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Bulldog adopts wild boar piglets in Germany - great pictures

2012-02-17T09:15:00.001Z

A bulldog has adopted wild boar piglets at an animal sanctuary outside Berlin, according to the Huffington Post. And there are some great pictures on the site.

HUFFINGTON POST REPORT

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Amanda Knox signs book deal worth $4m (£2.5m)

2012-02-17T08:46:00.001Z

Amanda Knox, the 24-year-old, American who was cleared in October of killing Meredith Kercher, her British housemate in Perugia, Italy, has signed a book deal said to be worth $4 million.

The publisher, HarperCollins, says it will be a “full and unflinching account” of her arrest and trial and will be published in 2013.

Seven publishers had submitted bids during a recent auction.

BBC STORY

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Legless break dancer takes India and the net by storm

2012-02-17T08:31:00.001Z

A legless break dancer who learnt his amazing moves in just three months from the internet has become a star in India.

Vinod Thakur, 22, who was born handicapped, even went on India's Got Talent.

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Watch out when texting – woman falls during TV news broadcast in Canada

2012-02-17T08:29:00.001Z

A business woman slipped and fell while she was texting, and it was all captured in the background of a live TV news broadcast in Canada.

Watch the video.

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London to Brighton Veteran Car Run 2011 pictures - Nigel Mansell in a 1902 Mercedes

2011-11-07T14:35:00.000Z

Racing driver Nigel Mansell, the Formula One World Champion (1992)
and the CART Indy Car World Series (1993) winner, drives a
1902 Mercedes Tonneau Mercedes-Benz Classic in the London to Brighton
Veteran Car run (LBVCR) at Madeira Drive, Brighton, on November 6, 2011.

Car Run pictures from UKpix

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Man in wheelchair shot dead by police - Arizona

2011-10-17T09:43:00.000+01:00

A man in a wheelchair was shot dead by police in Phoenix, Arizona, after he rolled towards them and pulled a gun from his waistband.

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Stunning images of Everest - Royal Geographical Society exhibition

2011-10-17T09:35:00.001+01:00

The Royal Geographical Society is staging an exhibition of amazing images of Everest to mark the 90th anniversary of the first British expedition to the world's highest mountain.

BBC STORY

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Olympus shares fall as CEO sacked

2011-10-17T09:27:00.000+01:00

Olympus Corporation shares have dropped for the second day after Michael Woodford, the company's first non-Japanese chief executive officer was fired.

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Tourist eaten by cannibals - remains found on Pacific island claim

2011-10-17T09:14:00.001+01:00

A German adventurer might have been eaten by cannibals on a remote island in the Pacific, says a report in the Sun.

The remains of Stefan Ramin are said to have been found on a campfire and it is believed he was cut into pieces before being roasted by a local tribe.

Cannibalism is said to have ceased decades ago on the French Polynesian island of Nuku Hiva, about 900 miles north of Tahiti.

SUN STORY

NUKU HIVA WIKIPEDIA

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Bungling robber snatches bag of dog poo

2011-10-16T08:56:00.001+01:00

Police are hunting a bungling bag-snatcher who grabbed a bag of dog poo from a pensioner as she walked her dog in Sussex.

A spokeswoman for Sussex Police said: "A male on his pushbike came past her and snatched the bag, perhaps thinking that there was something of value inside.

"The lady was not harmed and clearly the thief stole nothing of value."

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Woman gives birth after marathon - Chicago USA runner

2011-10-11T10:50:00.000+01:00

A 27-year-old marathon runner gave birth to a healthy girl a few minutes after finishing the Chicago marathon.

Amber Miller, who says she is "crazy about running", finished the course slower than her usual pace - which is hardly surprising.

She was nearly 39 weeks pregnant and gave birth to a healthy 7.7lb girl named June.

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Amex Stadium, Brighton, to host international - England Under 19 match

2011-10-11T10:45:00.000+01:00

Brighton and Hove Albion's new American Express Community Stadium is to host an England Under 19 fixture against Denmark next month.

