Inspiring Story About 'The World Ugliest Woman'

When she was in high school, Lizzie Velasquez was dubbed "The World's Ugliest Woman" in an 8-second-long YouTube video. Born with a medical condition so rare that just two other people in the world are thought to have it, Velasquez has no adipose tissue and cannot create muscle, store energy, or gain weight. She has zero percent body fat and weighs just 60 pounds. 

In the comments on YouTube, viewers called her "it" and "monster" and encouraged her to kill herself. Instead, Velasquez set four goals: To become a motivational speaker, to publish a book, to graduate

Things Fall Apart In Kenya: Doctors, Teachers and University Lecturers Are On Strike

Thousands of doctors in Kenya have embarked on an indefinite strike to demand that the government spend more money on health services.

The strike has affected hospitals, with doctors only giving emergency treatment to patients.

Teachers and university lecturers are already on strike, paralysing the education sector.

The cabinet said it would meet on Friday to discuss the crisis.

Our reporter says that doctors at Kenya's main referral hospital, the Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, told

Mike Tyson To Start Singing & Dancing

Heavyweight world champion Mike Tyson has said that he is to start singing soon.Mike Tyson 46, wants to sing and dance with his great muscles a move he considers a next challenge in his life and to change from being a bad guy to a good guy.

Tyson was quoted saying,”I want to dance and sing. I want to do some dancing and singing musicals,”

Tyson made an announcement while in Hong Kong when  he was asked what he wanted to do with his life next.Tyson is in Hong Kong to address the CLSA Investors’ Forum about how he overcame his troubled upbringing, the end of his brilliant but turbulent sporting career and his addiction to drugs and alcohol, to become a better man.

AFRICAN NEWS: Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai Is Set To Re-Marry This Saturday.

A court in Zimbabwe has thrown out a bid by a woman to block Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's wedding on Saturday to his fiancee, Elizabeth Macheka.

Locadia Tembo had argued that the wedding could not take place because she was herself Mr Tsvangirai's wife under customary law.

But High Court Judge Antonia Guvava ruled such marriages were not valid.

Some analysts say it is part of a political dirty tricks

American Rapper DMX Breaks Down In Tears About His Mother

DMX is simply unpredictable. No one knew exactly what to expect when the Dog sat on the "RapFix Live" red couch on Wednesday (September 12), but the gravelly voiced rap legend proceeded to take viewers through a series of emotional ups and downs — and even shed a few tears.

Though he was mostly upbeat, things got emotional for X when "RapFix" host Sway Calloway asked him about his mother.

"Me and mother always had a rocky relationship," DMX said, recalling his breakdown during an April episode of VH1's reality series "Couples Therapy" where he first cried reminiscing on his mom.

Penis Enlargement Disaster: MAN Dies After Trying To Enlarge His PENIS

A 35yr-old American woman simply identified as Kasia Rivera has been arrested for causing a man’s death with an injection of silicone she hoped would enlarge his penis. She could face up to ten years in prison if convicted of reckless manslaughter in the death of 22-year-old Justin Street.

According to reports, Justin Street, a father of two, had gone to the woman Kasia Rivera on May 5,  2012 seeking a penile enlargement procedure, which prosecutors say Rivera advertised for in fliers posted at local

Ekiti State Civil Servants Embark on Strike Over POOR Salary

Ekiti State council workers under the umbrella of Nigeria Union of Local Government, NULGE, yesterday declared an indefinite strike over the inability of the state government to pay the N19,000 minimum wage.

The aggrieved workers carried placards of various inscriptions including;  ‘Fayemi must pay our minimum wage’, ‘Enough is enough’, ‘Mr Governor should address the issue of

SPORTS-CRIME NEWS: Rio Ferdinand Banned From Driving for 6 Months

Rio Ferdinand, 33, has been banned from driving for a period of 6 months after he was caught speeding three times in five weeks on the same road.

Manchester United defender was photographed in his Jaguar XJ speeding at 30mph as he drove to and from training.

He tried to beat a ban by pleading that he needed his license to take his two sons to school but his argument was rejected by Trafford magistrates in Greater Manchester.