Archive for January, 2010

More than 106,000 officials punished in first 11 months of 2009: official

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

A total of 106,626 officials across China had been punished for discipline violations from January to November in 2009, an official with the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) said Thursday.

Gan Yisheng, vice secretary of the CCDI, said anti-graft bodies and discipline inspection departments had received nearly 1.32 million petitions and tip-offs in the 11 months, 8.75 percent of which had been placed on file for investigation and prosecution

Magician breaks record for being entombed in ice

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

Israeli illusionist Hezi Dayan is taken to an ambulance after remaining in an ice cell for a record-breaking time of 64 hours on new years early Friday, Jan. 1, 2010. in central Tel Aviv, Israel, Jan. 1, 2010.

Dayan break the record of American illusionist and endurance artist David Blaine who remained 58 hours inside an ice cube in 2000.Dayan stayed in his 8-ton ice cube in subzero temperature to emerge from the cube 64 hours later, on New Year’s eve at midnight.