BBC

VIDEO OF BRIGHTON'S FIRST LEAGUE GAME AT THE AMEX STADIUM

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Shopping centre allows photography after internet campaign

2011-10-11T10:37:00.000+01:00

Several shopping centres in the UK are to allow customers to take photographs on their premises after an internet campaign.

Father Chris White had been challenged and questioned by police for taking a picture of his 4-year-old daughter eating an ice cream in Glasgow's Braehead shopping centre in Scotland.

Mr White said a police officer warned him that anti-terrorism powers meant his camera phone could be confiscated. So, he set up a Facebook page called "Boycott Braehead", which was immediately "liked" by thousands of people.

Capital Shopping Centres said the new rules would apply immediately to its 11 UK shopping centres, according to the BBC.

BBC

BOYCOTT BRAHEAD - facebook link

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Yeti 'found' in Russia - 'evidence' of 7ft beast - perhaps not

2011-10-11T10:26:00.000+01:00

Russian officials claim they have found "indisputable proof" that yetis are alive in Siberia.

It follows a conference and expedition to track down the Abominable Snowman in the Mount Shoria area, according to a Mail report.

The claim rests on an unclear footprint and a small sample of 'hair' found at the cave.

But the idea has already been branded as an attempt to boost tourism as there is no convincing photographic or DNA evidence.

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Nikon mirrorless camera - pictures V1 and J1 reports

2011-10-11T10:16:00.000+01:00

The British Journal of Photography shows pictures of the new Nikon 1 system of mirrorless cameras (the V1 and J1), which it says will be put to the test over the next few days and weeks.
BJP

Photography Monthly reports on its first assignment in China with the new Nikon 1
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Backheel penalty footballer - RIP - video

2011-10-08T09:09:00.000+01:00

RIP to the international footballer who became an internet sensation - with more than 2 million views on YouTube - when he scored a backheeled penalty.

Theyab Awana, 21, who played for the United Arab Emirates and local club Bani Yas, died last week after a car accident near Abu Dhabi.

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Released after 26 years on death row - Gaile Owens walks free

2011-10-08T08:56:00.000+01:00

A woman who spent 26 years on death row and was within two months of being executed has walked free from prison on parole.

Gaile Owens, 58, was convicted in 1985 of hiring a stranger to kill her husband. Her death sentence was commuted to life in Tennessee Prison for Women and last week she won parole.

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UK ticket wins £101m Euromillions lottery

2011-10-08T08:45:00.000+01:00

£101 million - the third largest lottery jackpot in UK history - has been won by a ticket holder in the United Kingdom in the Euromillions lottery draw.

The numbers are: 18, 26, 34, 38 and 42 and the Lucky Star numbers are 5 and 8.

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World Cup 1966: 'three German footballers took drugs'

2011-10-05T10:38:00.001+01:00

WORLD CUP 1966 DETAILS WIKIPEDIA

THREE unnamed German footballers are said to have taken banned stimulants during the 1966 World Cup, according to newspaper stories.

But it obviously didn't help them: England famously beat West Germany 4-2 at Wembley in the final.

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'Drunks in Parliament' - some MPs can't stand in House of Commons claim

2011-10-05T10:20:00.001+01:00

A Tory has claimed that some MPs are so drunk that they can hardly stand up during debates at the Houses of Parliament in London.

The Conservative MP for Totnes, Dr Sarah Wollaston, claims that a "shocking" number of Members of Parliament have no idea what they are voting for as they just follow their leaders.

According to the Daily Telegraph, Dr Wollaston has called for such behaviour to be "challenged”.

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Taj Mahal could collapse - rotting foundations of India's most famous attraction in Agra

2011-10-05T10:04:00.000+01:00

Campaigners have warned that the Taj Mahal could collapse within five years because wooden foundations are rotting.

The ancient mausoleum is India's most famous tourist attraction. It was built of marble 350 years ago by Mogul emperor Shah Jahan and attracts four million visitors to Agra ever year.

Cracks have now appeared in some parts of the tomb and four minarets around the structure are tilting.

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TAJ MAHAL WIKI

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Stunning images on National Geographic

2011-10-05T09:50:00.001+01:00

Stunning images on National Geographic

The National Geographic Daily News has some stunning images of the past month. Love the Octopus in a Bottle.

