<p>When you are packing stuff to board a flight, be sure to choose the contents wisely. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>An American family caused panic at main airport in Israel recently when they packed a dangerous thing. &nbsp;</p>

<p>Well, it was an unexploded shell, which the family had come across on their visit to Golan Heights. &nbsp;</p>

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<p>They had taken it as a souvenir for the trip and thought to carry it along on their way back home, the authorities said.&nbsp;</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">So yesterday an American family turned up at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel with an unexploded artillery shell they had found in the Golan Heights and were planning on taking home. <a href="https://t.co/GAVb6ikLHF">pic.twitter.com/GAVb6ikLHF</a></p>
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<p>When they were showing the luggage to the security inspectors at the airport’s check-in, a bomb scare was set off. The security staff also called for an evacuation of the area. &nbsp;</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Israel- <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Panic?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Panic</a> at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BenGurion?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BenGurion</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Airport?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Airport</a> after discovering an old <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/artillery?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#artillery</a> shell in a passenger bag.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Israel?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Israel</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IsraeliCrimes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IsraeliCrimes</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/News?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#News</a> <a href="https://t.co/n97c7kEd7C">pic.twitter.com/n97c7kEd7C</a></p>
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<p>In a video of the incident, which was being circulated on social media, several panicked passengers can be seen scattering around at departure hall of Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv on Thursday. &nbsp;</p>

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<p>A man had to be hospitalised when he sustained injuries while trying to flee over a baggage carousel, the Israel Airports Authority said. &nbsp;</p>

<p>The family was also allowed to board their flight after security staff’s interrogation, who declared it all-clear, the airports authority said. &nbsp;</p>

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When you are packing stuff to board a flight, be sure to choose the contents wisely. An American family caused panic at main airport in Israel recently when they packed a dangerous thing.

When you are packing stuff to board a flight, be sure to choose the contents wisely. An American family caused panic at main airport in Israel recently when they packed a dangerous thing. Well, it was an unexploded shell, which the family had come across on their visit to Golan Heights. Also Read | Over 3,000 migrants lost at sea trying to reach Europe in 2021: UN They had taken it as a souvenir for the trip and thought to carry it along on their way back home, the authorities said. So yesterday an American family turned up at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel with an unexploded artillery shell they had found in the Golan Heights and were planning on taking home. pic.twitter.com/GAVb6ikLHF — RS Archer (@archer_rs) April 29, 2022 × When they were showing the luggage to the security inspectors at the airport’s check-in, a bomb scare was set off. The security staff also called for an evacuation of the area. Israel- #Panic at #BenGurion #Airport after discovering an old #artillery shell in a passenger bag.#Israel #IsraeliCrimes #News pic.twitter.com/n97c7kEd7C — Chaudhary Parvez (@ChParvezAhmed) April 29, 2022 × In a video of the incident, which was being circulated on social media, several panicked passengers can be seen scattering around at departure hall of Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv on Thursday. Watch | Pakistan PM in Saudi: Shehbaz Sharif may seek a $7.4 bn Saudi aid package × A man had to be hospitalised when he sustained injuries while trying to flee over a baggage carousel, the Israel Airports Authority said. The family was also allowed to board their flight after security staff’s interrogation, who declared it all-clear, the airports authority said. WATCH WION LIVE HERE (With inputs from agencies)

A souvenir for trip: US family packs unexploded shell in luggage, sets off bomb scare at Israeli airport

<p>New York&rsquo;s&nbsp;Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is home to a rather unique exhibit - a toilet made of pure gold. The 18-karat golden toilet is named &Aacute;merica. It is a reflection of the&nbsp;country&#39;s&nbsp;increasing&nbsp;obsession with wealth and everything glamorous. The toilet has been&nbsp;designed by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan and is currently estimated to be worth anywhere between&nbsp;$1 million and $1.7 million.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Unlike other such priceless items in the world, this toilet is actually open for public use.&nbsp;The gold toilet&nbsp;requires cleaning crews to use medical wipes instead of industrial strength chemicals. According to officials, the toilet is cleaned each time it is used and is also be periodically steamed and polished to ensure that it retains its sparkle.</p>


This is the world's most expensive toilet, and it is open to the public

New York’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is home to a rather unique exhibit - a toilet made of pure gold. The 18-karat golden toilet is named Ámerica. It is a reflection of the country's increasing obsession with wealth and everything glamorous. The toilet has been designed by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan and is currently estimated to be worth anywhere between $1 million and $1.7 million. Unlike other such priceless items in the world, this toilet is actually open for public use. The gold toilet requires cleaning crews to use medical wipes instead of industrial strength chemicals. According to officials, the toilet is cleaned each time it is used and is also be periodically steamed and polished to ensure that it retains its sparkle.

