London, July 30 : A New Zealand-based inventor has developed a real-life jetpack that can actually enable people to fly just like Superman.

Glenn Martin, who worked on this invention in secret over the past 10 years, unveiled it at AirVenture, an annual experimental aerospace show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

Glenn’s son Harrison was the pilot who showed it off without mishap.

The company has also launched an accompanying website, which calls its invention the "world''s first practical jetpack".

The description of the Martin Jetpack on the website suggests that it does not have very sleek looks, and would come without music system options. 

London, July 30 : The United Nations has admitted that five million pounds of aid intended for Burmese cyclone survivors has been skimmed off by banks run by the country''s military junta.

The missing money is likely to have lined the pockets of the ruling generals and their business cronies.

The scam, which is still occurring, involves forcing the UN to buy the local currency, the Kyat, at above the market rate by changing money through government backed Foreign Exchange Certificates (FEC).

A dollar currently buys around K 1,100 while a "one dollar" FEC only buys K880.

London, July 30: British citizens have said that they will not vote for the ruling Labour Party even if MPs remove Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

A poll on Tuesday showed that barely half of Britons think dumping Brown will boost Labour’s flagging fortunes.

The news came as ministers prepared a mass resignation in a desperate bid to unseat the Prime Minister and save their jobs.

Bookies said that the double blow makes it even less likely that Brown can win another term, the Daily Star reported.

London, July 30 : With a rocket-powered racing plane taking flight, it looks like the skies are all set to see some NASCAR type racing action very soon.

According to a report in New Scientist, the plane, developed by the Rocket Racing League, took flight on July 29th, at the Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, US.

Though the firm had planned to pit two rocket-powered planes with different engines against each other in a demonstration race, only one plane, which bore the more extensively tested engine, took to the skies.

The plane that did fly carries a liquid oxygen- and kerosene-powered engine, manufactured by XCOR Aerospace of Mojave, California.

London, July 30 : The wife of Austrian incest fiend Josef Fritzl has reportedly decided to divorce him.

Rosemarie Fritzl made the statement that she would leave her ‘evil’ husband after more than 52 years of marriage.

The announcement comes after the 69-year-old was asked to leave the flat of her daughter Elisabeth and her six grandchildren that was provided by the state, reports the Telegraph.

According to Austrian newspaper Oesterreich, it is being believed that the move came at Elisabeth''s request.

Fritzl, 73, a retired engineer, confessed to incarcerating and sexually abusing his daughter Elisabeth, 42, in a purpose-built dungeon in his cellar for over 24 years, forcing her to bear seven of his children.