Category: "Europe"
Russian Commercial Plane Downed by ISIS near Egypt
A Russian passenger plane was hit and downed by a rocket launched allegedly by ISIS when the commercial Metrojet was over Egypt's airspace on Saturday. A total of 224 casualties were instantly declared by several global news agencies.
Would you Care to Dance and Mess around with a Giant Wave?
A video footage showing a swimsuit-clad woman, who was carried away by a giant wave on January 6, is making the rounds online.
Nun Unaware of her Pregnancy Gives Birth to a Baby boy in Italy
A woman, who was unaware of her pregnancy, gave birth to a baby boy. The strange news has drawn international attention when researchers found out that the woman is actually a nun from Italy.
The 31-year-old woman was reportedly rushed to a local hospital after she complained of severe abdominal cramps on Wednesday. A few hours later, the nun gave birth to a baby boy, who weighs 3.5 kilograms (nine pounds). The hospital immediately collected donations and clothes for the mother and her child.
Swiss or Pinay Nurse in Switzerland Under investigation over Photos of a Dead Woman in Facebook?
Swiss or Pinay Nurse in Switzerland Under investigation over Photos of a Dead Woman in Facebook?
A 'pinay nurse' in Switzerland who posted pictures of herself on Facebook sitting next to the corpse of an old woman came under fire Friday from her profession, as Swiss prosecutors said Friday they had opened a criminal investigation.
Champagne sells for $156,000 after 170 years under water
Champagne sells for $156,000 after 170 years under water
Eleven bottles of some of the world's oldest champagne uncovered from the bottom of the Baltic waters are auctioned for more than $156,000, with a single bottle of 200-year-old Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin champagne for $18,600.
AFP reported that the organizers of the auction, which was held in Finland this week, got less than half what they had hoped.
"We are quite happy about the money raised although we expected a new world record," Rainer Juslin, an Aaland provincial government official, told AFP.
In 2010, divers exploring the wreck of a schooner sunk in the Baltic waters between Finland and Sweden discovered a total of 162 bottles of champagne. The bottles were part of the booty from a shipwreck dating from between 1825 and 1830. Of these, 79 were drinkable.
The nearly 200 year old champagne auctioned off this week were in such perfect condition because they were lucky to land horizontally, under pressure, at a low temperature and in the dark.
In 2011 a bottle of Veuve Clicquot raised from the same shipwreck was auctioned for a record-setting $37,000.
Source: Foxnews
Philippines most likely would also have a lot of bottled wines buried on our seabeds. If we only protected critical shipwreck sites in our territory we may also find hundreds of champagne bottles. There were hundreds of Spanish ships which sunk during the times of the American invasion. So, if we can only limit the unlicensed divers to get near into these identified spots then this could be a huge money generating business for our government. Of course, if that happens we should be hopeful too that our government officials will not pocket the money that will be generated out of it.
