A small Philippine town on the southern island of Mindanao has laid claim to capturing the world’s largest crocodile, measured at 21 feet by Australian zoologist Adam Britton.
Amou Haji, an 80-year-old Iranian, is being called the world's dirtiest man. In an article published Jan. 6, he told the Tehran Times that he hasn't bathed in 60 years.
The world's largest biceps belong to Mostafa Ismail (Egypt) and were measured for left arm flexed at 64.77 cm (25.5 in) and non-flexed 62.23 cm (24.5 in) and for right arm flexed at 63.5 cm (25 in) and non-flexed 60.96 cm (24 in).
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The Dubai Metro is the longest driverless metro network in the world
The Dubai Metro has made it to the Guinness Book of World Records, as the longest driverless metro network in the world, spanning 74.695 kilometers, officials announced on Tuesday.
The record has been set taking into account the combined length of the metro's Green and Red Lines.
The achievement is an addition to the one already made by the Dubai Metro Red Line in September 2011, when it set a new record as the longest driverless metro line in the world at 52 km.
Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), received the Guinness Certificate from Talal Omar, Regional Director of Guinness Book of World Records in the Middle East, at the RTA headquarters on Monday.
Al Tayer dedicated the achievement to His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, who is the driving force of the Dubai Metro project.
"The implementation of the Dubai Metro project is a true testament to the vision of Shaikh Mohammed in uplifting the infrastructure of Dubai. He has been closely monitoring and directing all phases of the work progress in the project, and endorsed the suitable route from several alternatives presented," he said.
"He envisioned using the metro as a backbone linking various parts of Dubai city enabling commuters smooth mobility while enjoying a panoramic view of the city's landmarks," he said.
Parts of the track have been selected to be underground and others elevated to support this vision and to suit the urban layout of Dubai.
Shaikh Mohammad aimed to make the Dubai Metro the best in the world, since its inception. Cutting-edge technology in the rail industry was used, including an air-conditioning system in stations and trains.
UAE National Day 2011 - Dubai Sevens tournament Winners breaks records on UAE National Day
South Africa upstaged New Zealand while defending champions England and Fiji powered past their rivals on the opening day of the Emirates Airline Dubai Rugby Sevens tournament at The Sevens stadium off Dubai-Al Ain Road on Friday.
Over 43,000 fans flocked to The Sevens on the 40th anniversary of UAE National Day to witness the action, according to the organisers.
Meanwhile, the International Rugby Board has announced figures showing that the Emirates Airline Dubai Rugby Sevens has smashed the record for the number of live hours broadcast from a single round of the HSBC Sevens World Series.
The Dubai round of the 2011/12 Series will accumulate 222 hours of live television, up from 182 hours in 2010. The figure surpasses the previous best, 191 hours of live broadcast from the Hong Kong Sevens 2011. In all, 22 broadcasters are showing live pictures from Dubai, up from 14 last year, which has also increased the number of countries receiving live pictures, from 90 to 120.
Tournament favourites Fiji, who won the opening leg of the HSBC World Sevens Series in Gold Coast, Australia, won an ill-tempered pool A clash against their arch rivals 31-14 in which red cards were shown to both sides.
Nine-time winners of the IRB World Sevens Series were rocked by South Africa who prevailed for an impressive 21-5 victory in pool B.
Crowd favourites England were the most impressive as they roared an emphatic 29-12 victory in a thrilling pool C clash spurred on by a hat-trick from winger Dan Norton. England had blown away Zimbabwe 43-0 and edged past Kenya 19-12 earlier to book their place in the quarter-finals.
France drew first blood but England hit back through Mat Turner and Norton.
Terry Bouhraoua scored possibly the try of the day, though, to level scores 12-12 at the break.
Norton put England back in front with a magic finish of his own after the interval before completing his hat-trick after Turner's break. Nick Royle then came off the bench to seal a comfortable win.
France saw off Kenya 27-5 and overcame Zimbabwe 26-0 to make sure of their place in the last eight - and they will now face South Africa who overcame defending Series champions New Zealand.
Having already beaten Portugal and USA, the Blitzbokke dominated the All Blacks in the deciding pool game.
New Zealand never got into their stride - with Saturday's clash against England a repeat of the quarter-final from the Gold Coast Sevens.
Wales booked their place in the last eight but just like in Australia, they had to survive a scare or two before securing a knockout clash against Argentina.
Having edged past Scotland (14-7) and Canada (15-12), Paul John's side, the Plate winners at the Gold Coast Sevens, turned on the style to thump Australia 33-14 and top the pool.
Australia will face Fiji in the last eight.
