Family Time - Lionel Messi And Girlfriend Antonella Roccuzzo Take Baby Son on Vacation

Lionel Messi took Argentina to the finals at the last World Cup, but now he has joined the list of other football players who are taking time off with their partners and families.

Lionel Messi chose to enjoy his well-deserved break with girlfriend Antonella Roccuzzo with their 20-month-old son Thiago aboard a luxury yacht on the sunny island of Capri off the coast of Italy.

The couple were joined by other members of their family. See more photos below..

17 Year Old Pilot Dies With His Father In Attempt To Set World Record Flight

A teenager attempting to set a record for an around-the-world flight has died with his father after their plane crashed over the Pacific Ocean.

The plane flown by 17-year-old Haris Suleman went down shortly after leaving Pago Pago in American Samoa Tuesday night. Only Suleman and his father, Babar Suleman, were on board.

The Sulemans left the States on June 19 in hopes of making the trip in 30 days to set the record for the fastest circumnavigation around the world in a single-engine airplane with the youngest pilot in command to do so.

Haris had been flying with his father since age 8 and had recently acquired his pilot's license and instrument rating, which authorized him to fly an aircraft over oceans.

Ebola Virus Now In Nigeria? How To Keep Yourself And Family Safe

The Lagos State government had earlier issued an alert to residents of the state over the deadly virus currently sweeping through some west African countries, including Liberia.

The state Ministry of Health yesterday said that a Liberian man in his 40s was being tested for the deadly Ebola virus in Lagos. This would be the first recorded case of one of the world's deadliest diseases in Nigeria.
 
Briefing newsmen on the case, the Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Public Health, Dr Yewande Adeshina said the Liberian man being tested for the Ebola Virus is currently at a private hospital in Obalende, Lagos.

She said the man has been isolated and the hospital vicinity cordoned off and that 30 other people are also being tested for possible contact with the deadly virus.

Meriam Ibrahim Arrives Italy To Meet The Pope Who Praises Her Courage and Steadfast Faith

Meriam Ibrahim, who was released from a death sentence for renouncing Islam by the Sudanese Supreme Court, is in Italy and has met with Pope Francis.

On arrival, the 27-year-old and her family were received at the pope’s guesthouse for about 30 minutes. According to a statement released by the Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi;

“The pope thanked Meriam and her family for their courageous demonstration of constancy of faith. Meriam gave thanks for the great support and comfort which she received from the prayers of the pope and of many other people who believe and are of good will.”

“With this gesture the pope wished also to show his closeness, attention and prayer for all those who suffer because of their faith and in particular Christians who suffer persecution or restriction to their freedom of religion.”

Children Who Believe In God And The Bible Have Difficulty Telling Fact From Fiction

Are you a Christian or Muslim, training your child from birth in the way the good books say they should grow? Then be aware that you are affecting their ability to understand what is real and what is not.

A new study published in the July issue of Cognitive Science claims that "young children who are exposed to religion have a hard time differentiating between fact and fiction."

The study found that children who went to church or were enrolled in a parochial school were significantly less able than secular children to identify supernatural elements, such as talking animals, as fictional.

Does this study make you question giving your children a religious background, or teaching them to believe in the bible and in God?

Man Sues Hospital For Amputating His Penis Without Permission

An man Johnny Lee Banks Jr. and his wife, Zelda Banks, have filed a lawsuit Tuesday suing an Alabama hospital, doctors and others for medical malpractice.

The lawsuit says Banks went to Princeton Baptist Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama, last month for a routine circumcision. It alleges the man's penis was gone when he awoke after the surgery.

The suit names two doctors and Princeton Baptist Medical Center, a urology group, and a medical clinic as defendants and is seeking an unspecified dollar amount.

A hospital spokeswoman says the claims lack merit..

Omarion's Heavily Pregnant Girlfriend Shows Her Bare Baby Bump On The Red Carpet

Omarion's heavily pregant girlfriend Apryl Jones attended a private screening of LUCY with him last night, and she was not shy at all about flaunting her bump.

The soon to be mom wore a cropped top over a long skirt, and the gold chains attached to the top were the only covering her bare tummy had.

She is very confident about her look, and I think that makes it work. Will you be able to pull it off?

New Girlfriend? Jim Iyke Engages in Online PDA With Model After Rumors Of Nadia Buari Break Up

Jim Iyke has recently opened a new Instagram account and since then, he seems to be returning the affections of a US-based model named Sandra Benede.

The nollywood actor and his favorite model have since been commenting on each other photos in what seems to be online PDA. What I find interesting is that apart from the picture above, there are no other photos of them together.

Some blogs are saying this is a new romance and Sandra Benede is Jim Iyke's girlfriend. I don't see it.

His reality show will tell :)

One Nigerian Reported Among 116 Passengers Feared Dead In Crashed Air Algerie Flight AH5017

One Nigerian has been reported among the passengers on AH5017, the ill-fated Air Algerie flight which vanished with 116 people on board en route from Burkina Faso to Algiers, now confirmed to have crashed in Mali.

Mali's President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, confirmed wreckage of the flight has been found in his country's desert north.

'I have just been informed that the wreckage has been found between Aguelhoc and Kidal,' Keita said
during a meeting of political, religious and civil society leaders in Bamako. He did not give any more details.

9 Nigerian Students Kidnapped And Held Hostage in Ukraine

9 Nigerian students are believe to have been kidnapped in Lugansk, Ukraine earlier this week. Ukrainian news agencies say militants abducted the Nigerian students on Monday and have been holding them as prisoners at an occupied government security building.

Ukrainian authorities continue negotiations for the release of nine Nigerian students who are held captive by militants in Lugansk, the speaker of the National Security Council information center Andrei Lysenko.

"Nigerian students are still in captivity and are now negotiating on their release," - he said at a briefing in Kyiv on Tuesday.

Earlier, at a press briefing on Tuesday A.Lysenko reported that on July 21 in Lugansk gunmen kidnapped nine students, citizens of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. According to him, the students held in occupied buildings UAS.