Amfibus

 A new vehicle the people of Holland will be getting familiar with is the amfibus.  This is a vehicle which will not be stopped by the rivers of the country. The £700,000 which is approx 797,600 euros or $1 million `amfibus' is designed to operate on water and roads, and on the River Clyde. It is built to connect to communities living on the banks of the river.

Fat Free burger

A restaurant in Dubai has begun offering camel burgers as a healthier alternative to hamburgers. The Local House, a traditional Emirati restaurant, says the camel burger is a fat-free delicacy for health-conscious diners. Ali Ahmad Esmail, Local House assistant manager, told the Xpress weekly newspaper that the burger patties were cooked in a secret mix of spices and were fat and cholesterol free. But he declined to say how the outlet tenderized the tough camel meat. "It's a trade secret," he said. They are also considering opening a branch in the Burj Khalifa.

Camel meat is widely eaten in some Arab countries, but is not typically sold in supermarkets or served in restaurants.

Polar Pub

Five crates of whiskey and brandy belonging to polar explorer Ernest Shackleton have been recovered after being buried for more than 100 years under the Antarctic ice. The spirits were excavated from beneath Shackleton's Antarctic hut which was built in 1908. "To our amazement we found five crates, three labeled as containing whiskey and two labeled as containing brandy," said Al Fastier of the New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust. Shackleton's expedition ran short of supplies on their long trek to the South Pole in 1907-1909 and they eventually fell about 100 miles short of their goal. No lives, however, were lost in the expedition.

Superbowl Delay

A New Orleans judge has postponed a trial because he is convinced that everybody in the city will be too distracted by the local American football team's forthcoming performance in the Superbowl championship. Judge Michael Bagneris ordered a delay in a hearing of an asbestos lawsuit until so-called Saintsmania -- local excitement over the Superbowl contenders, the New Orleans Saints -- had died down. "Many prospective jurors for the parish of Orleans, several attorneys involved in this litigation and court personnel plan on travelling to the promised land-the Superbowl in Miami, Florida," the judge wrote in his court order.

Statue Guards

It is common in some places that when politicians and VIPs visit a city the cities police cover goes the extra mile to provide them proper security cover, leaving the civilians unprotected.

Mayawati, the head of the government of a state in India called Uttar Pradesh and quite an ideal model of a megalomaniac has landed from one controversy to another for using state money meant to be used in preserving Uttar Pradesh's cultural heritage to build statues all over the state depicting herself. Now, she may have achieved a first for the state's police force but it is not something people will be rejoicing over.

People have lesser protection now with her government planning to set up a special task force of over 1000 policemen for a duty of "great importance". They have been entrusted with the responsibility of guarding every single statue of the state which depicts Mayawati. This has left even fewer police to protect the people.