BERLIN: Abandoned stash of gold bars and a pile of banknotes found by Polizei in train station

 


Attention all passengers: could the person who left a stash of gold bars and a pile of banknotes in the luggage deposit at Cologne's main railway station kindly contact German police?

That was the appeal that police in the western German city issued Friday for information to track down the owner of the several kilos (pounds) of gold and a six-figure sum of euros in cash.

The stash was found in April in a luggage locker at the station, a major European transport hub. Police said they're going public after being unable to link the haul to any crime and hearing nothing from any legitimate owner.

Whoever the owner is shouldn't leave it too much longer. Police say that if nobody comes forward, the stash will be sold.

Hey! That's mine.....!






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Wife Shames Hubby’s Alleged Infidelity By Making Him Confess On Facebook

When married couples have issues with their relationship, many take the traditional route of hashing out their differences under the guidance of a counselor or church pastor. Not Sonya Gore and her husband, Ivan Lewis.

In a very public admission of guilt, Lewis posted a photo of a hand-written note on his page that reads, “I Cheated On My Wife!!! (and she was ugly!!!).”

But Gore told NewsOne that she was the author of the note, not Lewis. In fact, she says she was with him at his computer when he posted the admission on his page.

“I wrote the post out myself,” she said. “Before he posted the post up, he asked me to marry him again on Facebook and I’m like ‘Well, if you want to put that on Facebook then you need to say that you cheated and put that on Facebook.’”

Gore, 40, says she pushed Lewis to post the note to his page because she wanted him to feel the same humiliation she felt as a result of his alleged cheating. The Wilmington, N.C., native said she and Lewis wedded in February of 2010, but claims he began cheating soon after. Ten months into the marriage, Gore says they separated.

Newsone reached out to Lewis for comment but did not get an immediate response. However, his timeline is full of status updates expressing regret and asking for forgiveness. So far 3,096 people have liked the note and it has been shared 216 times as of 12: 45 p.m.

In prior updates leading up to the admission note, messages from random Facebook users have been pretty supportive, though Sonya has been quick to question some of their words, as you can see in a Sept. 22 update below:


And this is the post that prompted Gore (pictured) to ask her hubby to post the note she wrote:

Gore says that she wanted to divorce Lewis and even sought legal advice on the decision but has recently had a change of heart because of his social media overtures. While it is clear in the message threads on Lewis’s updates that he is getting sympathy and support over his public pleas, Gore says her friends think she is silly for taking her marital problems public. Such criticism doesn’t bother her.

When asked what she hopes will come out of the out the attention she and Lewis are attracting, Gore told NewsOne that, essentially, she wants him to go far and beyond to demonstrate his love and affection for her–despite what others say about his public pleas to get her back.

“If he loves me, he loves me,” she said.

As far as Lewis posting that Gore “said I got to get 10,000 before she take me back,” she says he set that mark, not her. But if he does, she said it would influence her decision but, “I’m not making the decision solely on that.”


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Extremists threaten to attack the Miss World Pageant's final which they have dubbed 'pornography'

• Saturday's final moved from Jakarta to Bali due to ongoing protests
• Extremists brand competition 'pornography'
• Threatening to launch fresh protest by breaching security in Bali
• Bikini round already been axed out of respect

 

This weekend, the final ten contestants will parade before millions of viewers to conclude the finale of Miss World 2013.

But the glitz and glamour of the iconic competition has been overshadowed by an ongoing outcry from Muslim extremists who have been protesting and threatening to attack the pageant, which they have branded as 'pornography' and a 'whore contest'.

The US embassy in Jakarta warned that: 'Extremist groups may be planning to disrupt the Miss World pageant…potentially through violent means.'

In a nod to conservative public opinion, organisers have decided that the contestants will not wear bikinis during the 'beach fashion' round of the event.

Instead, they will cover up with garments such as sarongs, which avoid revealing the body shape.

Final ten: Miss World contestants who were selected as top 10 in the fashion show pose during the event at the convention centre in Nusa Dua, on Indonesia's resort island of Bali

 

Conservative: In a nod to public opinion, organisers have decided that the contestants will not wear bikinis during the 'beach fashion' round of the event

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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What's this hype about twerking?...358 Twerkers ASSemble in Newyork, twerking simultaneously to break a world record (video)

 

Guinness has officially recognized butt-wiggling as a legitimate world record. On Wednesday, a Guinness official spelled out the rules before all 358 twerkers shook what their mommas gave them for two straight minutes. A minimum of 250 people was required to set the record.