Scotland overcame Canada with Andrew Turnbull's hat-trick seeing him reach 100 World Series tries.
Fiji were in ominous form as they powered through their pool with 40-7 and 43-0 wins over Argentina and UAE respectively.
However their full-bloodied 31-14 win over Samoa - featuring a hat-trick from Joeli Lutumailagi - gifted Argentina a place in the cup quarter-finals on points difference.
England coach Ben Ryan claims there is still room for improvement against New Zealand, who beat England 24-14 in the quarter-finals in Australia.
"With New Zealand we know they'll always play well against us and we'll really have to be on our mettle in the quarter-final," he said.
"As a side we're not quite clicking but we are slowly getting there and when we keep the ball we're threatening everywhere."
Ryan also praised Dan Norton after the former Gloucester and Bristol wing scored five tries to take his World Series tally to 54 in 18 tournaments.
"Dan's demanding the ball on the wing, all our forwards are winning great possession and when he gets the ball in space he's lethal," added Ryan.
UAE made a dream debut at the 42nd edition of the Dubai Rugby Sevens tournament with Sri Lankan-born Emad Reyal scoring two tries in their 55-12 defeat against Samoa in their opening Pool A match.
However, UAE were brought down to earth by Argentina who scored a runaway 73-7 victory in the final match after having done well to restrict Fiji, the winners of the opening leg of the HSBC World Sevens Series in Gold Coast, Australia to a 43-0 scoreline.
On a historic day for the nation which is celebrating its 40th National Day, the UAE national team confounded cynics by preventing the former IRB World Sevens Series champions from blanking them in their maiden appearance at the competition.
Samoa as expected scored nine tries with Tom Iosefo, Faalmemiga Selesele and Paul Perez scoring two apiece. Their try by Iosefo should have been disallowed as the ball slipped out of his hands before he touched down.
But the former Arabian Gulf team overcame nerves after Samoa got off to a quick start to surge ahead 19-0 to pull one back with a brilliant individual effort from Reyal.
Dubai Exiles scrum half Reyal drafted into the side for the Goa Sevens a fortnight ago, stunned the mighty Samoans with a spectacular break from the halfway mark to score UAE's first try in the fifth minute and put the finishing touches after the hooter had sounded with Emirati Cyrus Homayoun having a hand in the second.
“It’s just awesome and it’s nice to represent the UAE. It’s like my home country, so I’m proud to be a part of that," said an elated Reyal who is in his first season with Dubai Exiles having previously represented Lanka Lions in the social segment of the Dubai Sevens for the past three years.
“I just wanted to win the game for the UAE and make the country proud – that’s it. This was my ambition from a very small age. I told my dad that I wanted to play for the UAE someday, so I’ve achieved that and I’m happy about it.”
The 20-year-old from Sri Lanka's central district of Kandy showed a good change of pace and a clean pair of heels after hitting a gap on the right flank and racing across before scoring with an extravagant swan dive in the corner for an unconverted try.
Samoa racked up a 31-5 lead at the interval and it appeared to be one-way traffic after the turn around with Steve Smith did succeed in stopping one try-scoring effort.
But having precious little possession, UAE had their hands full in stopping the powerful Samoans who were threatening to run riot.
With just over a minute left UAE coach Wayne Marsters gave Homayoun and Stefan Imbert a run perhaps more in the hope of stemming the tide. However, the first ever Emirati to play in the Dubai Sevens not only made an impact in defence. He made a break on the left even as the hooter sounded, retrieved the ball after being brought down and forced the back peddling Samoans to concede a penalty near the goal line.
The ball was swung wide with skipper Tim Fletcher sending out a long pass for Reyal to canter across for his second try which was converted by Murray Strang.
"We are very excited and proud to perform the way we did. We could not have asked anything better against Samoa," said Homayoun.
"It was nervous, yes. We played well and were very excited to hear the crowds cheering us on and that helped us a little bit more too," he said talking about his experience.
Asked how he felt tackling the mighty Samoans, he said: "It was hard as I thought it would be. He offload it and unfortunately scored a try. I said to myself this guy's not going to come through me."
On Reyal's double he said: "He is a superstar. One long range and second with support. We worked hard to get that. That was one of our goals coming into this tournament, score in every game."
On the impact made by Emirati substitute Homayoun, Marsters said: "Stefan (Imbert) and Cyrus both featured in that last try. They went on and made a difference, Cyrus particularly. He was not just going on to fill in time at the end of the match. He went on and contributed. I was really pleased with the confidence he showed."
