The South African town of Pietermaritzburg is at the epicentre one of the world's worst HIV crises. The town's Mountain Rise Cemetery is the final resting place for many of those affected.

Pietermaritzburg is one of the areas worst hit by HIV/Aids in one of the world's worst affected countries. More than five million South Africans are HIV-positive - 20% of the population.

The umbrellas might be just used for one thing, rain. But now these umbrellas have come up with various additional functions. Check out some of these interesting ones.

The Unbreakable WalkingStick Umbrella:

This umbrella is strong as a steel pipe & weighs only 1 lb. & 11 oz. (775 g), & has no unusual parts, no more metal than an average umbrella. It weighs approximately the same as baseball bat, with only difference that walking with a bat in hand won't look normal, but this umbrella - it's absolutely normal.

Find the detail break-up of the Final price of petrol available in pumps.

This is a break up considering crude oil at 130 $ per barrel. Following details are for per liter petrol in Rs.

Basic Price = 21.93

Excise duty = 14.35

Yesterday, the richest socialites and dignitaries from England and beyond headed over to Ladies Day at the Royal Ascot race meeting, sort of like Halloween for the obscenely wealthy. As is tradition, England’s richest ladies go on parade in the most expensive of haute-couture gowns, shoes, and — most importantly — hats. Oh, the hats.

Our studies estimate that currently some 1.72 million sq ft of commercial space is available in Dubai with a pent-up demand for 7.29 million sq ft. The commercial sector has gained momentum among investors and end-users as the rate of availability of Grade A office spaces is even lesser than 1%.

It is worth noting that the rate of office occupancy in Dubai has touched an all-time high of almost 98-99% with zero vacancy levels.

Indian Politicians and businessmen have been bragging about great Indian talent pool and liberalisation and expansion of technical education. Earlier the fools in government and planning bodies were choking education to death by over controls and licensing. They anyway failed to regulate quality.

GOLDEN EDITION: The gold and diamond special edition of Kohl is valued at $10,000, but should sell for much more at a charity auction in October.
A golden and diamond-encrusted edition of the Middle East�s leading Asian women�s magazine will be auctioned for charity in October and is expected to fetch more than $10,000.

DYNAMIC TOWER: Italian architect David Fisher announces the world's first building in motion in New York. (Getty Images)
The "Dynamic Tower", a slender, shifting skyscraper of rotating luxury apartments, was presented in project-form Tuesday in New York by Italian architect David Fisher, before it goes up in Dubai.

A woman who defied medical odds and spent her life living in an iron lung died after a power cut shut down the machine helping her breathe.

Dianne Odell, 61, had been confined to the 7ft-long metal tube since contracting polio when she was three.

Her home near Memphis, Tennessee, suffered a lengthy power failure and relatives were unable to start a back-up generator?