The Guinness rules for twerking are as follows:

• Body must remain upright, with movement concentrated in hips
• Participants can put hands on knees or hips for support
• Twerking action cannot comes from knees – hips only
• Freestyling or additional choreography not permitted – no hands on the ground, feet in the air, twirling, etc.
• Twerking action must be synchronized, can be at own pace
• All participants must twerk simultaneously for two minutes when Big Freedia gives the signal
• Any performers who do not participate fully for the entire two minutes will be deducted from the final total

358 New Yorkers who on Wednesday helped set the Guinness World Record for most people simultaneously twerking. Big Freedia -- a hip hop artist known for her booty poppin' videos -- created the event to promote her upcoming show on Fuse TV, "Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce."

 

 

 

Joan Wind, 73-Year-Old Twerker!
It may have been Joan Wind, 73, who stole the show. The Manhattan woman stopped shopping at Macy's so she could try her hand at twerking, which she'd practiced in the mirror before

 

 

Twogging!
This pup knew how to twerk it as well.

 

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British White Widow, Samantha Lewthwaite declared wanted

BBC - International police body Interpol has issued a wanted persons notice for Briton Samantha Lewthwaite, at Kenya's request.

Ms Lewthwaite, 29, is the widow of one of the four suicide bombers who attacked London on 7 July 2005.

Known colloquially as the "white widow", she has been linked with Somali militant Islamist group al-Shabab.

Interpol did not link the warrant to the Nairobi shopping complex attack that left at least 67 dead.


Interpol have issued a “Red Notice” for Samantha Lewthwaite. Photograph: Interpol website

 

However, it comes after much speculation linking Ms Lewthwaite to events there.

Al-Shabab was behind the attack and subsequent four-day siege at the Westgate shopping complex in the Kenyan capital.

An Interpol statement said she was "wanted by Kenya on charges of being in possession of explosives and conspiracy to commit a felony dating back to December 2011".

The Interpol alert, known as a "Red Notice", requires member countries to detain the suspect pending extradition procedures.

Ms Lewthwaite - who is believed to use the alias "Natalie Webb" - had previously only been wanted for the alleged possession of a fraudulently obtained South African passport.

She is the widow of Germaine Lindsay, one of the four bombers involved in the 7 July terror attacks in London in 2005 in which 52 people were killed and hundreds more injured.

The BBC's Dominic Casciani says Interpol's red notice acts like a global wanted poster, but it's also a concession by the Kenyan security forces that she is an international danger, not just someone who should be regarded as a passport fraudster.

Kenya is continuing three days of official mourning for the civilian and military victims of the siege.

The funeral of pregnant television and radio star Ruhila Adatia-Sood was one of many being held on Thursday.

Flags are flying at half mast amid visibly tighter security around the Kenyan capital. Security guards were scanning passengers with metal detectors before they boarded buses.

Kenyan investigators have been joined by experts from the US, UK, Germany, Canada and Interpol to comb the sprawling shopping complex for DNA, fingerprints and ballistic clues.

On Thursday the UK Foreign Office said that the number of British nationals known to have been killed in the attack was lower than previously thought. It had reported that six Britons were among those killed, but it now says that one of the dead previously thought to be British is in fact a Kenyan national.

But at the same time the Foreign Office has warned that the number of British dead could rise before the search of the shopping centre is over.

Somali Islamist group al-Shabab has said it had carried out the attack in retaliation for Kenyan army operations in Somalia.

The militants stormed the Westgate centre on Saturday, throwing grenades and firing indiscriminately at shoppers and staff.

Twitter posts on an al-Shabab account said the group's militants had held 137 people hostage, and claimed the hostages had died after security forces fired chemical agents to end the siege.

A government spokesman denied any chemical agents were used, and authorities called on Kenyans to ignore militant propaganda.

Al-Shabab, which is linked to al-Qaeda, has repeatedly threatened attacks on Kenyan soil if Nairobi did not pull its troops out of Somalia.

About 4,000 Kenyan troops have been serving in the south of Somalia since October 2011 as part of an African Union force supporting Somali government forces.

The group is banned as a terrorist group by both the US and the UK and is believed to have between 7,000 and 9,000 fighters.

Its members are fighting to create an Islamic state in Somalia.