CONJOINED BABY FROM TRIPLET SEPARATED.

'Youngest' conjoined sisters separated at Swiss hospital in Bern

 

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Image copDoctors in Switzerland  they have separated eight-day-old conjoined sisters, believed to be the youngest babies to be successfully paThe twins, born in December, were fused at the liver and chest.

BBC reported that Doctors in Switzerland say they have separated eight-day-old conjoined sisters, believed to be the youngest babies to be successfully parted.

The twins, born in December, were fused at the liver and chest.

Swiss media say doctors had originally planned to separate them when they were several months old but brought the operation forward when they each suffered a life-threatening condition.

The operation reportedly carried a 1% chance of success.

The twins, named Lydia and Maya, were born eight weeks premature at the Inselspital hospital in Bern, along with a triplet who was fully separate and healthy.

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Image captionDoctors were forced to operate after the girls developed life-threatening conditions

The hospital said the twins were "extensively conjoined on the liver, but had all vital organs".

They weighed just 2.2kg (4lb 14oz) together. One of the twins had too much blood, and very high blood pressure, while the other one did not have enough.

A 13-strong medical team took five hours to separate the girls on 10 December.

"Such small conjoined siblings had never been successfully separated before," the hospital said.

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Image captionThe twins, seen here before their operation, only weighed 2.2kg when they were born

The head of paediatric surgery, Steffen Berger, paid tribute to the medical staff, saying: "The perfect teamwork of physicians and nursing personnel from various disciplines were the key to success here. We are very happy that the children and parents are faring so well now."

The girls underwent further surgery to close their abdominal walls and are now recovering in a paediatric intensive care ward.

The hospital says the children are "still very small" but developing well.

Le Matin Dimanche newspaper said they had put on weight and begun breastfeeding.

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DOZENS KILLED IN SYRIA NEAR SAYYIDA ZEINAB SHRINE.

Syria conflict: Dozens killed near Sayyida Zeinab shrine

At least 50 people have died in blasts near the Shia shrine of Sayyida Zeinab, south of Syria's capital Damascus.

The shrine, which is highly revered by Shia Muslims, has been targeted before, most recently in February last year.

It happened as the government and opposition groups gathered in Geneva in a bid to start talks aimed at a political solution to the conflict.

The attack, claimed by the Islamic State group, was aimed at disrupting the talks, the EU said.

Both the Syrian government and opposition are in Geneva but the talks have yet to begin. The main opposition group says the government must first meet key humanitarian demands.

US Secretary of State John Kerry urged both sides to seize the opportunity to end the bloodshed.

Mr Kerry said there was "no military solution" to the spiralling crisis, which he warned could engulf the region if the tentative UN-sponsored negotiations fail as previous attempts have.

-BBC. 

OVER 10,000 CHILDREN MISSING.

Migrant crisis: More than 10,000 children 'missing'

 
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Image captionAbout 26,000 child migrants arrived in Europe last year unaccompanied

According to news report from BBC,

More than 10,000 migrant children may have disappeared after arriving in Europe over the past two years, the EU's police intelligence unit says.

Europol said thousands of vulnerable minors had vanished after registering with state authorities.

It warned of children and young people being forced into sexual exploitation and slavery by criminal gangs.

Save the Children says some 26,000 child migrants arrived in Europe last year without any family.

It is the first time Europol has given a Europe-wide estimate of how many might be missing.

"Not all of them will be criminally exploited; some might have been passed on to family members. We just don't know where they are, what they're doing or whom they are with."

Officials in Italy warned in May 2015 that almost 5,000 children had disappeared from asylum reception centres since the previous summer.

Image captionSome migrant boys say they have no choice but to sell sex in order to survive

In October, the authorities in Trelleborg in southern Sweden said about 1,000 unaccompanied refugee children and young adults who arrived in the town in the previous month had since gone missing.

Confirming the overall estimate of missing minors, a Europol spokesman said a large proportion may have also disappeared after landing in Greece. The country is the first entry point for most of the 1 million migrants who arrived in Europe by boat in 2015, and authorities have been criticised for failing to register and check the arrivals.

Criminal gangs known to be involved in human trafficking in Europe are now targeting refugees, Europol said.

There are fears unaccompanied children and young people may be dragged into sex work, slavery and other illegal activity.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) spokesman Leonard Doyle told the BBC the figure of 10,000 missing children was "shocking but not surprising".

He said it was "to be expected" that many of these would be caught up in exploitation.

"Let's hope now the EU puts the resources into finding these children, helping them and reuniting these children with their families."

WALMART PLANS TO LAY OFF THOUSANDS OF EMPLOYEES.

SUPER SUPER CLOSING SALE AT WALMART AS IT CLOSES ABOUT 269 STORES.