Check them out at NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DAILY NEWS

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Apple iPhone 4S unveiled

2011-10-05T09:42:00.000+01:00

Apple has unveiled the new iPhone 4S, which is said to be a faster version and includes a virtual "personal assistant" you can talk to.

The 4S is claimed to be seven times faster than the previous iPhone at rendering graphics and twice as fast at processing data, but it looks identical to the previous model.

CNN REPORT

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Pub can show football on foreign decoders - landlady wins Premier League case.

2011-10-04T10:13:00.000+01:00

A landlady in Portsmouth has won her latest battle to show Premier League football games in her pub using a foreign TV decoder.

Karen Murphy had taken her case to the European Court of Justice after being fined for using a cheap Greek decoder to overcome controls on screening matches.

BBC

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Car takes itself for a spin - video

2011-10-04T10:04:00.000+01:00

A driverless car took itself for a spin in America.

The Mail reports that: "Police and fire fighters were called to a puzzling scene of a driver-less car spinning donuts backwards in a Philadelphia... they stood dumbfounded Sunday afternoon, as an old model Ford Thunderbird took its own wheel for a spin."

A video was uploaded to YouTube.

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'Lost' penguin found in Portsmouth - 6,000 miles from home

2011-10-04T09:55:00.000+01:00

A 'lost' penguin has apparently been filmed in Portsmouth, 6,000 miles from its home in the south Atlantic, according to a Sun exclusive.

The Sun says: 'One theory is it was separated from its group and followed a food trail through the Atlantic to the Solent.'

Joanne Gordon, 35, of Aldershot, Hants, is said to have filmed the penguin at Southsea and the footage is now being examined by experts.

THE SUN

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Robber escapes in taxi after stealing one million euros from Greek bank

2011-10-03T10:09:00.000+01:00

A Greek robber escaped in a taxi with one million euros after raiding a bank near the country's main airport.

The man stole the money from the Alpha Bank after he turned up claiming to be a security guard. He was let in when he showed ID, according to police, then drew a pistol, opened the safe, put money in three bags and left in a taxi.

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Pill to stop hair going grey

2011-10-03T10:07:00.000+01:00

A new pill has been created to stop hair from turning grey.

Scientists at L'Oreal say that your natural hair colour will remain the same for ever… if the pill is used before hair starts to turn.

THE SUN

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Man rips out his eyes in church

2011-10-03T09:59:00.000+01:00

A man ripped out his own eyes in front of people at a mass in Italy, according to the Sun.

The British-born man, Aldo Bianchini, 46, stood calmly and tore them out with his bare hands.

He told doctors in Viareggio that he "heard voices" telling him to rip out his eyes.

Surgeons could not save his sight.

THE SUN

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Spend the night in an oil rig escape pod - amazing hotel room in Holland

2011-09-27T08:56:00.000+01:00

A hotel in Holland has converted bright orange oil-rig survival capsules into some amazing rooms. The pods in the Hague cost about 60 euros a night (£53).

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UK hotter than Hawaii - heatwave continues

2011-09-27T08:44:00.000+01:00

Daytime temperatures in some parts of the UK are expected to be 82F (28C) this week - hotter than Hawaii's holiday island of Kauai.

Forecasters say the heatwave is caused by a plume of air from Greece.

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Sunken treasure found - millions in silver on SS Gairsoppa shipwreck - video

2011-09-27T08:38:00.000+01:00

The world's largest haul of precious metal from a shipwreck has been found on a British cargo ship sunk during the Second World War in the Atlantic 300 miles off the coast of Ireland.

Seven million ounces of silver, worth about £155 million at today's prices, was being carried from India by the SS Gairsoppa when she was sunk by a German U-boat.

Odyssey Marine Exploration, which will keep 80 per cent of the find, says the Gairsoppa lies nearly 4,700 metres below the surface in the North Atlantic.

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World's oldest car for sale - expect to fetch £1.6m at auction

2011-09-25T10:21:00.000+01:00

The oldest running car in the world is for sale - and is expected to set back its new owner about £1.6 million at auction next month.

