Father and son found in Vietnam jungle after fleeing their village during the war 40 years ago

AN 82-year-old man and his 41-year-old son have been found living in a forest in central Vietnam after they went missing during the country's war with the US.

The older man could communicate a little in the Cor ethnic minority language, but his son only knew a few words, an official at Tay Tra commune in Quang Ngai province said.

Ho Van Thanh was last seen running into the woods with his then-infant son Ho Van Lang after a bomb exploded in his home, killing his wife and two other children in 1973, newspaper Dan Tri reported.

They were discovered when two people from a nearby village ventured 40 kilometres into the forest looking for firewood and spotted the two men's tree house. The villagers reported the find to local authorities who recovered the pair on Wednesday.

The two men survived by cultivating forest vegetables and hunting animals. They had no contact with the outside world, the report said.

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Hot Spot inventor calls for removal of bat coatings

The inventor of cricket's controversial Hot Spot system has called for the removal of coatings on bats to improve the accuracy of his device.

The coatings are, however, perfectly legal under current regulations.

"Our technology has been criticized for fine edges that have gone undetected. More than anyone else, BBG Sports (Brennan's company) wanted to know why."

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SL group arrested while trying to flee to Australia

Indian media reports say that 48 Sri Lankans along with an Indian who were trying to sail to Australia illegally has been arrested by the Chennai police.

The Indian national had posed as a travel agent of this group.

It is said that this group includes 35 males 6 females and 13 children.

They have been arrested while staying at a pilgrim center in Welakanni.

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Clearest lake in the world (pics)

Meet the world’s clearest lake - the Blue Lake, located in the top part of New Zealand’s South Island.

Scientifically, the visibility of distilled water is about 80 metres. However, verified reports show that the visibility of waters in Blue Lake clocks in at 76 metres.

The lake itself, is in a restricted conservation area, and entering the lake, let alone diving, is prohibited. It is a 2-3km hike to get to the lake.

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Fonterra to remove two product batches

Fonterra Brands Sri Lanka today clarified that they are complying with a notification by the Ministry of Health and recalling two batches of products.

The two batches of product being removed are : Batch number 107610163 of Anchor 1+ and Batch number 0605C0883 of Anchor milk powder.

At a press briefing in Colombo today (08) the company clarified, “While independent and internationally accredited labs have carried our 202 tests on our

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2 Dead in Express way car crash

It is reported that 2 people have died 3 injured from a car crash took place in the Southern express way.

The vehicle has crashed while going from Welipenna to Kottawa.

The injured have been admitted to the Nagoda hospital.

A woman also is  said to be among the dead.

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Kapil Dev given Dambulla lights without tenders

It is reported to Sri Lanka news agencies that there is a plan to give away the contract of fixing lights At the Dambulla international cricket grounds without even calling tenders.

It is said that the contract is going to be given for 130 Million Dollars.

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Shamila Ravishan departs today

The last rites of the 18 year old Shamila Ravishan Perera who was killed in the shoot-out in Weliweriya recently, will be held today (7) evening at the Weliweriya Roman Catholic cemetery.

The Weliweriya town and the surrounding villages are clad in white, and the area remains calm under heavy police protection.

The corpus is currently placed at Shamila's residence, and his parents are shocked with this sudden departure of their son who lived with them for 18 years.

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This Punjab boy has a seven-inch-long tail

People have been flocking to a tiny village in Punjab to pay obeisance to a boy born with a seven-inch-long tail since his birth in 2001.

Though medical experts have described the formation of tail a congenital malformation, locals perceive it as a sign of divinity, claiming the child also shares other similarities with Hindu monkey god Hanuman.

 Twelve-year-old Arshad Ali, who lives in Nabipur village in Paunjab's Fatehgarh district, is known as Balaji among his devotees.

"Like Lord Hanuman, Ali has nine divine marks on his body. Besides the tail, he has a Padma sign on his foot and signs of Sita and Kada on his left arm. He is very special to them," says Iqbal Qureshi, his maternal grandfather.

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San Francisco's mosaic stairs

From the days of Mesopotamian civilization, the decorative technique of mosaic art has always been awe-inspiring.

This art of creating picturesque scenes by assembling pieces of tile and glass creating landscapes is still very much in the trend.

The 16th Avenue Tiled Steps in San Fransisco, US, attests to this.

Inspired by the world-famous steps in Rio de Janeiro, Irish ceramist Aileen Barr and mosaic artist Colette Crutcher joined forces, working with over 300 community volunteers for over a two and a half year period until they unveiled the project in August 2005.

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Rathupaswala Incident : Another teenager unexpected death

Ravishan who was to sit for his A/L today ...

 

  Another student died yesterday in the clash that took place .... requesting foe drinking water in Welweriya. He was actually on his way to a revision class for his examination when he faced with his fate even without having got involved in this conflict.

   Ravishan is not someone who would get involved in arguments or fights. He was a clever student in class as well as a good musical artiste. Having heard that there was a commotion at Welweriya town at the time he was engaged in studies, he had come to Weliweriya town.He had so come also with the idea of proceeding to attend his classes.

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Married people need to go to a psychiatrist: Kangana

Kangana Ranaut, 25, is stubborn, has high self-esteem, is sensitive and bold, and has carried herself entirely on her own shoulders. Despite many obstacles in her career, she has made it.

Weeks ahead of her upcoming film 'I Love New York', she talks to TOI about the one thing she wished she could undo in her life, her attachment to her sister and why she will never get married. Excerpts:

Let's talk about your childhood?

I come from Surajpur, a valley in Himachal Pradesh near Manali that is named after my great grandfather Sarju Singh Ranaut.

He was a minister for 15 years and I always had a desire to go out and explore like him. I come from a big family not in terms of money, but reputation and grew up in a protective mountain environment.

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Small bomb hits Buddhist temple in Indonesia; one injured

Police and government officials on Monday condemned an attack on a Buddhist temple in Indonesia's capital after a small bomb detonated as devotees inside prayed, injuring one person. Two other devices failed to go off.

The explosion happened Sunday night at the Ekayana Grha Buddhist temple in West Jakarta.

The blast went off near the front door of the building, slightly damaging the structure,Indonesian chief of National Police Detective Lt. Gen. Sutarman told reporters at the scene.

Another bomb placed near the back door emitted smoke, but did not go off and a third device placed inside the temple also failed to go off, added Sutarman, who like many Indonesians, uses a single name.

Muslim militants in Indonesia angered over sectarian violence between Buddhists and Muslims in Myanmar have threatened to attack Buddhist temples here.

In May, two men were arrested with low explosives in a backpack as part of an alleged plot to bomb the Myanmar Embassy in Jakarta.

The incident occurred days ahead of festivities planned to celebrate the end of the holy month of Ramazan. Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim nation, and most people practice a moderate form of the religion.

-Dawn news-

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