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Hospital officials say a 86-year-old Arizona man is lucky to be alive after he accidentally impaled himself with pruning shears.

American survives pruning shears in head

TUCSON: Hospital officials say a 86-year-old Arizona man is lucky to be alive after he accidentally impaled himself with pruning shears. University Medical Centre said Leroy Luetscher on July 30 dropped a pair of pruning shears on the ground. When he went to pick them up,he lost his balance and fell face-down on it. The handle penetrated his eye socket and went down into his neck. Half the shears were left in his head,while the other half was sticking out. Surgeons,later,rebuilt his orbital floor with metal mesh,saving his eye.

Obamas uncle arrested on drink driving charge

MASSACHUSETTS: An uncle of President Barack Obama has been charged with drink driving in Massachusetts. Onyango Obama,the half-brother of Obamas father,was asked if he wanted to make a call after he was arrested. The 67-year-old said,I think I will call the White House.

DSK visits IMF headquarters DC

WASHINGTON: Dominique Strauss-Kahn,former head of the IMF visited the headquarters of the body here late Monday to meet his successor and say goodbye to his ex-colleagues following dismissal of sex assault charges against him,an IMF spokesman said.

WikiLeaks publishes over a lakh cables

WASHINGTON: Whistleblower organisation WikiLeaks has published nearly 1,34,000 leaked diplomatic cables in recent days on the Web,more than six times the total disclosed publicly since the posting of the leaked State Department documents began last November.

UK minister displays sensitive Afghan memo

LONDON: International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell Tuesday walked out of the prime ministers office with briefing papers in his hand,on display for gathered television cameras. Britains Sky News said,the papers contained comments on Afghan president Hamid Karzais plans to step down in 2014.

Zardari arrives in Chinas Xinjiang region

BEIJING: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari Tuesday arrived in China on a three-day visit which would include a tour of the restive Xinjiang region and a meeting with the countrys emerging leaders like Vice-Premier Li Kequang. Zardari arrived in Urmuqi,the provincial capital of Xinjiang that witnessed attacks by the East Turkistan Islamic Movement ETIM militants last month,some whom China alleged were trained in terrorist camps in Pakistan.