Asked whether he expected Reyal to emerge as their key player, Marsters said: "He had a slow start in Goa and scored a hat-trick of tries against India. As the matches went on he grew in confidence. We kind of knew that if he took another step up like he did in Goa, that he could match against the big boys here. We kind of knew that he could surprise a few people."
"We have to be realistic in what our goals are this weekend. We talked about scoring points and I thought we did that and did that well," said Marsters.
He was pleased with the team effort as UAE battled back to score the second try with a last-gasp effort.
"Two tries by Emad great individual try. I was pleased for him but the second was more a team try and I was probably more happy with that. It was testimony as far as support play and fighting right to the very end and scoring points," he said.
However, Marsters admitted UAE came up short in defence.
"Defensively we were 10 or 15 pints a better team than we were this morning. But the first one is always going to be bit of a shock to us. No matter how much you prepare to play against teams of that calibre, still always a bit of a surprise. If we can defensively improve and still be scoring tries, it would be ideal," he said.
Samoa coach Stephen Betham was also impressed by UAE's performance in the first two games.
"I watched the game against Fiji and they sort of picked up their game as well. They kept Fiji up for quite a bit. They were showing signs of improvement with every game.
It's to be expected. Anyway you get better in Sevens when you play as much as you can," said
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Asked whether he was surprised for a new side like UAE to have scored against them, he said: "I think they did well. They scored two tries against us. They came off our mistakes and capitalised on it. Credit to them for stepping up and taking their chances."
UAE throttled Fiji in the first half with some gallant tackles before going down 43-0 in their second match on their debut campaign in the second leg of the HSBC World Sevens Series.
The Pacific islanders eased into a 17-0 by scoring thrice in just under four minutes but UAE staged a fight back of sorts either side of the interval.
Skipper Tim Fletcher led by example stopped a Fijian try-scoring with a booming tackle as UAE contained them at half time.
The mercurial Fijians never really into their stride as UAE denied them possession and forced the opposition into committing errors with James Brown dropping the ball on one occasion after crossing the line.
Fiji made no less than four substitutions in the second half with one player going out with a bloodied nose as UAE rattled them launching counter attacks with Emad Reyal sniffing an opportunity but passing wildly for their attacking move to break down.
The Fijians scored four more tries but UAE made them work hard for it with Arabian Gulf veteran Sean Hurley and David Matasio standing out in defence.
Rampant Argentine side scored at will against a woefully inadequate host defence running up 11 tries, six of them in the first half as they surged to a 40-nil lead when the hooter sounded.
UAE's only consolation effort came before the interval when skipper Tim Fletcher put the finishing touches to a counter attack initiated by Chris Gregory while Emad Reyal wrong footed the last line of defence before flinging out a long pass for the UAE try. Murray Strang added the extra points.
"It was a huge thrill individually. We put it through six or seven hands. The boys showed good enthusiasm in our attack. We got the ball three times and we had the opportunity to score twice at least. We scored once and the support play was really very good," said Fletcher on his try-scoring effort.
Ironically they were targeting Argentina but were starved of possession.
Results:-
Pool A
Fiji 40 Argentina 7
Samoa 55 UAE 12
Fiji 43 UAE 0
Samoa 28 Argentina 28
Argentina 73 UAE 7
Fiji 31 Samoa 14
Pool B
New Zealand 40 United States 0
South Africa 17 Portugal 5
New Zealand 31 Portugal 7
South Africa 36 United States 7
United States 10 Portugal 12
South Africa 21 New Zealand 5
Pool C
France 27 Kenya 5
England 43 Zimbabwe 0
France 26 Zimbabwe 0
England 19 Kenya 12
Kenya 5 Zimbabwe 21
France 12 England 29
Pool D
Wales 14 Scotland 7
Australia 40 Canada 7
Wales 15 Canada 12
Australia 24 Scotland 12
Scotland 19 Canada 14
Wales 33 Australia 14
World’s largest rotisserie of mutton set Guinness Record by Doner Restaurant Dubai
WAM Dubai, 27 August 2011 (WAM) - Doner Restaurant" has achieved a new Guinness World Record for the world's largest Doner, Tarika Vara, Official Guinness World Records Adjudicator, has announced.
The Doner weighed 468 KG with a height of 295 cm and a width of 60 cm. In an act of goodwill the Doner was distributed among charity organizations in Dubai feeding more than 3,000 people. This event took place at the restaurant's venue, on Jumeriah 3 beach road; everyone who was there took part in enjoying this festive meal.
The representative from Guinness World Records measured the meat and the height of its cooking machine in front of the crowds of anticipating people, announcing a new record for the Emirate of Dubai in the world's most famous book of Records.
