and he was arrested last Tuesday according to records.

Also another rancher in nearby Alberta had spoken to investigators too after catching Castillo with his mares on four occasions, allegedly, according to court records. The rancher claimed he had watched Castillo tying up the horses and having sex with them, he then identified Castillo from a photo line-up.

Castillo admitted to police during an interview that he had sex with his neighbour’s horse and also having sex with another horse at a different ranch.

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In fact Guy’s Hospital medical museum curator Bill Edwards thinks the remains of some poor soul which are a rib-cage and backbone were probably wired together in the 1950’s and since then presumed to be artificial. The curator will also be returning to see if a second skeleton hanging in a cage is also made of human remains. Apparently dungeon bosses are thought to be ’99 per cent’ sure that they are real.

According to the BBC, he said: “I need to go back and examine that one more closely when the Dungeon team can get it down from the wall. But from what I could see, it looks either human, or a combination of some human and some artificial parts.”

Because the first skeleton was found to be human, the London Dungeon must now decide whether or not they are willing to pay for a licence from the Human Tissues Authority which costs £2000 a year.

Spokesman Mark Oakley stated to TravelMail: “We had suspicions that these skeletons might be real, but it still came as a bit of a shock to have it confirmed. We have yet to decide [what to do]. We’ve even talked about giving them a dignified burial. We’re still mulling that. We’ll probably go and look at some artificial skeletons and see how good they are.”

Mr Oakley said: “The London Dungeon is full of secrets and we’re forever turning up surprises.”

They recently discovered that the Dungeon was near a World War Two bomb shelter, which was the scene of ‘quite a horrific tragedy’.
The skeleton remains were set to be used for the London Dungeon’s yearly ‘Satan’s Grotto’ exhibit however because of recent findings they will now be making sure they use artificial props.

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Police shut the effected section of the M1 in both directions between junction 32 and 33 whilst clean-up operations were underway. It is believed this also caused problems still this morning during rush hour.

A spokeswoman for South Yorkshire Police said the tanker overturned after being involved in a collision with a motor caravan. The driver of the tanker was taken to hospital however the injuries are not believed to be serious.

A police force spokeswoman said: “We were called at 10.15pm yesterday to reports of a tanker, which was carrying 23.5 tonnes of waste yeast, overturning. Some of the contents were spilled on the northbound carriageway and we are in the process of emptying the remaining contents of the tanker and clearing up the spillage before it can be moved and the road reopened.”

The Highways Agency said it expected the road to be reopened at around 8am.

Marmite is known for its popular ‘love it or hate it’ advertising campaign, however those caught up in traffic because of this incident may have more reason to hate the savoury spread!

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Singh had arrived at the hospital complaining of abdominal pains, following x-ray investigation doctors found numerous objects in his stomach however it wasn’t until they operated on him that they realised how much was actually in his stomach. In total doctors removed thirteen pounds of metal which included 431 coins, 196 pellets and 17 small bolts.

Bhojram Dewangan, Director of Shreesti Institute of Medical Science and Research Centre, where Mr Singh was treated, said: “The patient had been consuming small iron objects for the last nine months. He visited us complaining of intolerable abdominal pain. After sonography and X- ray tests, the doctors carried out the major surgery.”

Dr Yadav, who led the team that operated upon Mr Singh, said: “All the iron objects were lying at the base of his stomach. When we started the surgery, we thought we would find a few items. But as we progressed, we were amazed to find such a huge number of coins and pellets had passed into his intestines. Signs of chronic ulceration were apparent in the stomach.”

Doctors believe that Mr Singh suffered from schizophrenia however his family and friends were not aware of his eating habits.

His wife, said: “My husband complained of frequent stomach ache and spent sleepless nights in the past four weeks. But he kept us in the dark about swallowing iron objects. He stopped going to the field citing weakness and was even unable to have his regular meals.”

Doctors also believed that the young man also suffered from additional psychiatric problems which gave him an appetite for non-nutritional foreign objects as well as schizophrenia.

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The grandmother says she began experiencing the night-time naughtiness in her flat four months ago. She said: “It’s like an octopus. I was lying in bed when I felt this creepy pair of hands. I kicked frantically and it went away. I’ve tried sleeping without the duvet. But it started shaking my mattress. I even threw the mattress off the bed and bought a new one but it has made no difference. This is very creepy and is giving me the jitters. It’s harassing me. I need to call in the Ghostbusters.”

Worried about the disturbances Mrs Birch, who lives alone, consulted a vicar who believes the disturbances are being caused by a ‘lost spirit. However Methodist Minister Hugh-Nigel Sheehan of the nearby United Church was unable to help. So now she is seeking the experts of local husband-and-wife ghost hunting team to get rid of the perverted poltergeist.

Spirit medium Ray Herne says he will draw the ghost into him while his wife Beryl will capture it in a ‘vortex of light’ and send it to the ‘other side’.

Canterbury City Council’s Head of Housing, Larissa Laing, said: “The council has a duty of care and will respond to any complaints or concerns experienced by our tenants. Therefore even though we have received no similar reports from residents living in Margaret Court I’m more than happy to meet Doris Birch and discuss her situation.”

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A teen from Atlanta US was arrested after he was rescued from a chimney, in which he had been stuck in for ten hours after trying to break into a property. Fire-fighters freed the seventeen year old using a rope, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that the teen had been stuck in the chimney since 3 a.m. Tuesday.

