Some 800,000 people joined in Zurich’s techno Street Parade Saturday, organisers said, as city police mobilised to monitor the crowd after the deadly techno event in Germany last month.

Fans started marching early afternoon (1200 GMT) to the beat of booming electronic music, following some 30 floats through the streets of Switzerland’s economic capital.

City police told AFP by early evening that the event was generally calm even though there were “many cases of people drunk or under the influence of drugs.”

Two people suffered head injuries and had to be hospitalised, police said.

Authorities were concerned about the techno event after panic broke out in the tunnel entrance to the Love Parade in Duisbourg, Germany, on July 24 causing a stampede that left 21 people dead and more than 500 injured.

The marchers in Zurich’s parade, some dressed as Superman and Hello Kitty or in goth style, gathered on the banks of Zurich’s lake and observed a minute of silence to remember the victims of the German techno party.

Around the lake there were seven stages where DJs presented concerts and the crowds danced to the music.

The Street Parade is considered the world’s biggest techno-party, which has taken place each year in Zurich since 1992.

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The octopus at the Sea Life Aquarium in Oberhausen had earlier predicted that Spain will win the do-or-die clash by picking mussels in a tank with a Spanish flag, and ignoring the German one.

The eight-limbed oracle has picked the correct outcome in six matches, The Sun reports.

British-born Paul’s owners said that he also predicted nearly 70 per cent of the Germany team’s results in the 2008 European Championship.

Paul became an international celebrity after correctly predicting Germany would beat Australia in their opening match, then lose to Serbia, then beat Ghana.

He also correctly forecast German wins against England and Argentina

Anyway, i just asked Paul whether Malaysia can win against Germany and he did answer it.See for yourself hehe.

“PRESIDENT OBAMA LIVED HERE AND YOU CAN TOO!” reads the ad posted on the CitiHabitats website, the apartment’s listing agent.

The asking price for the apartment that Obama shared with a roommate in 1981 is a modest $1,900 a month – likely a far cry from what the President shelled out for the place nearly three decades earlier. Obama lived in the apartment while attending Columbia University as a junior.

The “unique” apartment which is “just a few steps from Central Park” also boasts high ceilings and big windows. Those interested in renting out the space that was still available as of Tuesday, are urged to call CitiHabitats.

Hopper died Saturday at his home in the Los Angeles beach community of Venice, surrounded by family and friends, family friend Alex Hitz said. Hopper’s manager announced in October 2009 that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer.

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