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A 200-year-old church building has disappeared from
a village in central Russia, the BBC has reported. The building had
stood near the village of Komarovo (300km northeast of Moscow) since
1809, until thieves made off with the building brick-by-brick. Local
prosecutors had been informed and an investigation was under way, a
spokesman for the local Russian Orthodox Church said.
David cracking under tourism strain Michelangelo’s
iconic statue of David in danger of crumbling due to effects of mass
tourism, the BBC has reported Italian experts as saying. The main risk,
the experts have said, comes from the footfall of the hundreds of daily
visitors at the statue’s Galleria dell’Accademia home in Florence. The
statue, which depicts a boy-warrior, is reportedly made from weak
marble, and has already begun to crack. The warning follows a detailed
study of the statue which showed that the cracks filled during a major
restoration works four years ago - on the occasion of its 500th
anniversary - have already reopened.
An Egyptian donkey has been jailed for stealing
corn from a fi eld in the Nile Delta. The unfortunate ass and its owner
were apprehended at a police checkpoint that had been set up after the
landowner complained that someone was stealing his crops. The ungulate
was found in possession of the stolen corn and sentenced him to 24 hours
in prison. The owner got off with a fine.
A guest got an unexpected shock when going to the
toilet at a hotel in Holland, in the form of a 2.5 metre-long live
python. News.com.au has reported that the reptile had slithered up a
drain from the room below, where police discovered more snakes, as well
as geckos, fl ogs, salamanders and a baby crocodile. Police arrested
three men and a women on suspicion of illegal animal smuggling. |