The teen named as Ranaldo Jack, faces burglary charges as well as being charged with providing false information to a police officer, when he gave officers a fake name when first released from the chimney.

The neighbour of a neighbouring property called police after hearing Ranaldo’s cries for help. Laura Chaparro heard someone yelling for help, she said: “We were talking to him, ‘what are you doing down there?’ He just said, ‘Ah, I’m stupid,”

Apparently the owner of the home had no idea that someone had been stuck in her chimney until she came home and found TV crews there. Tsehianesh Kidane told AJC that she came home to find TV crews there. She said: “Police and everything around the house … It looks like a tornado touched down. Oh my God, that scares me to death. Why did he figure out (to go) through the chimney?”

On Tuesday night, Jack was being held without bond night in Gwinnett County Detention Centre, in his mug shot Jack is seen covered in soot.

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With the anticipation of the game leaving millions of gamers rushing to get their hands on their version of the game that was tipped to, and did, break sale records within the first 24 hours of sales but with Modern Warfare 2, the previous title developed by the same creators, selling 4.7 million copies within the first day, Activision failed to see the 9.3 million titles being purchased on opening day and that resulted in devastation within their new ‘premium’ option that had been freshly developed for the latest instalment.

Modern Warfare 3 Elite had been taunted as a new addition that was going to intensify the gaming experience of players that bought the MW3 title but with the additional features came a new twist that upset gamers across the globe, yet another yearly fee to be added to their account.

Charging a premium for what the company claimed was going to offer a new ground breaking experience, with clans and titles being more powerful than ever before, seemed to split the gaming community but that didn’t stop millions of gamers subscribing to the Elite offering from the moment that the game hit the shelves.

The result of the interest and the element of the unknown was gamers paying out a fee for a yearly membership into the Elite aspect of the game, only for the servers that Activision had powering it to fail and be unable to handle the demand that came flooding towards it.

The MW3 Elite servers were soon blocked to any user, resulting in backlash from angry gamers that were demanding an explanation, something that they were given via social networking site Twitter, being told that “A surge of new Elite registrations” were the cause of the problems, showing that the reception of the new element of the game had been well received despite the questions of whether Activision were right in adding yet another expense onto a title that releases regular download content at a price.

When players have tried to access the Elite servers  they have been consistently shown the same message, telling them that traffic into the servers was at its ‘peak’ and that they should return to try again later.

With the Call of Duty franchise now valued at a huge £3 billion surely you would have expected Activision to have produced the game on servers that were capable of handling the huge number of gamers that they have had logging into their online section of the game over recent years, especially as they are charging for the chance to be part of the Elite section.

Activision have issued comment on the problems and have pledged that all those who have bought Elite membership will be issued with a further 30 days of membership once the problems have been rectified, possibly too little too late for any of the gamers according to the online gaming community with players claiming that they are set to turn the back on the title in order to purchase the game’s rival title, Battlefield 3.

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A study conducted on 492 Brazilian men who were aged between 18 and 80 found that 35% of them have had sex with an animal. The men questioned were from rural Brazil and researchers also found that 118 of them were penile cancer patients. Some of the animals the men had sex with included mares, cows, pigs and chickens.

Those who admitted to having sex with animals reported a variety of frequencies for their sex acts, ranging from monthly to daily, 59 per cent of men who had sex with animals had done so 59 per cent of men who had sex with animals. 21 per cent of those asked had continued to have sex with animals for over five years.

The term used to describe the odd behaviour of having sex with animals is call zoophilia in some countries it is not outlawed, however in most countries it is illegal under animal abuse laws.

Researchers found that zoophilia could be linked to penile cancer however they found no association between penile cancer and the number of animals the men had “used,” or a link between penile cancer and the species of the animals. The research which was published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine states that sex with animals causes penile cancer, only that sex with animals “SWA” was associated with the malignancy.

Stenio de Cassio Zequi, an urologist in Sao Paolo, told LiveScience: “We think that the intense and long-term SWA practice could produce micro-traumas in the human penile tissue. The genital mucous membranes of animals could have different characteristics from human genitalia, and the animals’ secretions are probably different from human fluids. Perhaps animal tissues are less soft than ours, and non-human secretions would be toxic for us.”

Back to zoophilia, another study published in 2003 which looked at 114 zoophiles in the U.S., Australia, New Zealand, and Europe found that 36 per cent lived in large cities and 83 per cent had completed at least some college and some even reported high incomes.

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It’s thought that Moskvin who is said to speak 13 languages dug up the bodies at several cemeteries in the region of Nizhny Novgorod. Originally his identity was not known when the case first came to light however the local media soon uncovered the identity of the historian and journalist who is said to be a genius.

Police had been investigating the desecration of graves in the region, at first they suspected extremist groups. However when Moskvin’s parents visited him in the town and discovered his ghastly obsession, police made a link. According to local media Moskvin dug up the corpses from hundreds of cemeteries and took them to his small, three-bedroom flat in Nizhny Novgorod, carrying them in plastic bags. He then dressed the bodies and skeletons in stockings and dresses, not only that he made one of the bodies look like a teddy bear.

Neighbours described the 45 year old as a ‘genius’ however they did say he had a tendency to sleep in a coffin or on graveyard benches. Moskvin is thought to speak thirteen languages and a vast knowledge of history, he also would sometime speak at the local museum giving lectures.