Mr Ugly Austin Mbewe

Mr. Ugly Austin Mbewe (center) along with a third winner Chitova Chezhira (left) and winner of both Kudakwashe Chiramba / Bulawayo.



  BEITBRIDGE - beauty contest and also good looks might have been normal. What if the contest was held to find the ugliest man?

Austin Mbewe (30) from the city of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, proudly wearing the crown of Mr. Ugly (Mr. Ugly), he also won a prize money of USD173 and a blanket.

"I feel very flattered by this award. I have always been the subject of ridicule as a child and the world can now know that there is the beauty of my ugliness," said Mbewe told The Herald newspaper.

"I am very confident with my face this natural and confident. This is a very tight contest, but eventually my hard work get results," he said as reported by the Global Post, Tuesday (05/31/2011).

Event held at Pagomo Heights Leisure Centre, Beitbridge, the region bordering South Africa is attracting more viewers who are very interested. They're even in droves to witness this ugly man contest.

Approximately 15 men competed in the contest ugly. It turned ugly six male participants had been too nervous at the last minute.

Contests ugly man who has been running this third year, supported by a Zimbabwe Tourism Authority and the National Arts Council. All the judges of this contest is a woman. The contestants are judged based on the use of dress, casual, smart casual, safari and sports.

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Stoned to Death for Beauty Contest

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                                                Crimean region,Katya Koren residence
Kiev, - A girl was stoned to death for violating "Islamic law" after he joined a beauty contest in Ukraine.

The girl, Katya Koren (19), was found dead in a village in the Crimea region, near his home. His friends, as reported by The Daily Mail on Monday (5/30/2011), said she liked to wear fashionable clothes and had come to the seventh pageant. His body is battered and found buried in the woods a week after she disappeared.

Police has opened an investigation into the murder of his case and are investigating claims that three young Muslims to kill him stating his death in accordance with Islamic law. One of three young men named Bihal Gaziev and 16-year-old has been arrested. He told police that she had violated the "sharia law". Gaziev said he did not regret the death of the girl because she had violated Islamic law.

Mrs. Wu Cuts Open Her Belly to Save Surgery Cost

  BEIJING, By reason not have the money, Wu Yuanbi cuts his own belly to remove fluid in it. Women 53 years living in Chongqing, China, it refused to pay for health insurance because they want to save. After her plight came to light, she was taken to a hospital and is now being given treatment free of cost.

For 13 years, Wu suffered from Budd-Chiari syndrome, a chronic condition that makes his stomach filled with water. In 2002, his family managed to collect some money saving results, and with the money that Wu had surgery. When it is about 25 kilograms of water expelled from the stomach.

                                                                                             Chongqing Morning Pos
However, healthy condition did not last long. Her stomach filled with fluid again. In fact, the money they've sold out, while operating expenses reached 50,000 yuan.

Feeling desperate, desperate Wu then dissect their own stomach with a kitchen knife on 8 May. At that time, her husband, Cao Yunhui, had already left for work so she really feels the pain alone for hours.

When he got home, Cao found his wife lying with cuts along 10 cm. His body was wallowing in a yellow liquid and intestines scattered. Wu lucky still alive and rushed to the hospital. Good luck to them. His life was saved.

  "If I die, at least my family is not burdened with caring for me," he told to The Chongqing Morning Post.

According to Cao, on several occasions, his family make use of health assistance from local governments. However, the government only pay for certain procedures and operations to cure stomach ailments such as that suffered by Wu is not included in it.

  "They asked us to subscribe to the new cooperative medical scheme. We do not feel the need to perform procedures that are not supported," Cao said.

According to Wu Ming, professor of the School of Public Health of Peking University, many rural poor who became poorer after paying the exorbitant hospital fees. But according to Wu Ming, "The conditions began to change after national health insurance policy with a large subsidy from the government so that the most basic health insurance can be more enjoyed by rural residents."

The policy that came into effect in around 2003 that allows residents who qualify for health coverage by paying premiums of less than specified.

source:china daily

Netherlands to Close Cannabis Cafes to Tourists

  AMSTERDAM, So far, the Netherlands became a haven for marijuana enthusiasts because it allows the use and sale of marijuana. That applies not only to nationals, the Netherlands, but also for foreign tourists.
Marijuana with various shapes can be easily found in the Netherlands. Even in Amsterdam, various souvenir picture of marijuana leaves were scattered in various stores.

  However, "tourism marijuana" was soon changed with the enactment of new legislation announced last week. The Dutch government immediately banned foreigners buying cannabis in coffee shops. For Netherlands, cannabis consumption rules would be tightened.