The 1884 De Dion Bouton Et Trepardoux Dos-A-Dos Steam Runabout is 127 years-old and was built for the Count De Dion in France - 12 years before Henry Ford starting making cars.

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Hundreds of pigs stolen by hog rustlers in Minnesota, Iowa

2011-09-25T10:08:00.000+01:00

Hog rustlers are stealing hundreds of pigs in Minnesota, Iowa, USA, according to a CNN report.

The thieves recently stole 150 pigs, worth $30,000, from Ryan Bode in Lafayette, Minnesota. "I think it is a very well-organized ring," he told CNN.

Last year, hogs were selling for about $130, but that has shot up to $200 - an incentive for thieves to hog the market.

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Police seize drug submarine in Colombia

2011-09-25T09:57:00.000+01:00

Police in Colombia have seized a submarine owned by the Farc rebels that could ship up to seven tons of drugs.

The sub, which could hold a crew of five, is worth about $2 million and was captured at Buenaventura on the Pacific coast.

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Animal rights group PETA to launch porno website

2011-09-19T08:10:00.000+01:00

The animal rights group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) is to launch a pornography website, according to the Telegraph.

The organisation says it hopes to raise awareness of veganism with a mix of pornography and graphic footage of animals suffering.

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Earthquake rocks India, Nepal and Tibet - dozens killed

2011-09-19T07:57:00.000+01:00

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake has struck north east India, Nepal and Tibet, with dozens killed and injured.

Three people were killed, including an 8-year-old, when a wall collapsed at the British embassy in Nepal.

The quake epicentre was in the Indian mountain state of Sikkim, where several people were killed.

BBC

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Dramatic pictures, Lake District, Cumbria, England

2011-09-17T17:42:00.003+01:00

Just come back from the Lake District on a very damp and windy week. But the sun did break through at times and the weather did at least mean some dramatic pictures, with stormy clouds hanging over the fells and rays of sunshine lighting up the landscape.

This picture was taken using the superb Canon 7D digital camera and a 24mm-70mm L lens. While both are supposed to be weatherproof (up to a point), I tucked them away in a plastic liner inside a rucksack (it's expensive gear) as I climbed up mountain tracks.

Only just managed to get this picture as the sun broke through the black clouds and I scrambled into the rucksack.

This second picture is taken with an Olympus XZ-1, a very handy camera to carry around. Use RAW, though... the JPGs are not so good.

The shot is of Ullswater at Glenridding, from where steamers sail across the lake. It was just a hop, skip and a jump from where I stayed (The Glenridding Hotel), hence the small camera tucked into my pocket just in case of photo opportunities as I strolled down to the lake before dinner.

Flat calm and colourful: Ullswater near Patterdale, Cumbria.
Canon 7D again, 24mm-70mm L lens.

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ULLSWATER STEAMERS

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Miss Italy beauty show models banned for being too sexy

2011-09-07T09:45:00.000+01:00

Three model contestants for the Miss Italy beauty contest have been banned from the show because they had posed for pictures that judges said were too sexy.

A backstage source told the Mail: "The organisers like to keep Miss Italy squeaky clean so anything slightly naughty is stamped on quick."

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Baby whale saved after eight-hour rescue

2011-09-07T09:36:00.000+01:00

A Minke whale was saved after becoming beached near Grimsby, Lincolnshire, and returned to its mother.

Rescuers took eight hours to free the 15-ton, 30ft calf from a shallow dock, digging a trench so that the mammal could swim free at high tide.

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Conker row student 'stabbed to death'

2011-09-07T09:27:00.000+01:00

A student died after being stabbed in the heart during a row about conkers being thrown at him. Steven Grisales, 21, was attacked as he walked to a station in Edmonton, London.

Two 15-year-olds have been arrested.

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Woman climber dies in cliff fall - Barafundle Bay, Wales

2011-09-05T09:44:00.000+01:00

A woman has died after failing from a cliff in Wales.

The experienced climber and her partner had just completed a climb in a tourist area and was beginning her descent when she fell into the sea.

A lifeboat crew failed to resuscitate the climber before she was airlifted to hospital.

