Helmets to be banned in Bicutan

Motorcycle riders will soon need not wear helmets once the resolution filed by a representative of the Barangay (Village) Western Bicutan, south of Metro Manila, that will ban its use were approved by village leaders, according to a report by the Manila Bulletin.

The helmet ban was proposed in the area in order to curb the rising crime.

Watch Live: Egyptian President Mubarak Expected to Address the Nation

Large Crowd Gathers in Cairo's Tahrir Square as Night Falls

Source: PBS News Hour

Cash to cut the cat population

Several weeks ago, I reported a Chinese city using cash to improve people's behavior in maintaining cleanliness by paying for each cigarette butt collected. A few weeks ago, there was a report in Allvoices that a city in Bangladesh will pay the pauper to stay away in the capital city during the World Cricket Cup in March.

This report tells of a similar story that--within limits--money is a good motivator to change people's behavior.

How is rabies transmitted?

To understand how rabies is transmitted or spread from animals to humans and animals to animals, it is important to know what rabies is and how it causes the disease.

Rabies is a deadly disease that is caused by viruses most commonly through bites from the saliva of infected animal hosts. Viruses are small microorganisms that are smaller than bacteria. They grow and multiply inside a living cell. Once the virus enters the body, they travel to the brain, infect it, resulting to a gamut of symptoms that will inevitably lead to death within days once the disease manifests.

10 killed, 33 injured in German train collision

The BBC reported that at least 10 had been killed and 33 people were hurt when a regional passenger train and a freight train clashed in the eastern part of Germany on Saturday 22:30 local time.

The reason why the two trains crashed near the city of Magdeburg in the Saxony-Anhalt state was not immediately clear.

Nelson Mandela recuperating from collapsed lung

An unnamed source close to former South African President Nelson Mandela told Reuters on Thursday that the 92-year-old icon is recuperating from a collapsed lung and could be released by Friday, News24 said on 27 January.

However, with the news blackout, the public is worried plus the fact that many high-profile people were seen visiting the anti-Apartheid leader from the time he was admitted at Johannesburg's Milpark Hospital on Wednesday.

Germany stops donations to fraud-plagued Global Health Fund

Germany will suspend its pledge of $270 million to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria after a full investigation of fraud allegations in two stories by the The Associated Press on Sunday and Monday, the Monterey County Herald said.

According to an AP report on Sunday, huge sums of contract money goes down the drain to corruption.

Grandma, you've got horns!

Zhang Ruifang is a 101-year-old grandmother of Linlou Village in Henan province of China.

Family members did not much pay attention to the skin outgrowth in her left forehead when it appeared in 2009, according to her youngest son, 60-year-old Zhang Guozheng.

Actor George Clooney contracted malaria again

The MSNBC reported on 20 January that Hollywood actor and philanthropist GeorgeClooney contracted malaria--a disease brought about by bites of infected mosquitoes--during his recent trip to war-torn Sudan, confirmed by his representative to E! News.

The news came from a tweet message by Piers Morgan, "George Clooney has contracted malaria following recent trip to Sudan."

Some facts about sex

Here is another set of truths about sex from OMG Facts Sex. Enjoy reading.

The average weight of a Playboy playmate has increased by 1 lb since the 1960s, while the average height has increased by 2 inches

***

A baby can experience an orgasm in the first weeks of life.

***