Japan earthquake: 8-month-old baby pulled out alive from collapsed building

A video footage shows the moment an eight-month-old girl is pulled out alive from a collapsed building following a devastating earthquake in Japan. Rescue workers can be seen gently lifting the baby out of the rubble and then rushing her into a waiting ambulance and taken to hospital.

It was a moment of light relief for the country following the magnitude 6 tremor which killed at least nine people and injuring hundreds, local media said.
The tremor struck 7 miles east of the city of Kumamoto, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
There was no tsunami warning before the earthquake and at least one person was killed after being crushed by a collapsing building. More than 400 people were taken to the hospital.
About 44,400 people had also been evacuated and more than 100 aftershocks had been recorded since the quake, which struck shortly before 9.30 pm local time.

27-year-old woman leaps to her death from the 7th floor of a hotel in apparent suicide (photos)

A 27-year-old Thai woman, Saifon Korpon jumped to her death from the 7th floor of a hotel in Pattaya, Thailand on Wednesday April 13. According to local media, police were called to the Mercure Hotel on Soi 15, just off Second Rd, Pattaya, at 3am on Wednesday morning and found the deceased boyfriend Marc Denis sitting in tears close to the body of Miss Saifon.

She was pronounced dead at the scene by a medical examiner having suffered a fractured skull and broken limbs caused by the fall.

The 48-year-old Australian man has been detained by Pattaya police to assist with their investigation.

Mr Denis was taken into custody for questioning as he was unable to provide any information to investigators due to his emotional state.

The body has been sent for autopsy to determine the cause of death and the police investigation continues. 

UEFA Champions League semifinal draw

The semifinal draw for the UEFA champions league took place minutes ago and teams know who they'll be facing in the race to Milan. Real Madrid will battle it out Manchester city while Bayern Munich will slug it out with giant-slaying Atletico Madrid for a place in the final.

25yr-old woman who thought was expecting one baby gives birth to quintuplets...all girls!

25-year-old Manita Kumar who thought she was expecting one baby went into labor two months early and gave birth to quintuplets (five babies) all girls, on April 2 at the Civil Hospital in  Ambikapur,town of Chhhattisgartrt's Surguja district, India, the Times of India reports.

 

All five babies are said to be healthy but weighed 2 or 3 pounds at the time of their birth; underweight as compared to normal babies. Dr. K. R. Tekam, a paediatric at the hospital said they have been kept under the observation of doctors.

The five girls have been named: Jiya, Jjanv, Jyoti, Jigayasa, and Janynamed. Kumar's husband Umesh told TOI he and his wife felt "extremely blessed" to have all the children, as Manita gave birth to a son two years ago but the child died shortly after childbirth.

The couple had not been able to afford an ultrasound this time around and Manita felt completely normal throughout, so there was no reason to believe she was pregnant with anything more than one healthy child.

In a recent update, TOI said that while the mother has since been discharged from the hospital, the babies remain in the ICU. Four of them are suffering from jaundice and there is concern about their size.

The parents were worried about how they were going to financially take care of the babies and all their medical bills, but the District Administration of Ambikapur is going to provide financial aid to the family.