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Soil bacteria might help kill cancers

2011-09-05T09:36:00.000+01:00

Bacteria found in the soil could deliver cancer drugs to kill tumours, according to a BBC report.

Scientists have genetically engineered the bacteria to activate the drug, but it will be some time before the full potential of their work is realised.

BBC

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US says terrorists could use small planes in World Trade Center type attacks

2011-09-05T09:29:00.000+01:00

American officials have warned that terrorists could try to use small aircraft to mount attacks, says CNN.

The warning was issued last Friday, just a week before the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and Washington.

There is no known specific plot, but Homeland Security says there is a need for "continued awareness and vigilance".

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Vandals attack Rome monuments - US man scales wall of Colosseum - video

2011-09-05T09:20:00.000+01:00

Vandals have attacked monuments in Rome, including the Colosseum, the Trevi Fountain and a marble statue in the Piazza Navona.

An American student was caught scaling the walls of the Colosseum, apparently trying to chip marble from the famous amphitheatre

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Help! There's a fox in my bed - grandmother wakes to find animal clawing her

2011-09-02T08:55:00.000+01:00

Mary Small, 68, was woken by an animal clawing at her face. Then she realised that it was a fox and leapt out of bed.

The fox was eventually chased from the house by her husband, Tony, in Bournville, Birmingham.

This latest attack is among several recent incidents that show foxes are losing their fear of humans.

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Motorcyclist dies as car dropped by rescuers - New York

2011-09-02T08:45:00.000+01:00

A 21-year-old motorcyclist died when rescuers dropped the car he was pinned under after an accident in New York, USA.

Karam Rampersaud had been involved in a collision with a Ford Taurus in Brooklyn. Police and firefighters lifted the car, but it slipped and crushed him.

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Dog walker, 61, killed by cows

2011-09-02T08:36:00.000+01:00

A 61 year old woman has died after being injured by cows as she walked her dog through a field in Cardiff, Wales.

She is the second woman to be killed by cows in the Cardiff area while walking a dog in the past two years.

Dairy farmers say cows can be upset by dogs and say owners should let go of the lead rather than shield their pet if confronted by livestock.

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Man yanks own head off - wire attached to tree and speeds away in vehicle - gruesome suicide

2011-08-31T09:28:00.000+01:00

A man decapitated himself after a domestic dispute by putting a wire round his neck, attaching it to a tree and accelerating away in a van in front of police in Yorktown, Virginia, USA.

Officers tried to talk him out of the vehicle, but he sped away and was pulled out of the Explorer SUV - with his head separating from his body.

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Garbage landslide after typhoon - people missing after rubbish floods city - amazing pictures

2011-08-31T09:13:00.000+01:00

At least five people were missing after rubbish flooded through Baguio, a city in northern Philippines, after Typhoon Nanmadol smashed down walls of a garbage dump.

The typhoon has killed at least 26 people and made thousands homeless.

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Seven snakes down trousers - and three tortoises - man arrested at US airport

2011-08-31T08:58:00.001+01:00

An American man was arrested at Miami airport when he tried to smuggle seven snakes and three tortoises wrapped in bags and stuffed down his pants.

He was caught after going through a body scanner.

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Shears go through man's eye socket and into head - horror gardening accident - video, USA

2011-08-31T08:50:00.000+01:00

An 86-year-old Arizona man survived after a pair of pruning shears went through his eye socket and half way into his head when he fell while trimming plants in his garden.

The handle of the shears penetrated six inches into Leroy Luetscher's head - and, amazingly, he survived with nothing more than slight swelling and minor double vision.

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Angry woman strips naked at airport customs - Bermuda

2011-08-24T09:43:00.000+01:00

A woman was so angry when customs officials in Bermuda asked her if she had anything to declare she stripped naked in front of passengers at the airport.

Loukai Philips had just arrived from London and was reported to be irate because she is always searched when flying home to the island.

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Owl swoops on prey - brilliant picture by boy, 9

2011-08-24T09:26:00.000+01:00

A brilliant picture taken by a nine-year-old boy shows the moment an owl swooped on a mouse.

Allen Shank, 9, of Dayton, Virginia, US, took the picture using infrared sensors and flashes to freeze the action.