  In the new law, the coffee shop will operate as private clubs whose membership is limited to only 1,500 people. To become a member was not easy because a person must WN Netherlands and aged adults. Membership is at least one year.

  "In an effort to overcome the disorder and crime associated with the coffee shop and drug trafficking, an open door policy for the coffee shop will soon be over," said a joint statement the Ministry of Health and Minister of Justice in the Dutch parliament last week.

  For starters, the law was imposed in three provinces, namely Limburg, Noord Brabant, and Zeeland, later this year. Next year, other provinces followed.

  The Netherlands is one country that has a policy of tolerance towards drug use, particularly marijuana. Marijuana with various shapes can be easily found. Even in Amsterdam, various souvenir picture of marijuana leaves were scattered in a number of stores. Not surprisingly, this has become a tourist attraction in itself.

  In recent years, the behavior of drug-related crime continues to rise. With the support of political leaders the right line, the ruling coalition government last year announced restrictions on cannabis tour some of the program to promote health and fight crime.

  City of Maastricht even have to close the coffee shops for tourists because of various acts of crime and disorder, while Roosendaal and Bergen op Zoom even been close.

  Some have worried that new legislation would threaten tourism Netherlands, especially Amsterdam, where there are about 220 cafes that provide marijuana. Amsterdam city council enacting laws against it.

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Punctured Compressors, Truck Driver So Balloons

Wellington, - A truck driver nearly exploded after a compressor hose stuck in her ass and pumped air into his body. As a result, the body of Steve McCormack, from New Zealand, was bubbling like a balloon, even explode.
Fill the air and inflate its body with quick feet, chest, and face. The air pressure also causes her lungs filled with air and hit his heart.

McCormack was standing beside his truck when he suddenly slipped and fell over the weekend. Ass landed right on top of the hose compressor. It pumps air directly into the body McCormack.

48 year old man was admitted to lying on the ground only when "the body continues to bubble like a balloon."

Luckily he had time to scream and scream heard his friends. Seeing McCormack condition, they immediately turn off the valve to stop air flow.

"I feel the wind went into my body. It feels like exploding," he said as he lay in his hospital bed in Whakatane.

"My body ballooned into a ball," he continued.

The medical team arrived an hour later. "I was infused, but the air in my body push the IV needle," McCormack recounts.

McCormack immediately rushed to the hospital in a state of the body was swollen and his lungs filled with fluid. According to doctors, the air had separated the fat from the body muscles McCormack. "The air filling his body with a fast and blew up his legs, chest, and face. The air pressure also causes her lungs filled with air and hit his heart," said the doctor.

He was lucky because the air has not entered into his blood stream.

Due to the strange accident, his skin full of air bubbles. Though doctors managed to remove excess fluid from his body, McCormack also have to remove the air in a way natural. "With a burp or dispose of the wind," said the trucker.

It took three days for McCormack to return to its original size.

Vettel Won F1 Monaco, Hamilton Penalized

MONACO, - Sebastian Vettel won the Monaco F1 Grand Prix, Sunday (29 / 5) through the tense competition and the contest was stopped briefly on lap 72 due to the incidents experienced by some riders.When done restart, the driver Red Bull was finally able to complete 78 laps with a brillian Pitstop strategy from Red Bull team.

In the sixth series of this race, Vettel demonstrate amazing performance. Imagine, with just one pitstop,world champion 2010 was finish the race with a total time of 2 hours 09 minutes 38.373 seconds. With five times victory out of six series, the top position in the standings while becoming robust with 143 points.

Occupied the second place driver Fernando Alonso of Ferrari. Since lap-60 he tried to suppress Vettel, but the effort stalled until the race was stopped on lap-72. If race is not terminated, result may different

Therefore, one pitstop worn Vettel's tires. But, he could keep the car's speed, especially in the corners. Team Red Bull is right to run its strategy, by using soft compound tires at the beginning and then replace it with a hard on lap 17. Imagine, for 55 laps (until lap 72 when stopped), he was able to maintain the condition of the tires until the finish.
Jenson Button won third place. McLaren racer is up to three times into the pit to use super soft tires. Even had led the race, although eventually had to settle for third podium.

Massa accident, Hamilton penalized

Under the air temperature 42 degrees Celsius, the rider start smoothly without incident at the first corner. Alonso able to poke in the third pass stuck behind Webber and Vettel and Button.

According to the provisions, the first two laps riders are prohibited from using DRS. Locations outside corner use DRS to last crossed the start line. Until the 7th lap, Hamilton was in the order of the 10th kept trying to overtake Schumacher. But the narrowness of the track, making Hamilton who repeatedly provoked movements remain difficult Schumacher bulldoze former seven-times world champion.

