10 News Thursday, February 4, 2010 D We know its hard to keep track of wandering toddlers but one father has taken extreme measures chaining his two-year-old to a post. The Beijing rickshaw driver tethers his son when he is at work to stop him being abducted. My wife is ill and I cant stop work. So I chain him to a pole when I have a fare, said father Chen Chuanliu Toddler left chained in street Iran fires live animals into space IRAN has blasted a rocket containing worms, a mouse and two turtles into space. Yesterdays launch of the 3m (10ft) rocket proves Iran can defeat the Wests domination in the scientific arena, president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared. He branded the Kavoshgar-3 rocket blast a very big event. This is the first presence of animals in space launched by Iran. Its the start of bigger achievements, he added. The launch is likely to cause further concern about Tehrans controversial space programme, which Western leaders fear could be used to deliver nuclear warheads. COMING UP: Lords of Dance Interview with reunited Massive Attack P14 Fire outbreak in Irish ferry engine room By James Woodward EMERGENCY services were scrambled after fire broke out on an Irish ferry. The crew of car ferry Oscar Wilde called for help just before 7.30pm on Tuesday to report a fire in the engine room. The vessel, operated by Irish Ferries and cap- tained by Mike McKenna (pictured), had been in dry dock in Falmouth, England, for its annual refit and had left a few hours earlier with 113 crew aboard. Falmouth Coastguard sent out its tug, Anglian Princess, and requested the launch of two lifeboats. Three more tugs from Falmouth docks were also launched. A fire- fighting team was also airlifted to the ship by helicopter. Coastguard officer James Instance said: The master called us as soon as he was aware of the fire, having anchored two miles off Falmouth. He said, the fire in the engine room was suppressed by the fire systems on board. We put into place procedures that we have tried and tested in exercises with The Maritime Incident Response Group (MIRG) firefighting teams throughout the UK. The fire appears to be contained at the moment. Irish Ferries confirmed there were no other people on board apart from the crew, who have all been account- ed for. No-one was injured in the incident and cause of the outbreak is not yet known. Sailings between Rosslare and Cherbourg, departing Rosslare are cancelled until further notice, the company said. worlddigest passer-by and a dog handler but they spent years in custody as the owner fought to save them. They have now been put down. N KOREA: Parts of the population are facing starvation after a disastrous currency revaluation, it was claimed yesterday. The move has caused imports to grind to a halt sending food prices soaring, a diplomatic source in Beijing claimed. Leader Kim Jong-il (pictured) has sacked the minister who led the revaluation. Starvation fear as prices rocket Angry customer blows up office AUSTRALIA: A disgruntled customer wheeled a shopping trolley loaded with three cans of petrol into an insurance office and blew it up using fireworks yesterday. Witnesses heard a big boom and sounds like gunshots, before seeing smoke billowing from the building. At least 15 people were hurt, four of them seriously, in the incident inside a shopping centre in Darwin. Police arrested a 44-year-old man and confirmed he was a dissatisfied claimant. Owner killed by dogs he saved SLOVENIA: A dog owner who saved his three pets from being put down after they attacked people has been mauled to death by the same animals. The 52-year-old was killed by the three bullmastiffs at his Ljubljana home eight months AMERICA: Photographer Gregory Holm sprays water on one of 20,000 abandoned houses in Detroit as part of an art project. The 38-year-old will take pictures of the frozen property as it thaws before it is demolished in the spring Picture: EPA FRANCE: A foreign national is to be denied citizenship for forcing his wife to wear a burqa-style veil. The unidentified man wants to settle in the country with his French wife but prime minister Francois Fillon (pictured) said he would refuse the application. Ministers are considering a ban on face- covering Muslim veils. Burqa triggers citizenship ban Virginity auction breaks no laws NEW ZEALAND: A teenage student who auctioned her virginity online to pay for tuition fees has not broken the law but would be unwise to go ahead with the deal, warned police. The 19-year- old, who did not post a photo of herself, accepted a 20,000 offer but has been advised not to meet the successful bidder. There are issues of personal safety, said police spokesman Jon Neilson. Prostitution has been legal in the country since 2003. and finally... AMERICA: When a ten-year-old shot his toy cap gun at a pair of six-year-olds, he probably didnt imagine the consequences a Swat team stormed his school. The boys bright orange toy was later recovered by officers. When you have that kind of a call, theres no waiting, said police in Vancouver, Washington. after he won a legal battle to save them. The animals were ordered to be killed four years ago after they attacked a index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html24.html25.html26.html27.html