THE SUN

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Couple dial ambulance to save cat - 999 emergency number medics think it is child, 5

2011-08-19T09:45:00.000+01:00

A couple dialled the UK emergency number 999 for an ambulance to save their 5-year-old - but they failed to say that it was their cat.

Medics raced to the scene believing a child was in danger from a heart attack, only to find the couple cradling their five-year-old pet, which later died.

A spokesman for the ambulance service said: ‘We would remind people that 999 is a lifeline.’

DAILY MAIL

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Brighton and Hove Albion - brilliant video

2011-08-19T09:16:00.000+01:00

If you liked my video on The Seagulls' opening game (and it is still getting some good viewing), you'll love this brilliant cinematic video of the game against Doncaster.

OPENING SCENES VIDEO

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Earthquake jolts Japan - 6.8 magnitude off Fukushima

2011-08-19T08:51:00.000+01:00

A strong earthquake - measuring about 6.8 - has been reported off Fukushima, Japan.

No damage has yet been reported.

REUTERS

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Huge sandstorm in US - video - sweeps across Phoenix, Arizona

2011-08-19T08:46:00.000+01:00

A huge sandstorm that swept across Phoenix, Arizona, USA, has been captured on video.

According to the BBC, it is the third time this year that such a storm has raged in the American south West.

The storm is called a haboob and is traditionally seen in the Sahara desert.

BBC video

HABOOB (Wiki link)

Picture: a haboob in Texas in 2009 (Wiki)

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US-China basketball match brawl - video - not so friendly game ends in a fight

2011-08-19T08:34:00.001+01:00

A basketball match between teams from America and China ended in a fight in Beijing after a foul led to punches and chairs being thrown.

The Georgetown Hoyas, from Georgetown University, are on a goodwill trip to coincide with a visit by US Vice President Joe Biden.

Biden did not attend the match, which was abandoned.

BBC video

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Sniffer dogs can be used to detect lung cancer, claim German scientists

2011-08-18T09:25:00.000+01:00

Doctors in Germany say that sniffer dogs can be used to detect lung cancer, according to a BBC report.

Scientists don't know exactly what chemical the dogs can sniff out, so a programme to screen people could be a long way off.

It is thought that tumours produce "volatile chemicals" which a dog can detect.

BBC

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Spacecraft to be fired at asteroid in test to save Earth - rumours of comet collision denied

2011-08-18T09:15:00.000+01:00

A spacecraft will be fired into an asteroid to prepare for one being on a collision course with Earth, according to the Telegraph.

The European Space Agency will attempt to push an asteroid off course and collect data.

The news comes as NASA denies claims that comet Elenin, found last December, is on course to hit Earth.

Rumours have been sweeping the web that the comet will plunge the Earth into darkness, or, indeed, smash into the planet.

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Saved by fridge as house blows up - Minnesota woman survives explosion, USA

2011-08-18T09:04:00.000+01:00

A woman was saved by her fridge when her house exploded after a suspected gas leak.

Janice Harms, of Clara City, Minnesota, sheltered by the Frigidaire as the house collapsed. "That's what kept me from getting flattened," she told reporters.

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Lorry hangs from building after crash - video - New York, US

2011-08-18T08:57:00.000+01:00

A salt lorry was left dangling from the second floor of a repair centre at an industrial area in New York, USA, after the driver smashed through a wall.

THE SUN

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World's fattest woman wants to be fatter - 52 stones (728 pounds) and growing - Arizona, US

2011-08-18T08:45:00.000+01:00

Susanne Eman, of Casa Grande, Arizona, USA, eats 20,000 calories a day and is the fattest woman in the world at 52 stones (728 pounds). Now she is trying to get even fatter, according to the Sun.

The 32-year-old wants to be an enormous 115 stones (1,610 pounds). "The bigger I get, the better I feel," she says. "I feel confident and sexy". Susanne would then beat Carol Yager, of Flint, Michigan, who is thought to have reached 114 stone before she died in 1994 aged just 34.

According to the Sun, Susanne is already heavier than three baby elephants - or the combined weight of the four-man Manchester United defence.

