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Israeli artist and blacksmith, Yaron Bob, is transforming old rocket scrap metal into works of art from his workshop in Yated in the south of Israel, close to the Gaza Strip.
Two fishermen out for some afternoon angling on Lake Vygozero in Russia last weekend pulled in an unlikely catch - two wild brown bear cubs who were quite far away from the shore and appeared to be struggling for dear life. The two frightened cubs had lost sight of their mother while crossing the lake, and were left stranded and unable to swim to the other side. On spotting them, the kind-hearted fishermen rushed to their rescue.
Border guards patrolling the Kerch Strait picked up a man sailing a hand-made raft of plastic bottles on Wednesday and brought him into custody. Authorities noticed the man's ludicrous floating device while patrolling the water around a mile from the coastline. It turned out that the man, a 53-year-old native of Tashkent, was attempted to make the crossing from the Russian mainland to the Crimean peninsula via his rickety, hand-made contraption. Police gave the traveller a warning for violating the marine travel laws and sent him on his way.
Automobile mechanic and inventor Xiong Jian astonished fellow residents in his home town of Taojing in Central China after he successfully transformed an old, beat up auto into a 'boat-car' fit for a spy thriller. He took his James Bond-style amphibious vehicle for a ride in the waters of the Zhenzi River. The river floods every year in monsoon season, so he decided to use his hobby to make a practical vehicle that can be used as a boat during floods. Xiong created the multipurpose vehicle after years of trial and error by refitting components of a scrap sedan with other parts from a scrap minibus and welding it together to make it airtight. It wasn't all smooth sailing at first, but Xiong finally managed get his Frankencar running on the streets before driving it straight into the water. Xiong has been an automechanic for over 20 years and his favorite hobby is to take apart and refit old vehicles to see if he can bring them back to life. According to Xiong, the car can reach speeds of up to 20 mph in the water while moving forward, but it can also turn around and go backwards in the water, all while carrying up to 4 passengers Xiong is currently tinkering on the boat car in his shop, hoping to reduce the noise and bring the max sailing speed up to 25 Mph. Would you sail in Xiong's boat car?
Amidst Cairo's exploding population, some families are falling through the net. Poverty is forcing the poorest citizens into a life afloat, living and working on a 2 by 6 boat.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).