Rachel Green and Paul Chandler – Free at last
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Somali Pirates Release British Couple After More Than A Year – Somali pirates on Sunday released the British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler, who had been kidnapped more than a year ago as they slept on their yacht 800 miles off the East African coast.Their 388-day ordeal makes the retirees the longest-held former captives of Somali pirates. Arrrrr! [csmonitor]

Red Bull’s Vettel Stuns Alonso To Lift F1 Crown – Vettel, 23, went into the race third in the standings but having qualified in pole he drove a faultless race to take his maiden world title.Pre-race series leader and two-time champion Fernando Alonso of Ferrari and Vettel’s Australian team-mate Mark Webber fell out of contention when they emerged down the field after early pit-stops. [timeslive]

Bill Clinton Shoots Cameo For The Hangover 2 – Former American President, Bill Clinton was spotted on the set in Thailand On Saturday where extra security was added for his presence. Although some people associated with the flick reported that Bill just “hung out,” TMZ have now confirmed he did indeed shoot a cameo. Ja, I bet he ‘shot’ more than that. [tmz]

Qantas Flight Turns Back After ‘Electrical Problems’ – A Qantas flight from Sydney to Buenos Aires has been forced to turn back after experiencing electrical problems. The incident comes nine days after a Qantas aircraft made an emergency landing at Singapore airport when one of its engines disintegrated over Indonesia. Reports from Australian media said that the plane, which was also carrying three flight crew and 18 cabin crew, had to dump fuel before it landed. [telegraph]

Man Jailed For Posting Ex-Lover’s Nude Photo On Facebook – A New Zealand man has been jailed for posting a nude photo of his ex-girlfriend on Facebook. Joshua Simon Ashby, a 20-year-old painter from Wellington, was sentenced to four months in prison by the Wellington district court Friday after he pleaded guilty to charges of distributing indecent material, threatening to kill and stealing the woman’s clothes. [timesofindia]

R1Million Breeding Rhino Poached – Two rhinos were poached and another two wounded at a game park near Klerksdorp, North West police said on Sunday. The first carcass was discovered on Saturday morning, said police spokesperson Adele Myburgh. “The owner of the game park… went to inspect the camp. He stumbled upon the (carcass) of a white rhino bull with an estimated value of R1m. “The horn was removed, and the carcass was still quite fresh.” [news24]

Jessica Simpson Is Enraged Engaged – That’s right folks, the target of many an Eminem song is off the market. For now. She is engaged to Eric Johnson (no relation). They both have exes and he is an NFL player. So that kind of works out perfectly. She even tweeted about him a couple month slater saying romantic things like, “Damn, I’m lucky.” OMG! WTF! LOL! [yahoo]

Catholic Church Has Exorcist Shortage – The Roman Catholic Church is looking for a few good men — to battle Satan. The church in the US has become so short of priests who know how to perform an exorcism that it began an emergency two-day meeting yesterday to teach clerics how to properly cast out demons. A group of 56 bishops and 66 priests — including an assistant to New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan — have gathered in Baltimore for the Conference on the Liturgical and Pastoral Practice of Exorcism. [nypost]

Chinese Vase Sells For Record-Breaking $85M – A 18th-century Chinese vase discovered during a routine clear-out of a bungalow in northwest London has sold at auction for a record £53m (around 600 million rand). The 16-inch Qianlong porcelain vase is understood to have been bought by a private buyer from China in the sale Thursday at a small London auction house. The item has made the brother and sister who inherited the vase following its discovery in their parents’ north London suburban home instant multi-millionaires. [luxuo]

Babies Foreskin Turned Into Beauty Products – Like embryonic stem cells, not all cells are fully “dedicated” or haven’t fully developed their identifying proteins, meaning they haven’t quite decided for good what they want to be when they grow up and therefore are much more versatile. This means that they can be used to help cultivate skin and skin byproducts (like collagen) with very little chance of rejection. So with those foreskins, or more accurately, the fibroblasts from the cells of the foreskin, collagen can be lab-created, and where do you put collagen? On your face! Penis wrinkle cream, anyone? [cafemom]

Brad Pitt Keen On Chile Miner Movie – A Hollywood company owned by movie star Brad Pitt is in talks for film rights to the story of 33 miners rescued after surviving two months trapped deep underground in Chile, local media reported. A lawyer for the miners told the daily El Mercurio that 46-year-old Pitt’s Plan B entertainment company, hopes also to create a film rendering of the men’s harrowing underground captivity, which ended last month. [channel24]

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