Tuesday, September 29, 2009
DNA test shows Hitler skull is that of a woman
- DNA tests done on Hitler skull fragment
- Result says it's skull of a woman
- Casts doubts on the death of Hitler
Research on a skull fragment thought to be Adolf Hitler's has cast doubt on the circumstances of his death/ Reuters
US archaeologist Nick Bellantoni found fragments from the skull believed to be Hitler's were too thin to be from a male, and suspected it was the remains of a much younger woman, The Sun reports.
"The bone seemed very thin - male bone tends to be more robust. It corresponds to a woman between the ages of 20 and 40," Dr Bellantoni said.
DNA tests performed in a US laboratory confirmed the remains could not have belonged to the Nazi leader.
The discovery casts doubt on the exact circumstances of Hitler’s death and could force history books to be rewritten.
Original accounts of Hitler’s death said he shot himself in the head in a bunker after taking a cyanide tablet on April 30, 1945 as the Russian army attacked Berlin.
His remains, along with those of his wife Eva Braun, were taken from the bunker, doused in petrol and set ablaze.
A year later, skull fragments were dug up by Russian forces which seemed to confirm Hitler had shot himself in the bunker.
In 1970, the KGB cremated Hitler’s remains except for the skull fragment.
Dr Bellantoni was sceptical about the theory the skull fragments belong to Eva Braun, who was with Hitler in the bunker where he supposedly died.
"There is no report of Eva Braun having shot herself or having been shot afterwards. It could be anyone. Many people were killed around the bunker area," he said.
By staff writers
Cash-strapped sell their kidneys to pay off debts
British victims of the credit crunch are offering to sell their kidneys for £25,000 or more to help pay debts, an investigation by The Sunday Times has revealed.
At least a dozen adverts have appeared on the internet offering kidneys for sale from British “donors”. Five of the sellers corresponded with undercover journalists, who posed as friends and relatives of sick patients to negotiate sales.
One person willing to sell a kidney is a 26-year-old mental health nurse who said he needed the money to pay debts after a business he set up went bankrupt. Another is a 43-year-old taxi driver from Lancashire, who wants to raise cash to pay off some of his mortgage and buy a new kitchen.
Both men said they wanted to help those in need of kidney transplants at the same time as relieving their financial difficulties. A leading doctor said the phenomenon highlighted the need for a public discussion of the issue of selling organs.
Professor Peter Friend, a former president of the British Transplant Society, said: “The West has outlawed it for all sorts of good reasons, but the result is it goes underground. It is really important to have a debate.” Nearly 7,000 people in the UK are waiting for kidney transplants and 300 died last year while on the waiting list.
Offering to sell an organ in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is an offence under the Human Tissue Act even if the seller is planning to travel to another country for the transplant operation.
Yesterday William Henderson, the taxi driver, justified his offer to sell a kidney by saying: “I thought I was going to give another man a chance of life. I wanted to help myself at the same time. We are in the middle of a giant credit crunch.” He added: “A guy from Pakistan wanted one, but I turned him down. I think he was more buying it to sell it on. I’d rather . . . it’s got somewhere good to go.”
美國‧Facebook出現網上投票‧“是否應該暗殺奧巴馬”
（美國‧舊金山）社交網站Facebook在上週六出現一則網上投票，內容有關美國總統奧巴馬是否應該被暗殺，這項投票已引起美國特別情報局展開追查。
Facebook網站公司在接獲通知後，已在週一（9月28日）撤走這個引發爭議的投票活動。據悉，這個網上投票的題目為“奧巴馬應否被殺”，共有“是”、“否”、“不確定”以及“若他削減我的醫療福利，就應該被殺”4個選項。
特情局發言人威利指出，當局在發現此事後，第一時間聯絡Facebook網站，要求將這項投票撤下。
他說：“任何可能針對總統的威脅均需調查，就像我們對待其他的威脅一樣。”
據透露，在投票被撤以前，有超過750名Facebook用戶已參與投票。
Facebook使用者Cocoa Fly表示，這是一項病態且令人難過的行為。
他說：“這裡面反奧巴馬的聲音都是純粹的種族主義者。”
中國‧汽車公司總裁身家175億‧王傳福登中國首富
（中國‧北京）根據週一（9月28日）公佈的今年“胡潤百富榜”，被股神巴菲特看好，並入股的比亞迪汽車的公司總裁王傳福以350億元（人民幣．下同）身家榮登中國首富寶座。
玖龍紙業老闆張茵家族則以330億元，屈居第二。
今年“胡潤百富榜”上榜富豪1000位，上榜門檻從去年的人民幣7億元提高到10億元。
今年43歲的王傳福出生於安徽，人稱“技術狂人”、“汽車狂人”。王傳福以財富350億元成為今中國首富，他的財富較去年增加290億元，或增加5倍，排名從去年的103位上升到今年的第1位。
王傳福於1995年創立比亞迪，擁有充電電池、手機產業，2003年初進入汽車領域。
獲巴菲特稱讚
據報，巴菲特去年9月以2.3億美元（約馬幣8億令吉）購入比亞迪10%股份，王傳福手中的27.8%總股本為他帶來巨額的利潤。在今年的巴菲特股東大會上，巴菲特稱王傳福是“真正的明星”。
曾於2006年榮登中國首富的玖龍紙業創辦人張茵今年排名第二，較去年第15位的排名上升了13位。
胡潤表示，中國的億萬美元富翁從去年的101人增加至130人。
一年一度“胡潤百富榜”完整榜單將在10月中下旬發佈。
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