A Jewel Amongst Camels

In a follow up to the camel beauty contest story, one of the contestants has been bought for almost $3M.

clipped from news.yahoo.com ABU DHABI (AFP) - The crown prince of the United Arab Emirates of Dubai has bought a female camel for a record 2.72 million dollars, an organiser at a camel beauty pageant said on Monday. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashed al-Maktoum "bought camels... worth 16.5 million dirhams (4.49 million dollars), including a female camel... for 10 million dirhams (2.72 million dollars)," Hamad bin Kardoum al-Amiri said. More than 10,000 camels -- including females which are the fasting racing camels -- from across the Gulf are competing for prize money totalling around 9.5 million dollars. One hundred cars are also up for grabs. The contest is part of a camel festival in Abu Dhabi that aims to celebrate and preserve the region's cultural heritage.

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Prince Charles In Two Places At Once

This could come in handy when playing golf!

clipped from www.ananova.com Prince Charles delivered a speech on the environment to the world's leaders as a hologram before vanishing into thin air. The Prince was reluctant to attend the summit in person because the flights for him and his entourage would have generated an estimated 20 tons of carbon waste. In comparison the hologram is thought to have left a carbon footprint equivalent to a lightbulb, reports the Daily Telegraph. It meant that the Prince could be seen in two places at the same time - in Abu Dhabi and visiting a former colliery in Ayrshire.

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