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A Finnish teenager has smashed the world record -- and probably his phone -- in this year's annual mobile-phone throwing contest in Finland.Eighteen-year-old Ere Karjalainen launched a phone the amazing distance of 101.46 metres, Finnish public television network YLE said after Saturday's event.Second place went to South African Jeremy Gallop, who threw a phone 94.67 metres.According to contest organisers, the competition offers mobile phone users a unique opportunity to pay back all the frustrations and disappointments caused by these modern equipments.Finland is the home of Nokia and is awash in obsolete phones christian louboutin sale, organisers said.There will be no doping tests, organisers said on their English website.However the jury can rule out the contestant if his/her mental or physical preparedness is not adequate for full a performance.The event has been held in the southeastern town of Savonlinna since 2000.
A bomb disposal team has detonated an American bomb left over from World War II found in the German city of Munich.The detonation happened shortly before 22:00 local time in the Schwabing district and was heard across the city, local media report.There are reports that sparks from the explosion caused the roofs of some neighbouring buildings to catch fire Christian Louboutin Outlet Men.The bomb was discovered on Monday night by building workers at the site of an old bar that was being demolished.Overnight, 2,500 residents were evacuated from the area closest to the bomb, with others living further away being told to stay in their homes.Experts decided it was not possible to make the device safe because of its unusual fuse Christian Louboutin Outlet, which operated by means of a chemical reaction rather than the mechanical device that many Allied World War II bombs used.The bomb was described as a highly explosive, a 250kg device dropped by the Americans.It is not unusual for big, unexploded bombs to be discovered in Germany, the BBC's Stephen Evans reports.About 600 tonnes of unexploded ordnance are discovered in Germany every year.They are usually defused safely, though Related articles:

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