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(Reuters) Walmart announced earlier this month that it would close 269 stores and lay off thousands of employees. 

And this brought to life a classic retail arbitrage scheme: buy cheap stuff in a defunct store and sell it for a markup somewhere else. 

From The Wall Street Journal:

Sam Cohen, owner of e-commerce company DWNY LLC in Ocean, N.J., sent three employees in a 26-foot truck to the nearest closing Walmart, about 160 miles south, in Baltimore. They hauled off $35,000 in merchandise, like Legos and Star Wars pajamas, which he said he expects to sell for as much as $100,000 on Amazon. "It took six hours to scan and pay for all the items," he said. "It was time well spent."

Wal-Mart’s store closings presented a special bonanza. Earlier this month, the Bentonville, Ark.-based retailer began slashing prices by 50% in an effort to clear inventory before closing Supercenter and smaller Express stores. It eventually cut prices by 75%.

And while these store closures might be a boon for a few online retailers, the company is also laying off thousands of employees as part of this plan. 

It seems, however, that much of Walmart's motivation for closing stores — many of which were smaller stores rather than the iconic Supercenter — is increased competition from Amazon itself on household staples. 

By focusing on online sales, Walmart thus hopes to effectively offer the same products at the same price with even more convenience. But the path to this future is, like most things in business, not entirely smooth. 

OVER 80 DIE IN FRESH BOKO HARAM ATTACK IN DALORI,BORNO NIGERIA.

86 Dead as Boko Haram Burns Children Alive in Nigeria.
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(DALORI, Nigeria) — A survivor hidden in a tree says he watched Boko Haram extremists firebomb huts and heard the screams of children burning to death, among 86 people officials say died in the latest attack by Nigeria's homegrown Islamic extremists.

Scores of charred corpses and bodies with bullet wounds littered the streets from Saturday night's attack on Dalori village and two nearby camps housing 25,000 refugees, according to survivors and soldiers at the scene just 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Maiduguri, the birthplace of Boko Haram and the biggest city in Nigeria's northeast.

The shooting, burning and explosions from three suicide bombers continued for nearly four hours in the unprotected area, survivor Alamin Bakura said, weeping on a telephone call to The Associated Press. He said several of his family members were killed or wounded.

The violence continued as three female suicide bombers blew up among people who managed to flee to neighboring Gamori village, killing many people, according to a soldier at the scene who insisted on anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to journalists.

Troops arrived at Dalori around 8:40 p.m. Saturday but were unable to overcome the attackers, who were better armed, said soldiers who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the press. The Boko Haram fighters only retreated after reinforcements arrived with heavier weapons, they said.

Journalists visited the carnage Sunday and spoke to survivors who complained it had taken too long for help to arrive from nearby Maiduguri, the military headquarters of the fight to curb Boko Haram. They said they fear another attack.

Eighty-six bodies were collected by Sunday afternoon, according to Mohammed Kanar, area coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency. Another 62 people are being treated for burns, said Abba Musa of the State Specialist Hospital in Maiduguri.

Boko Haram has been attacking soft targets, increasingly with suicide bombers, since the military last year drove them out of towns and villages in northeastern Nigeria.

The 6-year Islamic uprising has killed about 20,000 people and driven 2.5 million from their homes.

-Ismail Alfa and Haruna Umar / AP,Time

SUNDAY EYE DELIGHT!

SUNDAY EYE MENU GOES TO TOOLZ! YEA!

OAP Tolu Oniru aka Toolz and hubby TUNDE Demuren married yesterday 30th January,2016 at the Landmark event centre Lagos.

She looked stunning in her African attire. Happy married life to them.

NICK GORDON REMEMBERS LATE BOBBI KRISTINA.

Gone but not forgotten!
 Nick Gordon shared a sweet snapshot of his late girlfriend, Bobbi Kristina Brown, via Twitter almost one year since she was discovered unconscious at her Georgia home.

Gordon, 25, who has since made his twitter account private, shared a poignant selfie of the two on Monday, January 25. In it, the daughter of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brownsmiles contentedly as she leans on his shoulder.

In another photo, which Gordon shared on January 17, Brown looks happy in no makeup and workout gear with her earphones in.

“Baby girl,” Gordon captioned the picture.

And on January 2, Gordon rang in the new year with a shot of himself lifting Brown up while she wrapped her arms around him. In the image, the pair wear matching sunglasses and share a kiss.

A lot has happened in the year since Brown was first found unconscious in her bathtub at home on January 31. The troubled starlet fell into a deep coma, and finally died several months later in July at the age of 22.

Gordon was later accused of involvement in Brown’s death — specifically, of giving her a “toxic cocktail” that allegedly rendered Brown unconscious the night she was found in her bathtub.