Video: A toilet made of gold, literally

Want an Olympic license plate, or a hand-embroidered Olympic handkerchief?<br />
<br />
How about Olympic cocaine?<br />
<br />
These and other products are among those being seized by Brazilian police in a crackdown on less-than-approved use of the five rings, mascots and other Olympic symbols ahead of the Games, which start in Rio de Janeiro on Friday.<br />
<br />
In a country where pirate versions of just about any product are as common as tropical fruit, Olympic organisers are battling a tide of bootleg goods sold and produced by those seeking to profit from the hype around the first-ever Games held in South America.<br />
<br />
&quot;These are opportunists,&quot; says Valeria Arag?o, a police inspector in charge of a 20-member counterfeit squad that in recent weeks has conducted raids across the city, confiscating all manner of ersatz Olympic goods.&nbsp;During one recent sting, she caught an elderly merchant, who had just embroidered &quot;Olympics 2016&quot; on a series of handkerchiefs, hanging one in her shop window.<br />
<br />
Narcotics police, meanwhile, in recent busts have even seized bricks of pressed marijuana and packets of cocaine that traffickers adorned with the Olympic rings.<br />
<br />
&quot;There are all sorts of people out there trading on something that has little to do with the spirit of sport or Olympic values,&quot; says Sylmara Multini, the director of licensing and retail for Rio 2016, as the organising committee is known.<br />
<br />
<strong>Money and sports</strong><br />
<br />
The Olympics, of course, are as much about money as they are about sports.<br />
<br />
Officially, those who are supposed to get in on the action are sponsors and local partners that at present include major multinationals like Coca-Cola Co, McDonald&#39;s Corp and Banco Bradesco SA, a big Brazilian bank.<br />
<br />
Then there are licensees, who manufacture and sell the roughly 5,000 official trinkets, garments and souvenirs hawked by Rio 2016.&nbsp;Combined, revenues from those sources for Rio 2016 are expected to total almost $1 billion.<br />
<br />
But in Brazil, the black market is big business. Sales of pirate and counterfeit goods each year exceed well over $30 billion, according to estimates by various industries.<br />
<br />
It is not the first time Olympic authorities have wrestled with the problem. Officials in China, home to many black-market manufacturers, also fought counterfeiters before the 2008 Games in Beijing.<br />
<br />
Over the past week, the squad led by Arag?o raided souvenir stands at well-known tourist markets in the popular beachfront neighbourhoods of Copacabana and Ipanema. They seized over 2,300 items, ranging from pens and key chains to T-shirts and beach towels.<br />
<br />
&quot;People want to take advantage of an event like this, whether they know it&#39;s illegal or not,&quot; Arag?o says.&nbsp;Some of those caught in the dragnet are left scratching their heads.<br />
<br />
&quot;Rio 2016? How is that protected? It&#39;s just a word and a year,&quot; says Washington Valderrama, a vendor of souvenir license plates in Copacabana, who lost about $600 in revenue when the cops took 75 of them during a sting last week.<br />
<br />
<strong>&#39;Come back later&#39;</strong><br />
<br />
A law passed in May of this year, complementing existing copyright legislation, specifically spells out protection for terms, in any language, including &quot;Rio 2016,&quot; &quot;Olympic Games,&quot; &quot;Rio Olympiad,&quot; and &quot;any other abbreviation or variation that could be created&quot;.<br />
<br />
In a giant white tent on the sands of Copacabana beach, the main drag for Rio tourism, Rio 2016 recently set up what they are calling a &quot;megastore&quot;.<br />
<br />
There, they peddle official merchandise including Olympic bikinis ($85), miniature metal replicas of the official torch ($170) and polyester ties peppered with green and yellow Olympic golf logos ($66).<br />
<br />
&quot;It&#39;s kind of pricey,&quot; says Cristian Krummenauer, a 38-year old visitor, eyeing a $40 red wine with an Olympic sailing logo bottled by a vintner near his hometown in southern Brazil. &quot;It&#39;s cheaper where I live, but it wouldn&#39;t have this nice label.&quot;<br />
<br />
A two minute walk up the shoreline, past a phony Spiderman posing for pictures and an Olympic-themed castle crafted by one of Copacabana&#39;s well-known sand sculptors, a street vendor touts garments folded across a large blanket.<br />
<br />
He offers one, a white polyester T-shirt emblazoned with Olympic rings, for about $9; one-third of the price of the official cotton version sold back at the &quot;megastore&quot;.<br />
<br />
As he launched into a pitch offering two for just $15, another peddler runs over and points: municipal guards, well-known to them as part of the crackdown, are headed their way.<br />
<br />
&quot;I gotta go,&quot; the vendor yelled, grabbing his blanket by the corners, snatching it into a bundle, and running off into the crowded beachfront. &quot;But come back later.&quot;<br />
<br />
(Reuters)

