Desmond Tutu admitted to hospital with infection

Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu is being treated in a hospital for a persistent infection, his representatives said.

The 84-year-old, who has wrestled with health problems for years, was admitted to the hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, on Tuesday.

His family hopes he will be able to return home in a day or two, said the Reverend Canon Mpho Tutu, one of the archbishop's daughters.

Tutu, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his efforts to end apartheid in his native South Africa, has remained active well into his 80s with the Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation and other organizations.

He previously underwent hospital tests for a persistent infection in 2013.

Last year, he canceled travel plans because of his long-running battle with prostate cancer.

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Ashwini Waskar, India's First Female Competitive Bodybuilder, Breaks Barriers

Just two years ago, Ashwini Waskar was a simple women with simple needs. Her first need for a gym arose when she was getting fat. In the space of one year, the 32-year-old underwent a dramatic transformation. So much so, that she is India's first competitive female bodybuilder.This is the inspirational story of Waskar.

Hailing from Raigad in Konkan, Maharashtra, Waskar completed her post graduation in fisheries and in 2009, she arrived in Mumbai to become a senior research fellow at the Central Institute of Fisheries Technology. It was during her stay in Mumbai where her passion for fitness grew.

Speaking to The Mirror, a UK-based paper, she said, "While working I was becoming really overweight, so to maintain my fitness level I joined a gym in 2012. Out of enthusiasm, I used to lift heavy weights and I followed a rich protein diet. That’s how my body became really strong."

n 2013, she attended a male bodybuilding competition and it captivated her. In that event, there was an announcement which gave her the boost to pursue this sport. "An announcement was being made there about the upcoming first national level female bodybuilding competition and they were asking if anybody wants to participate. So I thought 'why not give it a try?" When she visited her hometown in 2013, she went to Hanuman Vyayamshala, a local gym and it was here where the gym's owner Rajesh Angad was astounded to see her perform the same routines as male bodybuilders.

Angad informed her about a bodybuilding event in Pune and asked her to participate. There was one problem. The attire of bodybuilders was too revealing for her conservative parents to allow. "I told my father about my desire to participate and the attire. He said that he would let me know his decision the next day," Aswhini recalled. "To my surprise, he consented. He said there was nothing wrong in exposing your body for a sport that demands contestants to be similarly attired."

Her father agreed to support his daughter’s training and participation costs. In her first event in December 2014, Ashwini came in fifth position, a wonderful achievement for a beginner. Sadly, despite all the hard work and participation in seven international competitions, Ashwini has not managed to find any sponsors except her father. For an event in Mumbai, she had to sell her gold chain as her food supplements cost her Rs 20,000 per month.

Despite lack of sponsorship, Ashwini continues to be positive. She says she sees a bright future for women's bodybuilding. "Girls are coming into bodybuilding and some women are being inclined towards fitness. “I would really love to train a girl who comes up to me with a wish of participating in competitions." Despite braving the odds, she has come a long way and she deserves all the recognition. A big salute to Ashwini Waskar's spirit.

Indiatimes

13-Year-Old Kid Beaten To Death in Bangladesh

Protesters took to the streets across Bangladesh on Tuesday to demand death penalty for the killers of a 13-year-old boy as anger mounted over the sickening lynching of the boy which was captured on video and then went viral.

Bangladeshi police have now arrested five people over the July 8 killing of Samiul Alam Rajon, who was tied to a pole and then subjected to a brutal assault in which he pleaded for his life. One of those arrested was detained in Saudi Arabia after outraged members of the large Bangladeshi expat community there shopped him to police.

The 28-minute video of Samiul, which was widely circulated after being posted on social media, has prompted deep soul-searching among Bangladeshis. It has also led to a series of mass protests.  Hundreds of people demonstrated at the scene of the murder in Samiul's home city of Sylhet on Tuesday morning demanding that the killers be sent to the gallows. "Protesters held hands at the site of the murder. They were demanding execution for the killers," local police chief Akhter Hossain said.

A new mass demonstration has been called for Tuesday afternoon in the centre of the city in the country's northeast. Protests were also held in the capital Dhaka where hundreds shouted "Hang them, hang them" as they massed outside the national press club, an AFP photographer at the scene said.

The police responds to public outrage

Although executions are rare in Bangladesh, several Islamist leaders have been hanged in recent months over their role in the 1971 independence war. Thousands of demonstrators held similar protests on Monday, venting their anger at police for not doing enough to hunt down the killers. Samiul was accused by his attackers of stealing a bicycle although his family insist that the youngster was innocent. Police said officers had arrested three people overnight, including the wife of one of the suspects and two men who were at the scene. A court remanded one of them to five days in custody.

Police were also hunting for "two others who directly took part" in the beating, police chief Hossain said. "It's a brutal and heinous murder and we won't spare anyone," he added. The latest arrests bring the number of people in custody to five, including the alleged ringleader Muhit Alam and his main accomplice Kamrul Islam who was arrested in Saudi Arabia, according to Bangladesh's foreign ministry.

Horrifying injuries

Islam fled to Jeddah in the immediate aftermath of the attack but reports said he was arrested by the Saudi authorities after members of the large Bangladeshi expat community in Jeddah reported him to police. In a video filmed by an expat TV station as he was led away to a waiting police car in handcuffs, Islam said that he had "made a mistake, please forgive me," before bursting into tears.

An autopsy on Samiul found 64 separate injuries had been inflicted on the teenager during the assault in which he could be seen begging for water. In the video, the terrified youngster can be heard screaming in pain and repeating: "Please don't beat me like this, I will die."

Samiul's attackers can be heard on the footage trying to force him to confess his involvement in the theft. At one stage he is told to walk away. But as he tries to get to his feet, one of the attackers shouts: "His bones are okay. Beat him some more."

It is not clear who filmed the video although police initially said they believed it was captured on smart phone by one of the attackers. Police said dozens of people witnessed the murder but none tried to stop the killers or report the incident to police.

"It's unfortunate that none of them came to us. Some 20-25 people witnessed the horrible crime and and they did nothing," deputy commissioner of Sylhet police Faisal Mahmud said.

Indiatimes

Lifeless body of a girl found in a canal in Lagos (Photo)

An innocent new born baby was found lifeless on Tuesday the 14th in a dirty canal very close to the entrance of Lagos University Teaching Hospital.

They rushed her to the place with the hope of rescuing but alas! She has died. The baby might have been dumped there overnight.

 

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Salary cut not enough, PDP tells Buhari

The Peoples Democratic Party has told President Muhamamdu Buhari and his deputy, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo,that cutting their salaries is not the only thing Nigerians are expecting from them. Rather, the party said the President and his party, the All Progressives Congress, must strive to fulfil their campaign promises.

Moreover, the party described salaries as mere drop in the ocean of personal allowances and privileges that come to the President and the Vice-President.

Mum beats and stabs her own son this morning in Lagos (photo)

A horrible woman attacked and inflicted unimaginable injuries on her own son. She beat and stabbed him this morning at their home at 11, Olawoyin street, Kollinton, Alagbado. The boy was rescued by neighbours. The case has been reported at Ebenezer police station around the area. Will bring details later...

Photos: Tinubu & Amaechi Break Fast with Buhari in Aso Rock

APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Buhari Campaign Coordinator and ex-Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi and others broke the Ramadan fast with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Rock Villa on Tuesday evening. There was also political consultation. See more photos: