NEWSLETTER

29 Jumaadal Ukhra 1432 H / 03 June 2011

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* Henry Ziegland thought he had dodged fate. In 1883, he broke off a relationship with his girlfriend who, out of distress, committed suicide. The girl's brother was so enraged that he hunted down Ziegland and shot him. The brother, believing he had killed Ziegland, then turned his gun on himself and took his own life. But Ziegland had not been killed. The bullet, in fact, had only grazed his face and then lodged in a tree. Ziegland surely thought himself a lucky man. Some years later, however, Ziegland decided to cut down the large tree, which still had the bullet in it. The task seemed so formidable that he decided to blow it up with a few sticks of dynamite. The explosion propelled the bullet into Ziegland's head, killing him.

* British cavalry officer Major Summerford was fighting in the fields of Flanders in the last year of WW1, a flash of lightning knocked him off his horse and paralysed him from his waist down.

He moved to Vancouver, Canada, six years later, whilst out fishing, Major Summerfield was struck by lightning again and the right side of his body became paralysed.

After two years of recovery, it was a summers day and he was out in a local park, a summer storm blew up and Major Summerfield was struck by lightning again - permanently paralysing him. He died two years after this incident.

However, four years after his death, his stone tomb was destroyed - it was struck by lightning!

* Michael Dick had been travelling around the UK with his family to track down his
daughter, Lisa - who he had lost contact with ten years earlier. After a long fruitless search, he approached the Suffolk Free Press, who agreed to help him by putting an appeal in their newspaper. Fortunately, his long lost daughter saw the appeal and the pair were reunited. The odd thing was, his daughter had been walking in the background of the photo right behind him when the paper took the photograph - What are the chances of that!

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* The African Development Bank has approved a $365 million loan to Eskom for two power plant projects, says Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba. These projects are part of Eskom's plan to address South Africa's commitment to carbon reduction and clean energy.

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* Cape Town's newly elected council is ready to get down to the serious business of running the city – but its first day in office was not entirely trouble-free.

* Somali shopkeepers in the Ramaphosa informal settlement east of Joburg were forced to close their shops yesterday for fear of violence and looting.

* A mother saved her two-month-old baby girl and seven-year-old son from a burning shack in Ipeleng, North West police said.

* Police raided a clinic in Nigeria and rescued about 30 girls allegedly used in a "baby industry", where they would give birth to children that would be sold, authorities said.

* Flights have been suspended at the airport in the Yemeni capital as fighting intensifies between government forces and armed tribesmen.

Ingredients:
500g chicken fillet or steak finely cubed; 2 Tbsp ghee; 1 med onion, fnely chopped; 1 tsp chilli garlic paste; 3 large tomatoes grated; 2 tsp red chillies; 2 tsp crushed jeeru; ¼ tsp tumeric; 1 tsp salt; ¼ cup fresh cream; 4 Tbsp tomato & tamarind chutney; Mini bread loaves.

Method:
Heat ghee and fry onion until light pink. Add the chillie garlic paste and meat. Cook for a few minutes and add the spices and tomatoes. Add some water and cook until tender. Add the fresh cream and cook until meat is slightly dry. Add the tomato sauce chutney and mix well. Cut the mini loaves into half. Hollow the centre of the loave. Place cooked filling into the rolls and place on an oven tray. Bake the bunny chows for 5 min in a pre heated oven at 200 and serve .

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