Olympic organisers battle a tide of bootleg goods sold and produced by those seeking to profit from the first-ever Games in South America

Want an Olympic license plate, or a hand-embroidered Olympic handkerchief? How about Olympic cocaine? These and other products are among those being seized by Brazilian police in a crackdown on less-than-approved use of the five rings, mascots and other Olympic symbols ahead of the Games, which start in Rio de Janeiro on Friday. In a country where pirate versions of just about any product are as common as tropical fruit, Olympic organisers are battling a tide of bootleg goods sold and produced by those seeking to profit from the hype around the first-ever Games held in South America. "These are opportunists," says Valeria Arag?o, a police inspector in charge of a 20-member counterfeit squad that in recent weeks has conducted raids across the city, confiscating all manner of ersatz Olympic goods. During one recent sting, she caught an elderly merchant, who had just embroidered "Olympics 2016" on a series of handkerchiefs, hanging one in her shop window. Narcotics police, meanwhile, in recent busts have even seized bricks of pressed marijuana and packets of cocaine that traffickers adorned with the Olympic rings. "There are all sorts of people out there trading on something that has little to do with the spirit of sport or Olympic values," says Sylmara Multini, the director of licensing and retail for Rio 2016, as the organising committee is known. Money and sports The Olympics, of course, are as much about money as they are about sports. Officially, those who are supposed to get in on the action are sponsors and local partners that at present include major multinationals like Coca-Cola Co, McDonald's Corp and Banco Bradesco SA, a big Brazilian bank. Then there are licensees, who manufacture and sell the roughly 5,000 official trinkets, garments and souvenirs hawked by Rio 2016. Combined, revenues from those sources for Rio 2016 are expected to total almost $1 billion. But in Brazil, the black market is big business. Sales of pirate and counterfeit goods each year exceed well over $30 billion, according to estimates by various industries. It is not the first time Olympic authorities have wrestled with the problem. Officials in China, home to many black-market manufacturers, also fought counterfeiters before the 2008 Games in Beijing. Over the past week, the squad led by Arag?o raided souvenir stands at well-known tourist markets in the popular beachfront neighbourhoods of Copacabana and Ipanema. They seized over 2,300 items, ranging from pens and key chains to T-shirts and beach towels. "People want to take advantage of an event like this, whether they know it's illegal or not," Arag?o says. Some of those caught in the dragnet are left scratching their heads. "Rio 2016? How is that protected? It's just a word and a year," says Washington Valderrama, a vendor of souvenir license plates in Copacabana, who lost about $600 in revenue when the cops took 75 of them during a sting last week. 'Come back later' A law passed in May of this year, complementing existing copyright legislation, specifically spells out protection for terms, in any language, including "Rio 2016," "Olympic Games," "Rio Olympiad," and "any other abbreviation or variation that could be created". In a giant white tent on the sands of Copacabana beach, the main drag for Rio tourism, Rio 2016 recently set up what they are calling a "megastore". There, they peddle official merchandise including Olympic bikinis ($85), miniature metal replicas of the official torch ($170) and polyester ties peppered with green and yellow Olympic golf logos ($66). "It's kind of pricey," says Cristian Krummenauer, a 38-year old visitor, eyeing a $40 red wine with an Olympic sailing logo bottled by a vintner near his hometown in southern Brazil. "It's cheaper where I live, but it wouldn't have this nice label." A two minute walk up the shoreline, past a phony Spiderman posing for pictures and an Olympic-themed castle crafted by one of Copacabana's well-known sand sculptors, a street vendor touts garments folded across a large blanket. He offers one, a white polyester T-shirt emblazoned with Olympic rings, for about $9; one-third of the price of the official cotton version sold back at the "megastore". As he launched into a pitch offering two for just $15, another peddler runs over and points: municipal guards, well-known to them as part of the crackdown, are headed their way. "I gotta go," the vendor yelled, grabbing his blanket by the corners, snatching it into a bundle, and running off into the crowded beachfront. "But come back later." (Reuters)

Brazil police crackdown on unlicensed Rio merchandise

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