Mrs. Rana Abdullah, Doner restaurant owner, commented saying: "It has pleased us to have won this title from the Guinness book of records in the Emirate of Dubai which never seizes to amaze people with its unique features, monuments, landmarks and achievements. It is also a pleasure to have grabbed this opportunity to help out with charity in this holy month. I extend my sincerest thanks to the Dubai Events and Promotion Establishment for their support in the success of this event. I cannot help but also thank the efforts of the "Doner restaurant" team, for their faith and dedication to the success of this project and I thank each attendee whose presence has added character in the celebration of this event. " Mrs. Abdullah also added: "It was very important for us to care for the needy and poor and to feed those fasting throughout this enormous meal preparation, as we cannot forget them in this time of the year. It is expected that this Doner has fed around 3000 people. Furthermore big quantities of meat were also distributed through governmentally licensed Dubai charity organizations to the needy." Mr. Noor El-Din El-Ghannam, the Event manager, explained saying: "This day took one month of successive work and preparation. Starting from the building and assembling of the cooking machine whose height exceeds six meters tall, and was designed according to international safety standards containing 23 combustion units burning at 7000 watts. Up till the selecting of the best quality meat and the finest, freshest ingredients, ensuring our guest's safety and a pleasurable experience.
One of the biggest challenges was the hot weather of Dubai; nonetheless our restaurant team -consisting of 15 chefs and workers- handled it professionally and skillfully in a race against time in one of the biggest events ever." In the fast food industry the Doner sandwich is a strong competitor in terms of quality, delicious taste and a low price. One Doner sandwich is enough to satisfy an adult. The sandwich consists of grilled lamb with spices cooked the Turkish way.
Dubai,Deira Gold Souq - World's biggest gold ring set Guinness World Record
The value of a 63.856 kg, 21-carat gold ring on display in Dubai has shot up due to the spiralling price of the yellow metal, its owner has said.
The ring, which has a Guinness Book of World Records certificate for being the world's biggest gold ring, is on display at the Deira Gold Souq (market) in Dubai.
According to its owners, its value has multiplied several times over the years, due to the record gold price now.
It is studded with 5.1 kg worth of precious stones from Signity Middle East and its creation was supported by the World Gold Council .
"While it cost $547,000 to make the ring in the year 2000, the current value is worth over USD 3 million. This is the world's biggest gold ring and we have displayed it on behalf of Taiba, the Saudi Arabian jewellery maker who made this unique piece in 2000 when the gold price was only USD 250 per ounce," Kanz Jewellers Managing Director Anil Dhanak said.
"Now the value of gold has gone up to USD 1,500 per ounce, so you can imagine how much fortune the idle gold ring has brought to its owner," Dhanak told Emirates 24/7.
"The ring is currently owned by Taiba, but we have displayed it to promote much smaller wearable rings. This ring has inspired many gold enthusiasts to buy replicas," he said.
The Najmat Taiba ring has a 2,200-mm perimeter, a 700-mm outer perimeter, a 490-mm inside diameter, 500-mm width on its back and 250-mm width on the ring bottom. It has 615 Swarovski stones embedded in it. Fifty-five workers worked 45 days continuously for 10 hours a day to make this piece.
Sip and snack in the clouds at what's being touted as the world's highest restaurant.
Dubai has taken the concept of haute cuisine to new heights, with the opening of a fine-dining venue 442 metres up in the sky.
It is "a one of a kind restaurant located in the world's tallest building," said a spokesman.
An express elevator takes foodies to the 122nd storey of the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest tower more than 800 metres above ground.
The new restaurant and lounge surpasses the height of Toronto's CN Tower bar, which was among the world's highest at 346 metres.
The upscale UAE restaurant features mahogany walls and ceilings, café au lait limestone floors and hand-tufted carpet with panoramic views of the Arabian Gulf, and the world's tallest performing fountain.
But it's not cheap.
Diners can expect to spend at least $122 US per person, and reservations are recommended.
Restaurant officials plan to apply to Guinness World Records for the world's highest restaurant title.
Prices on the menu are also steep as one might expect, according to Reuters. Entrees are priced at an average $93, while appetizers are in the $50 range.
Dubai -- Already home to records such as the world's tallest tower and the world's largest sea shell mosaic, Dubai can now add to its books the world's longest line of sandwiches.
A 2,667 metre line of 11,000 cheese, tomato, cucumber and olive baguettes was made at Dubai Outlet Mall yesterday.
From 8am, Kraft Foods Middle East staff worked in teams to get the food prepared. The sandwiches, along with some other snacks, were later distributed by Kraft and the UAE Red Crescent to needy families and 6,000 labourers at Sonapur, Jebel Ali and Al Quoz labour camps.