THE SUN

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Two killed as car falls 330 feet off cliff

2011-08-18T08:22:00.000+01:00

Two people were killed when their car plunged 330ft off a cliff on to a beach at Culver Down on the Isle of Wight. Their bodies were recovered by a lifeboat at the notorious suicide spot.

THE SUN

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UK riots: some sentences 'too severe', say MPs and justice campaigners

2011-08-17T09:19:00.001+01:00

Some of the sentences handed out to people involved in the UK riots are too severe, according to MPs and justice campaigners.

Liberal Democratic MP Tom Brake believes they should be about "restorative justice" not retribution.

But a Tory MP disagrees. Gavin Barwell said a clear message should be sent that the country would not tolerate such behaviour.

Two men have been jailed for four years for using Facebook to incite riots and another man has been given an 18 month sentence for having a stolen television.

In my opinion, we should edge to wards "zero tolerance". Harsh sentences are justified if they stop looters and rioters.

BBC

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Rare Asian fishing cats born in Ohio

2011-08-17T08:43:00.000+01:00

Three Asian fishing cats were born at a zoo in Ohio as part of a programme to protect rare species. The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium said the two male kittens and one female kitten were born at the end of July.

CBS

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Shark kills man on honeymoon - Seychelles

2011-08-17T08:29:00.001+01:00

A British man has been killed in a shark attack while on his honeymoon in the Seychelles.

Ian Redmond, 30, survived the attack while snorkeling but could not be saved, according to police. He had lost an arm and suffered hip injuries.

It was the second killer attack in the same area of the Indian Ocean this month and police have stopped people diving until the shark is caught.

Mr and Mrs Redmond, from Lancashire, were on the second week of their honeymoon.

BBC

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Student dies over Niagara Falls - slips while posing for picture - video

2011-08-17T08:17:00.002+01:00

A Japanese student is presumed to have died after she lost her balance and was swept over Niagara Falls.

The girl, aged 19, was straddling the rails with an umbrella and slipped above Horseshoe Falls on the Canadian side of Niagara.

Niagara Parks Police Chief Doug Kane said: "This is the first accident of its kind I can recall in my 35 years of policing."

No body has yet been found, so she has officially been recorded as missing.

CNN

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Asylum seeker housed in £2m townhouse in London

2011-08-15T09:36:00.000+01:00

An asylum seeker and his family have been housed in a London townhouse worth £2 million because they said their old six-bedroom house was too far away from their relatives, according to the Sun.

Saeed Khaliif, his wife and eight children were living in Coventry with their £1,000 a week rent paid by the state.

But after claiming the home was too far from relatives, they were re-housed in one of London's upmarket areas where rent can be up to £8,000 a month.

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Underwear to beat the beer belly - figure hugging boxer shorts

2011-08-15T09:26:00.000+01:00

Supermarket chain Asda has apparently developed "control underwear" that helps to hide a man's beer belly.

Called Manx after the female brand Spanx, the high-waisted, stretch fabric boxer shorts are said to suck in beer bellies and be invisible under normal clothes, according to the Telegraph.

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Woman drinks 28 pints of lager a day - more than drink-drive limit every hour

2011-08-15T09:09:00.000+01:00

Dawn Marsden, 31, should be dead, according to the Sun. For Marsden, of Hartlepool, Teesside, drinks 28 pints of cheap lager a day.

A court was told that she steals to fund her habit.

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Man digs himself out of grave - killer who buried victims alive caught

2011-08-14T08:44:00.000+01:00

A man who dug himself out of his own grave has helped police to track down a killer who tortured victims for their credit card PIN numbers and buried them alive.

Police, who raced to the site of the burials near Budapest, Hungary, are said to have found four bodies - and there could be more.

The survivor said he was lured to a "drinks party" in woods near Budapest.

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Full-court press in suspenders - women strip down for Basketball Lingerie League

2011-08-14T08:33:00.000+01:00

Women dressed in just their bras, panties and suspenders are playing in the Lingerie Basketball League in Los Angeles.

Organisers hope the scantily-clad players will attracted more men to the women's game.

What a crazy idea!

