Barack
Obama in Cuba at start of historic visit
President Barack Obama has arrived in Cuba for a historic visit
to the island and talks with its communist leader.
He
is the first sitting US president to visit since the 1959 revolution, which
heralded decades of hostility.
Mr Obama will meet President Raul Castro, but not
retired revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, and the pair will discuss trade and
political reform.
The
US president emerged smiling from Air Force One with First Lady Michelle and
their daughters Sasha and Malia.
President Obama's visit is the highpoint of a
recent easing of ties, which included the opening of embassies last year.
But only hours
before his arrival, protesters calling for the release of political prisoners
were arrested in the capital, Havana.
Police
took away dozens of demonstrators from the Ladies in White group, formed of
political prisoners' wives, from outside a church where they attempt to hold
weekly protests.
Now
students have to be shown how to use the toilets: Top university puts up
bizarre warning signs in campus loos after complaints about 'awful' mess
Their students may be among some of the brightest in the country.
But that hasn't stopped the University of Sheffield
from telling their scholars how to use the toilet.
The signs explain basic toilet techniques, such as: 'Do not put toilet paper on
the floor' and 'put toilet paper in the toilet bowl and flush.'
Some also demonstrate the rules through graphics.
The post received hundreds of responses and the seriousness of the signs was
questioned by disbelieving students.
One person commented: 'Please tell me this was made by
a student as a joke.'
Another source explained the reasoning behind
the cards.
'These cards are clearly designed for international students. But
they're all over campus - and it's raising quite a few laughs.'
The University of Sheffield
declined to comment.
He's completely lost his head! Photographer captures perfectly timed
shot of fish eagle just as it looks backwards
The bird of prey was merely the subject of a perfectly timed
photograph captured in Chobe, Botswana.
The picture appears to show the fish eagle has been
decapitated while sitting on a branch next to a friend.
But according to Mark Drysdale, who took the one-of-a-kind
photograph, the bird threw its head back theatrically just as he pressed the
camera shutter.
The 55-year-old photographer said the eagle was
attempting to call another bird behind him at that very moment and its head
completely disappeared from view.
This resulted in one very peculiar photograph
capturing the abilities of the flexible bird.
Mark, from Johannesburg, South Africa, said: 'I was on a
photographic tour taking pictures of the fish eagle when it threw its head back
to call.
'I just happened to capture a photo at that precise
moment.'