Gordon is contesting the $10 million wrongful death lawsuit filed by Brown's conservator last year and his attorney called the case “slanderous and meritless.” 

The lawsuit is still pending, and Brown’s cause of death remains unknown. In September, the medical examiner’s office announced that the cause of death had been placed under seal based on orders from the Fulton County Superior Court.

Rest in Peace Kristina!

KANYE ACKNOWLEDGES HIS WRONG.

Kanye took to his twitter handle to apologize for his dragging Wiz and Amber's son into the feud he had few days ago with Wiz Khalifa.

He tweeted;

Here's hoping this will be the last of the feud. Did i hear Wiz dragged him on stage at his performance today? clears throat. I'll be right back. Make i go peep.

TWO ARRESTED AT DISNEYLAND PARIS AFTER GUNS, KORAN FOUND IN SUITCASE.

French police arrested a man and woman at a Disneyland Paris theme park hotel after the man was found with two handguns, ammo and a Koran inside his suitcase.

“During a routine security screening checkpoint at one of our hotels, weapons were discovered in a guest’s luggage through our x-ray machine. The police were immediately notified and the individual was arrested. We continue to work closely with the authorities, and the safety and security of our guests and cast members is our utmost priority,” the park's Vice President of Communication and Public Affairs François Banon said.

French media report the man is from Paris, but not known to the local police or French intelligence.

The woman arrested is the man's girlfriend, a police source told AFP.

French broadcaster RTL reported that police seized two small-caliber handguns and a 7.65 caliber cartridge box. A small Koran was also found in the man’s suitcase.

Disneyland Paris, located 18 miles east of the French capital, is Europe’s most visited theme park, attracting around 10 million visitors in 2014.

Employees at the New York Hotel and several others around Disneyland Paris said they continued functioning as usual after the arrest.

France remains under a state of emergency following the series of attacks in Paris in November that left 130 dead. Disneyland Paris closed briefly after the massacre.

The state of emergency is scheduled to expire at the end of February, but President Francois Hollande last week proposed a three-month extension. Nearly 400 people had been placed under house arrest through the state of emergency, according to an official breakdown in late December.

33 MIGRANTS DIE AS BOAT HITS ROCK,SINKS OFF TURKEY COAST,

ANKARA, Turkey –  A boat smuggling migrants to Greece slammed into rocks off the Turkish coast Saturday and capsized, killing at least 33 people including five children, as the choppy Aegean Sea continued to claim asylum-seekers' lives this month at an appalling pace, officials said.

Coast guard officials said they rescued 75 people from the 17-meter (56-foot) vessel but government officials said they suspected more were trapped inside the sunken vessel and the death toll was likely to rise. Video footage on the Turkish shoreline showed police walking among bodies of several dead as they washed ashore, among them a toddler lying on his back in navy blue clothing.

The International Organization for Migration says drowning deaths are running at four times the rate of 2015, when many thousands daily sought to enter the European Union via Turkey by reaching one of more than a dozen offshore Greek islands, particularly nearby Lesbos.

Saturday's deaths take the drowning total for January above 250, whereas the agency recorded 805 drowning deaths on Turkey-Greece smuggling routes throughout 2015.

A Turkish government official said he expects rescue workers to find more dead who were trapped inside the wreckage of the boat, which sank shortly after departing from the Aegean resort of Ayvacik, barely 8 kilometers (5 miles) north of the Lesbos coastline.

Saim Eskioglu, deputy governor for the coastal Canakkale province that includes Ayvacik, said the boat "hit rocks soon after it left the coast and, unfortunately, it sank."

"We believe there are more dead bodies inside the boat," he told CNN-Turk television.

Ayvacik's mayor, Mehmet Unal Sahin, said most of the migrants were Syrians. The state-run Anadolu Agency said the boat also bore natives of Afghanistan and Myanmar.

In a statement, the Turkish coast guard said it dispatched three boats, a team of divers and a helicopter after receiving calls for help. The coast guard said its rescue teams recovered 33 bodies and were continuing to search.

A private Turkish news agency, Dogan, said police arrested a Turkish man suspected of being the smuggler who organized Saturday's disastrous sea crossing.

Journalists at the scene said weather conditions Saturday on the Turkish coast were relatively mild, with light winds and temperatures around 54 degrees Fahrenheit.

-FOX NEWS

DAVID BOWIE LEAVES MOST OF HIS ESTATE TO HIS WIDOW AND HIS TWO CHILDREN.

Rock legend David Bowie who passed on January 10, wanted his ashes scattered in Bali "in accordance with the Buddhist rituals," and he left most of his estate to his two children and his widow, the supermodel Iman who he was married to since 1992.

