Kevin Rudd, it seems, can do no wrong. Not only is he the most popular Australian prime minister for decades; he is kind to animals, too. On Christmas Day, Mr Rudd and his wife, Therese, were out for an evening stroll in the streets around their harbourside Sydney residence when they noticed an injured bird that had fallen out of its nest on to a parked car.According to The Sunday Telegraph, Mr Rudd, "ever the caring sort", immediately removed his sweater and gently wrapped up the bird, a tawny frogmouth, inside it. Since no veterinary clinics were open, he transported the bird back to the official residence, Kirribilli House, where he made a little home for it in his garage.
Kevin Rudd, it seems, can do no wrong. Not only is he the most popular Australian prime minister for decades; he is kind to animals, too.
On Christmas Day, Mr Rudd and his wife, Therese, were out for an evening stroll in the streets around their harbourside Sydney residence when they noticed an injured bird that had fallen out of its nest on to a parked car.
According to The Sunday Telegraph, Mr Rudd, "ever the caring sort", immediately removed his sweater and gently wrapped up the bird, a tawny frogmouth, inside it. Since no veterinary clinics were open, he transported the bird back to the official residence, Kirribilli House, where he made a little home for it in his garage.
Gossip over substance. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
It was a drunken act of madness that went tragically wrong: An inebriated German man decided to play Russian roulette with a loaded revolver in front of his family at Christmas, and lost.Police said in a statement that the man had a licence for his weapon and had engaged in "improper use of a handgun."His family is in shock and receiving counselling.
It was a drunken act of madness that went tragically wrong: An inebriated German man decided to play Russian roulette with a loaded revolver in front of his family at Christmas, and lost.
Police said in a statement that the man had a licence for his weapon and had engaged in "improper use of a handgun."
His family is in shock and receiving counselling.
An average of five people are knifed to death in England and Wales every week, as latest figures show that fatal stabbings are at a record level. Police recorded 277 fatal knife attacks in 2007-08 - the highest since records began in 1977, according to statistics from all but one of 43 forces in England and Wales.
An average of five people are knifed to death in England and Wales every week, as latest figures show that fatal stabbings are at a record level.
Police recorded 277 fatal knife attacks in 2007-08 - the highest since records began in 1977, according to statistics from all but one of 43 forces in England and Wales.
England only has statistics for this going back to 1977? I would have guessed 1877...
Even so, the stats are a little misleading in that they actually record crimes involving a sharp instrument. Recently a woman died as a result of a shard of glass from a thrown bottle, which counts in the stats. It's a crime, but is it a knife crime ? keep to the Fen Causeway