While Vettel still leading and Button tried to shorten the distance until lap 14, Alonso was only 1 second further behind Button. On lap 16, Button entered the pit and change tires dropped to fourth position. One lap later followed by Vettel, only he had used hard tire compound that can menempuih 35 more laps. When you sign into the path trajectory so the second position, followed by Alonso on lap 18 and he still ranks third.

Strategy Mclaren doing the earliest change tires on the Button to fruition. He started the race leading 18 laps and Vettel was behind him. Live, on the second Pitstop strategy. Apparently, Button who use super soft tires to maximize the speed of the McLaren tried to leave Vettel 6 seconds more. Even until lap-32 McLaren ahead 13 seconds more than Vettel and secure enough to maintain the first position when entering the pit replace the tire.

On lap 34, Button entered the pit and use super-soft tires again. When entering the orbit, the third displaced position. Safety Car into a lap 35 as Massa beat wall barrier in the tunnel. He was probably surprised because passed by Hamilton from the inside is so insistent, making his car did not have room to dodge. Hamilton's actions made him exposed to drive through penalty that run on lap 44.

Schumacher was also unable to continue the race due to smoke billowing from the engine. Alonso overtaking on the side of the pit straight into the tire change on lap 35. Stay ahead of Vettel who fared less well, because when Pitstop II distance with Button and Alonso are very close.
Safety car entered lap 40, Vettel was in front of the shadowed Button 3 seconds. Lap 48, Vettel stuck in traffic and can Button stick under one second. On lap 49, Button entered the pit get soft tire change, its position displaced by Alonso.
On lap 60, Alonso began to suppress Vettel. While Button was looming duel 5 seconds behind Red Bull and Ferrari. Fun stuff, in lap 63, the distance Vettel, Alonso and Button are sticking together.
The third competition rider who hit each other it stopped on lap 69, when all three are stuck in traffic about four cars ahead of them. Starting from Maldonado (Williams) is overtaking Sutil, but Sutil hit the wall at the bend entry barrier. And then, two other riders have come after that.

With the entry of the safety car on lap 70, Vettel was saved from worn tire. But on lap 72, the red flag was unfurled and the driver stopped at the start / finish to restart.
After restart, Hamilton was again nudged Maldonado. Williams driver finally could not control the steering and hit the barrier wall.

Race Results,
1. Vettel                     Red Bull-Renault       2h09:38.373
2. Alonso                  Ferrari                       + 1.138
3. Button                   McLaren-Mercedes    + 2.378
4. Webber                 Red Bull-Renault         + 23.100
5. Kobayashi             Sauber-Ferrari             + 26.900
6. Hamilton               McLaren-Mercedes      + 27.200
7. Sutil                      Force India-Mercedes  + 1 lap
8. Heidfeld                Renault                        + 1 lap
9. Barrichello            Williams-Cosworth       + 1 lap
10. Buemi                 Toro Rosso-Ferrari      + 1 lap
11. Rosberg              Mercedes                    + 1 lap
12. Di Resta              Lotus-Renault             + 2 laps                                                          13.Trulli                    Lotus-Renault             +2 laps
14. Kovalainen           Lotus-Renault             + 2 laps
15. D'Ambrosio        Virgin-Cosworth           + 2 laps
16. Liuzzi                  HRT-Cosworth            + 3 laps
17. Karthikeyan         HRT-Cosworth             + 3 laps
18. Maldonado         Williams-Cosworth        + 5 laps

Fastest lap: Webber, 1:16.234

Drivers didn't finish
Petrov,  Renault,  68
Alguersuari ,  Toro Rosso-Ferrari,  68
Massa ,  Ferrari,  33
Schumacher,  Mercedes,  33
Glock ,  Virgin-Cosworth,  31
Perez ,  Sauber-Ferrari,  DNS

Driver's championship          Constructor's championship
1. Vettel               143             1. Red Bull-Renault              222
2. Hamilton            85             2. McLaren-Mercedes          161
3. Webber              79            3. Ferrari                                93
4. Button                76            4. Renault                              50
5. Alonso               69             5. Mercedes                          40
6. Heidfeld             29             6. Sauber-Ferrari                    21
7. Rosberg             26             7. Force India-Mercedes         10
8. Massa                24             8. Toro Rosso-Ferrari               7
9. Petrov                21             9. Williams-Cosworth               2
10. Kobayashi        19
11. Schumacher      14
12. Sutil                   8
13. Buemi                 7
14. Perez                  2
15. Barrichello          2
16. Di Resta             2