Thousands to be sterilised in global 'vasectomy-athon'By Sonny Tumbelaka
13 November 2015
Some 750 doctors in 25 countries are to perform the procedure on over 3,000 volunteers to mark World Vasectomy Day (AFP Photo/Sonny Tumbelaka)
Gianyar, Indonesia (AFP) - Thousands of men around the world are to be sterilised Friday in what organisers dubbed a global "vasectomy-athon", to encourage men to take a bigger role in family planning and combat resistance to the procedure.
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Italian town offers commuters 600 euros a year to bike to work
13 November 2015
Year-long pilot project funded by traffic tickets. (foto: ANSA)
Massarosa, Italy (ANSA) - Fifty people who ride their bikes to work instead of driving will be able to earn up to 600 euros during a year-long pilot project soon to be inaugurated in the Tuscan town of Massarosa, about 30 minutes north of Pisa.
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Disney’s long-lost Oswald set to return to the big screen after film from 1928 discovered in British Film Institute archive
By Sam Creighton
4 November 2015
Move over, Mickey Mouse – a long-lost Disney character is set to take centre stage.
A short film called Sleigh Bells, starring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit has not been screened since its release in 1928, with all prints thought to have been either lost or destroyed. But a copy has been found in the British Film Institute’s archives, and – 87 years after its debut – the six-minute silent film will get a second world premiere this Christmas.
Unearthed: Footage of an 87-year-old cartoon starring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, right, has been found in the British Film Institute's archives
The black and white short sees Oswald play a hockey champion who is distracted and flirts with a white bunny. The head of Walt Disney studios said he is ‘thrilled’ by the find, while the BFI’s head curator called the film a ‘joyful treat’. The character of Oswald is the first ever to be created by Walt Disney in 1927 and the floppy-eared precursor to Mickey Mouse was marked out by his cheeky and rebellious nature.
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