"We are one of the biggest food companies in the world and are committed to giving back to the community," said Vishal Tikku, managing director, Saudi Arabia and Middle East shared services, Kraft Foods.
"Throughout this week, every year, we encourage our employees to give up their time."
Mr Tikku said the company had, at first, planned to buy 10,000 sandwiches and distribute them but then decided, given its line of produce, that Kraft should try to make the sandwiches from scratch.
"We wanted to make meals and give back to the less fortunate in society," he said.
"We thought the record would generate a bit of coverage for the issue of hunger, and it had more credibility than just giving away 10,000 sandwiches."
More than half a tonne of cream cheese was used in the process. By lunchtime, the baguettes had been lined out in three rows across tables snaked around the mall so that Guinness World Records' adjudications executive Elizabeth Smith could verify the record. The rows were measured by Abdul Kalam, a surveyor at Ajman-based Falcon Survey Engineering.
"There must be a continuous line of sandwiches," Ms Smith said.
"They cannot be more than 50 centimetres in length and there must be at least two ingredients and the bread must be buttered or have some form of spread."
The previous record, according to the Guinness World Records website, was 3,000 sandwiches measuring 1,378.34 metres. The previous record was set in Piove di Sacco, Padova, Italy in the Centro Commerciale Piazzagrande.
The UAE Red Crescent and Kraft Foods are getting ready to make the world’s longest sandwich and enter it in the Guinness Book of World Records replacing the current title-holder sandwich of 2,000 metres long. The sandwich will be created on October 7.
“The longest sandwich in the world will use more than half a ton of cream cheese and 10,000 bread nuggets, 625 kgs of tomatoes, 250 kgs of cucumber and olive. Over 100 employees of Kraft Foods will work for more than four hours to make 10,000 sandwiches, which will encircle the Outlet Mall,” sources aware of the preparations told Emirates 24|7.
While it takes four hours to make 10,000 sandwiches, it will take another five hours for workers in select labour camps to eat the cream cheese sandwiches. The UAE Red Crescent has already identified the labour camps where the record making sandwiches will be distributed.
Kraft Foods and UAE Red Crescent will attempt to create history on October 7, at the Outlet Mall between 12-2 pm. As per the Guinness Book of World Records, the biggest sandwich ever made in the world weighed 3,178 kgs.
According to the Guinness Book of Records, the largest sandwitch was made in March 2005 by Wild Woodys Chill and Grill, in Michigan USA.
The Lung Association, Brockville, Canada made an omelet that weighed 2.95 tonnes at the Brockville Memorial Centre, Ontario, Canada on May 11, 2002.
The longest line of pizzas measured 476.7m and was achieved by Tamburino Restaurant (UK) at the Quedam Shopping Centre, Yeovil, UK, on 29 June 2008. The line consisted of 2,129 pizzas. The record attempt started at 6am and it took 10 hours to complete. All the pizzas were made from scratch including mixing the dough, making the bases and adding the toppings.
Using 1,000kg of ostrich meat and 700kg of chicken, a team of chefs in Iran created a 1,500m ostrich sandwich-setting the world record for the longest ostrich sandwich. Displayed at the International Food and Health Festival in Tehran, the 1,000 kgs mega meal took about five tonnes of different ingredients, including chicken meat and sauce as well as ostrich. More than 1,000 cooks laboured from early morning in Tehran's Mellat Park to assemble the meat monster and it took two days to prepare the 1.4 tons of ostrich meat, chicken, mayonnaise, mushrooms, onions, garlic, spices and bread to make the 1.5km sandwich, which was eaten in minutes.
UAE aims to surpass all these records to become the reigning Sandwich King until someone else challenges the position.
The 118-feet guitar will be the tallest anywhere in the world, the newspaper quoted Phillip Evans, Director of Commercial and Retail Leasing for Al Futtaim, which owns DFC, as saying.
Construction of the 26,400 square-foot Hard Rock Cafe is over, but the guitar is still on the drawing board.
The original unit of Hard Rock Cafe located on Sheikh Zayed Road closed in March 2009.
Dubai is the Tetsuo of cities, expanding so fast it’s on the verge of creating of its own universe. And architecture that looks like it’s from the 22nd century only adds to the sheer grandeur of its growth—this bridge, envisioned by NY architecture firm Fxfowle, will be the largest and tallest arch bridge in the world, at one mile long and 670 feet tall.
Construction starts next month and is due to wrap up in 2012 after running some $817 million dollars. World’s first vacuum tube mass transit system will launch in Dubai shortly thereafter.
