Thousands line route for Ali farewell

Thousands of people attend a farewell procession
for boxing legend Muhammad Ali in his home city of
Louisville, ahead of a funeral service.

Photos: Meet Pakistani mother who burnt 16 year old daughter alive for eloping

A Pakistani mother who burned her teenage
daughter alive as punishment for eloping to marry
her boyfriend proudly shouted about her murder in
the street afterwards.
Parveen Rafiq, tied her daughter Zeenat, 18, to a
cot, doused her in kerosene and set her alight in
the family home in Lahore, eastern Pakistan.
Mrs Rafiq then went outside and began shouting
on the street to neighbours that she had killed the
teen for bringing shame on her family, while
beating her chest. Zeenat's 'crime' was getting
married to her partner Hasan Khan, a motorcycle
mechanic, before a court magistrate last month,
Police official Sheikh Hammad said.
'Perveen killed her daughter Zeenat Bby burning
her alive around 9:00 am on Wednesday,' Haidar
Ashraf, a senior police official told AFP.
'Zeenat was unwilling to go back to her home and
told me that she would be killed by her family, but
later agreed when one of her uncles guaranteed
her safety.
'The day we eloped she had been abused,
there was blood on her nose and on her
lips,' Hassan told CNN. 'She was in
distress; she asked me to take her away
and marry her.
'After two days, she called me and said
that her family had gone back on their
word and asked me to come to get her, but
I told her to wait for the promised eight
days. Then, she was killed.'Hassan's
mother Shahida Khan said that Rafiq's
family 'had promised that not even one hair
on her head would come to harm.'
'We called up her uncle and he told us that they
will bring her back to us themselves -- we trusted
them,' she told CNN.
Hassan Khan, her husband of 11 days, today
buried his wife, who was found to have smoke in
her lungs suggesting she was still alive when she
was set on fire.
'We went to her house, she was gone, she was
finished and they had thrown her burnt body on
the stairs,' he said.Naseem Bibi, Perveen's
younger sister, told AFP:
'After killing her daughter, Perveen went
out on the street, took off her shawl and
started beating herself on her chest,
shouting: 'People! I have killed my
daughter for misbehaving and giving our
family a bad name.'
'My sister declared a long time ago she
would not allow her daughter to marry a
Pashtun,' she said.
The victim's sister Shazia also blamed Zeenat for
defying her mother, but said she had urged her
mother to cut ties with her instead of killing her.
Perveen's husband died several years ago and
her relationship with her daughters had
deteriorated, according to Shazia.
'Our mother became distressed because of
her daughter's disobedience and because
she felt there was no man in the house to
rein her in.'

Coma mum fights for life after 'ambulance crew left her at home claiming she was just drunk'

Claire Mozaffari (far right) who was left in a coma
after an ambulance blunder
A mum-of-two is fighting for life in a coma after
ambulance crews allegedly failed to take her to
hospital claiming she was drunk.
The desperate family of Claire Mozaffari is
demanding answers after the alleged blunder.
Claire, 33, was on a night out with pals in Newcastle
when she collapsed at her home in Deckham,
Gateshead.
Worried sister Lorna Bell, according to the
Newcastle Chronicle , rang an ambulance after she
struggled to bring Claire around, but paramedics
told the family she was drunk and advised them to
put her on the couch, the family claim.
It was only when her condition deteriorated nine-
and-a-half hours later that Lorna phoned the
ambulance service back and Claire was rushed to
the Royal Victoria Infirmary.
Days later she fell into a coma and doctors have
warned she may not wake up.
Lorna said: "I was in the bathroom when I heard a
bang and Claire was knocked out on the floor. We
couldn't bring her around at first, she could not walk
and she was confused so we called an ambulance.
"Three paramedics came out really quickly. We told
them what had happened and the fact that Claire
had only had five pints. They picked her up, put her
on the sofa and said she was drunk. We trusted the
ambulance service. “But my mum called me the next morning to say
she had gotten worse so we phoned the ambulance
back and Claire was taken to hospital.”
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remember her
Claire’s condition improved and she was able to
drink from a straw.
But days later the family were told Claire had taken
a turn for the worse and she had to undergo
emergency surgery to remove part of her skull.
She has been in a coma since the operation.
Lorna said: “Doctors have told us it is unlikely Claire
will recover. Last week we were taken into a room
and asked if Claire would really like to be in a
vegetative state because that’s probably what she
is going to be like. No family should have to go
through that.
L-R Lorna and Carly Welch from Heworth, whose
sister Claire was left in a coma after an ambulance
blunder
“We want answers. Why did we have to wait nine-
and-a-half hours for Claire to be taken to hospital?”
Claire is still in a coma after the alleged incident,
which took place in the early hours of April 8.
Her shellshocked family now have to come to terms
with the fact they may never have the sister they
loved back.
Mum Caroline, 53, sisters Lorna, 25, Carly 21,
Emma, 30, Kayleigh 21 and brothers Ryan, 22 and
20-year-old Carlton have been keeping bedside
vigils, but doctors have warned any improvement
was likely to have happened in the weeks following
the incident.
Lorna is now caring for Claire’s 18-month-old
daughter Soheila while son Keiron, 13, is living with
his dad.
She said: “Keiron does not know the full extent of
the situation, just that his mum has been poorly.
Soheila is too young to know what’s happening, but
she will grow up never knowing what her mum was
like.
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that killed him and left her severely disabled
“Why do bad things happen to good people? Claire is
one of the best. She was married and had two kids,
she had everything to live for.
“She is special. She is the oldest sister so she is
like a second mam to us all. These last few weeks
have just been an emotional rollercoaster, we have
been to hell and back.
“You lose hope, then you get it back up before it’s
dashed again. I just do not know what to think.”
The North East Ambulance Service has now
launched an investigation following the incident.
A spokesperson said: “We are sorry to hear about
Claire’s condition. We have launched an
investigation into the circumstances surrounding
this incident and will ensure we keep Claire’s family
informed throughout the investigation process.”

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5 things you should NEVER tell your partner's mom

partner's mom

  It's preferable to be respectful to the woman who raised your man but you should also find a way of limiting her influence in your home.Having your mother-in-law active in your husband's life can sometimes be a big problem.Some women have admitted to me that they wished their partner's moms were dead. Others even say they wouldn't want to marry a guy whose mother is still alive. It's almost like, the fear of your mother-in-law is the beginning of wisdom. But whatever the case may be, she's alive and involved in your marriage. So, to keep things sane and happy, here are five things you should never say to your mother-in-law.

Photos: 23-year-old Nigerian woman killed, her sister seriously injured in accident in Nilai, Malaysia.

Nigerian woman was killed after the Perodua Myvi
car she was in with her sister was involved in an
accident at Km269 of the North-South Expressway
(southbound) this afternoon, Thursday, June 9th. In
the accident which occured at 3.15pm,the 23-
year-old victim, identified as Odongo Regina
Ndamai, died at the scene due to serious
injuries.Nilai Fire and Rescue Department
Operations chief Bahrin Ayub Ghazali said initial
investigations revealed that the incident occurred
when the car, driven by the victim's elder sister,
Regina Ignthia Akiyi, 28, encountered a tyre
problem.
"The car was initially on the middle lane.
As it was heading towards the emergency
lane, the car was rammed from behind by
a Proton Exora driven by a man," he said.
Bahrin said due to the impact, the Proton Extra car
burst into flames but passersby managed to
rescue the driver.
"It took us five minutes to put out the fire," he said,
adding that the drivers suffered injuries and were
sent to the Tuanku Jaafar Hospital in Seremban
for treatment.