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Member of Jihadist forum calls for ‘YouTube Invasion’

London, Dec 4 : A member of a jihadist forum has urged supporters to wage a ''YouTube Invasion'' by uploading propaganda videos to the Google-owned website.

The SITE Intelligence Group, a US-based monitoring service, reported that the call was made last week by a member of al-Faloja, a password-protected jihadist forum, using the name Omar Abdul Hakim.

Noting that the popular video-sharing website is watched by millions and is even used by US president-elect Barack Obama, Hakim wrote that those wishing to wage jihad should use the popular website "to shame the crusaders by publishing clips of videos showing their losses.”

Adolf Hitler was charming and a great boss to work for, says ex maid

Adilf Hitler really had only one ball, claims German army medicLondon, Dec 4 : Adolf Hitler''s former maid has opened up about the Nazi dicator, describing him ‘charming’ and ‘a great boss’.

According to the Daily Mail, Rosa Mitterer, 91, who worked as a maid for Hitler at his mountain retreat in Bavaria in the 1930s, has kept quiet about her experiences of life with Hitler until now.

However, Mitterer finally decided that it was time to speak out.

Meet the world’s oldest animal - Jonathan the tortoise, 176!

Meet the world’s oldest animal - Jonathan the tortoise, 176!London, Dec 4 : A photograph taken in 1900 during the Boer War has led to the discovery of the world’s oldest living animal - Jonathan the tortoise.

In the photograph taken, a tortoise can be seen nibbling grass as a Boer War prisoner and guard posed in the background.

At the time the picture was taken, Jonathan was already 70-years-old, and now he has reached the age of 176, and is still fully functioning in every sense of the word, though he can’t see out of one eye.

Italian masterpiece from attic fetches £2.84m at London auction

ItalyLondon, Dec 4 : An Italian masterpiece featuring a semi-naked woman, consigned to an attic for 200 years, has sold for 2.84m pounds at an auction in London.

Giambattista Tiepolo’s artwork, Portrait of a lady as Flora, had been hidden in the attic of a French chateau since the 19th Century, and was expected to sell off for 900,000 pounds at the Christie''s sale.

It has been assumed that the reason the picture was kept hidden in the attic by the seller’s grandparents because it shows a woman baring her naked breast.

Shia LaBeouf ‘roped in’ for John Grisham’s thriller

Shia LaBeoufLondon, December 4 : Actor Shia LaBeouf has reportedly been roped in for a film adaptation of John Grisham''s latest book ‘The Associate’.

The young comedian, who shot to prominence by starring in the Disney Channel series ‘Even Stevens’, is said to have bagged the title role in the forthcoming legal thriller, that will be up for grabs in January next year, reports the Daily Express.

The ‘Indiana Jones’ star will allegedly star as a Yale Law School graduate who is provided with confidential information about a multi-billion dollar lawsuit.

Burger King’s Whopper Virgins taste challenge incurs campaigners’ wrath

McDonald''sLondon, December 4 : Burger King has incurred the wrath of campaigners with its new advertising campaign that experiments on “burger virgins” – the poverty-stricken villagers from globally remote parts.

The food giant came up with a new promotion scheme of comparing its signature Whopper burger against McDonald’s Big Mac to see which won the taste test challenge.

The endorsement explained, “how it sought out farmers in rural Romania, Thai villagers and residents of Greenland''s icy tundra” for a “real opinion”.

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