Man tries to sneak into Paris’ home
The police has arrested an intruder at Paris Hilton’s LA home after the man allegedly snuck past a guard gate and knocked on the hotel heiress’ front door, it has emerged.
Law enforcement sources say private security immediately sprung into action and tried to apprehend the man, who was riding a bike. The man tried to put up a fight, but to no avail, reports TMZ.com. The security officers were able to physically restrain the man until LAPD officers arrived on scene and took him into custody.
The suspect was transported to a nearby police station for questioning, reports TMZ.
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Princess safe after BMW rams bus
London: Princess Beatrice escaped unhurt as her car smashed between a bus and a coach near Buckingham Palace — home to her grandmother, the Queen. Princess Beatrice burst into tears after her BMW car was caught between a double-decker bus and a coach in London. Her bodyguard was sitting in the passenger seat. Both climbed out of the car unhurt. “Beatrice was sandwiched and her cherished car was pretty badly damaged on both sides. It was all very hairy — she was in tears and traumatised. She had a lucky escape,” dai-lymail.co.uk quoted a source as saying. Princess Beatrice, 22, is the daughter of Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew and is fifth in line to the throne. —IANS
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427m-yr-old fossil found in Argentina
London: Fossils of the what could be the oldest plants ever have been unearthed in Argentina. The amazing find indicates that plants had already existed on earth 472 million years ago, a full 10 million years earlier than thought.
Experts have confirmed that the fossilised plants are liverworts, a simple species which has no roots or stems. The discovery indicates they are likely to be the ancestors of all land plants, reports the Daily Mail. The discovery was made by researchers at the department of palaeontology at the Argentine Institute of Snow, Ice and Environmental Research in Mendoza, Argentina.
Chief researcher Claudia Rubinstein and her team found five fossilised species in sediment samples collected from the Sierras Subandinas in the central Andean basin of northwest Argentina.
—IANS
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