In ‘world first’, man born without hand gets one: Surgeons
Warsaw: Surgeons in Poland said on Thursday they had successfully attached a hand from a deceased donor to a man born without one, in what they claimed was a world first. “It is the first graft in the world of an upper limb onto an adult with this congenital defect,” said Adam Domanasiewicz, who headed the team of surgeons at Wroclaw Medical University Hospital.
How Berlin suspect slipped through net
Berlin: As police hunt for Tunisian Anis Amri, the top suspect in Berlin’s Christmas market attack, public anger has grown over a catalogue of failures that allowed him to evade arrest or deportation. An incredulous public has learned that Amri was a rejected asylum seeker and known radical jihadist with a history of crime who had been under police observation for plotting an attack before surveillance was dropped.
‘I never attended school’: Pak Prez
Islamabad: Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain has said that he never attended a school and missed out on its joys as he was home schooled due to “various reasons”. Hussain was speaking at a function at the Cadet College Hassanabdal near Islamabad yesterday where he told students to follow in the footsteps of Pakistan’s founder M A Jinnah to better meet the challenges that the country is facing.
Car bombs kill 23 near Mosul: Iraq
Baghdad: A triple car bombing on a market killed at least 23 people today in a town recently retaken from the ISIS near the jehadis final stronghold of Mosul, Iraq’s Army said. “A terrorist attack in the form of three car bombs at a market in Gogjali killed 15 civilians and eight police,” a coordination centre for forces battling IS said in a statement.
Russia arms Serbia amid tensions with NATO
Belgrade: Russia will supply Serbia with fighter jets, tanks and combat vehicles, a move that potentially strengthens Moscow’s influence in the Balkans. The six MiG-29 fighter jets, 30 T-72 tanks and 30 combat vehicles come from Russia’s weapons reserves. The jets will need immediate overhaul after delivery in March, which will cost between 180-230 million euros (between USD 188-240 million.)