The 20-page document, filed under his legal name David Robert Jones, said the estate was worth about $100 million, but didn't break down the finances.

The "Fame" singer left his SoHo home he shared with Iman to her, and half of the rest of his worth. His son Duncan Jones from a previous marriage received 25 percent and his daughter Alexandria also received 25 percent as well as his Ulster County mountain home. Bowie left $2 million to his longtime personal assistant Corinne Schwab and left her shares he owned in a company called Oppossum Inc. He left $1 million to Marion Skene, Alexandria's nanny.

The chameleon-like star transformed the sound — and the look — of rock with his audacious creativity and his sexually ambiguous makeup and costumes. His hits included "Space Oddity," ''Golden Years," ''Heroes" and "Let's Dance." He had cancer about 18 months before he died Jan. 10. He was 69.

Bowie prepared the will in 2004. He said if cremation in the Indonesian island was "not practical" then he wanted his remains cremated and his ashes scattered there still. According to the death certificate, filed with the will, his body was cremated Jan. 12 in New Jersey.

HAPPY 62ND BIRTHDAY OPRAH WINFREY.

The Queen of Talk show Oprah Winfrey turned 62 yesterday and stars and fans all over the world sent goodwill messages across to her.
She looks nothing near 62.
Here is wishing her all the best and many more years to come.

Mariah Carey took to her Facebook page to wish her a happy birthday too.

KRIS JENNER VISITS BLACK CHYNAS HOME.

Immediately Blac Chyna headed for the airport in order to catch a flight to England,it was learnt Kris Jenner headed straight to Chyna's house to see her son Rob Kardashian.

The 60-year-old reality TV star kept a low profile, dressed in black and covering her face with oversized sunglasses, while driving to Chyna's gated home just before 10 a.m. on Friday morning. An eyewitness tells ET that Kris pulled up to the gate, where a security guard announced her arrival and sent her

Prior to Kris' visit, Chyna, 27, was spotted at Los Angeles International Airport where she confirmed she was dating Rob, 28, by giving two thumbs up to TMZ.

Despite all of the reported drama, their new relationship has sparked, Chyna shut down rumors that she had any beef with the Kardashian-Jenner family. When asked if she cares how Rob's sisters may feel about the situation, she responded, "Of course I care, I love all of them.

Chyna also said she's been helping Rob with his health -- he was hospitalised with diabetes last year after gaining 100 pounds-- revealing the two have been keeping to a diet of mushrooms, spinach and chicken and avoiding red meat.

Earlier in the day, Chyna's close pal, Amber Rose, appeared on the Allegedly With Theo Von & Matthew Cole Weiss podcast, where she got candid about her friend's new beau.

"They're working out. Chyna's cooking healthy meals for him," she explained. "It's a really, really good vibe."

"Man, I think if people are happy then that's what's most important, period," she continued. "Rob is the coolest guy you'll ever meet in your life. He's realistic. He's an amazing person, and it's sad that people don't get to see that. He's just down-to-earth and cool. He gets life. He gets it."

As ET previously reported, Chyna has a complicated past with the Kardashians. Chyna is not only Kim's former best friend, but she's also the ex-fiancée of Tyga and the mother of his 3year old son, King Cairo. Tyga has been dating Rob's youngest sister, Kylie Jenner on and off since last year.

While Kylie is said to be "absolutely livid" about Rob and Chyna's pairing, Tyga has turned the other cheek. "Everybody deserves to be happy," he said.

BLAC CHYNA ARRESTED.

Blac Chyna Arrested For Public Intoxication, Charged With Drug Possession

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These babes making so much noise and making money too.

Over the past year, Blac Chyna’s name has appeared in more headline than anyone might have anticipated. This week, her name rang Internet bells as she publicized her new relationship with Rob Kardashian. Now, as the masses are still trying and put two-and-two together on Chyna’s relationship with latest beau, she makes yet another appearance in the news–this time for an arrest.

According to TMZ, the model/entrepreneur was taken into custody at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas on Friday (Jan. 29) after engaging in a verbal dispute with a flight attendant. She was reportedly “heavily intoxicated,” and referred to the employee as a “Nasty a** b***ch.” Chyna was scheduled to fly to London for a club appearance, but authorities stormed her plane to arrest her. Eyewitnesses say she was handcuffed before tying her shoes.

“Y’all got no respect for me. I gotta tie my shoes. Let me tie my Yeezys,” she said, according to TMZ.

Blac Chyna was also charged with drug possession, the website reports. She allegedly had more than “one gram but under four grams” of an undisclosed substance. As the news surface of her arrest, Rob Kardashian seems to have been supportive of her, as Chyna posted a #freeChyna photo on her instagram, captioning the post, “When Zaddy holds u down no matter what,” and Kardashian replying “Here I come.”