MAIL

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Amazing pictures, video of stage collapse in America - four die at Indiana State Fair

2011-08-14T08:17:00.000+01:00

Pictures on the Mail site show the moment a stage collapsed at the Indiana State Fair, killing four people and injuring dozens of others.

Strong winds caused the stage to collapse at the fairground in Indianapolis as country music band Sugerland were about to perform.

MAIL

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'Pippa Butt Lift' - plastic surgery boom in America inspired by Pippa Middleton's bottom

2011-08-12T09:41:00.000+01:00

An American plastic surgeon says that people are queueing up to have a Pippa Middleton bottom.

The boom in requests for plastic surgery, called the 'Pippa Butt Lift', follows her appearance as maid of honour at the royal wedding of her sister, Kate Middleton (now the Duchess of Cambridge), to Prince William (the Duke of Cambridge) in Westminster Abbey.

Dr Constantino Mendieta, of Miami, says the 'Pippa Butt Lift' craze has taken the US and, indeed, the world by storm.

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Panasonic DMC-GF3 Review

2011-08-12T09:14:00.000+01:00

In a review of the latest digital camera from Panasonic, the photography site dpreview rates the new DMC-GF3 as 'a satisfying camera to use that is small and light enough to carry around all day'.

DPREVIEW LINK

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Bull chased through New York streets - video

2011-08-12T09:12:00.000+01:00

An escaped bull was chased through the streets of New York by butchers when it escaped from a slaughter house in Queens.

The chase was captured on video.

Bull Rampages Through Queens: MyFoxNY.com

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Rent a garden by the hour - only in New York

2011-08-12T09:10:00.000+01:00

A small garden between two buildings in Manhattan, New York, is for rent by the hour. And the 'owners' can do what they like in this strange place to find a back garden with a deck and grill.

BBC VIDEO

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UK Riots: man attacked in Ealing dies

2011-08-12T09:09:00.000+01:00

Richard Mannington Bowes, 68, who was attacked during riots in Ealing, west London, has died. He suffered head injuries while trying to stamp out a fire on Monday and was in a coma.

Police have launched a murder inquiry.

BBC

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Gaddafi says Cameron should go - bizarre call after UK riots

2011-08-11T09:39:00.000+01:00

Col Gaddafi, who has used the army to crush protests in Libya, says British Prime Minister David Cameron should quit because he has unleashed "violent repression" on "peaceful protesters".

Clearly, the lunatic Libyan leader doesn't know what "violent repression" or "peaceful" mean.

The Iranians have also echoed his call, but that's hardly a surprise.

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Horse rescued by lifeboat - swims half a mile out to sea after being spooked

2011-08-11T09:19:00.000+01:00

An RNLI inshore lifeboat crew was called out to save a horse that was swimming more than half mile off the coast of Kent in the English Channel.

The horse called Shallimah had thrown its rider after being spooked and then decided to go for a swim off Sandwich.

Walmer lifeboat helmsman Andrew Howland said: "This was one of the most unusual rescues I've carried out."

MAIL

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Pony trapped inside tractor tyre - released by firefighters in Germany

2011-08-11T09:04:00.000+01:00

A pony trying to graze on fresh grass under a huge tractor tyre slipped and fell head first. It then became trapped, with one leg poking out and its head pushed into the ground.

German firefighters used cutting equipment to release the animal.

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Explosion rips through LA building - search for missing people

2011-08-10T09:05:00.000+01:00

Firefighters have been searching for missing people after a huge explosion ripped through a Los Angeles buildings.

Two men were seriously injured and a third suffered minor injuries as the explosion tore apart a commercial building.

The LA Fire Department found a broken natural gas line but do not yet know what sparked the explosion.

LA TIMES

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Woman dies after falling into recycling bin - Toledo, Ohio, USA

2011-08-10T08:55:00.001+01:00

An American woman has died after falling into a recycling bin.

Sheila Decoster, 65, was found upside down in a 65-gallon bin at her home in Toledo, Ohio. She is thought to have lost her balance and slipped into the bin.

There was bruising on her body, probably from when she tried to tip up the bin to escape, but she then suffocated.

BBC

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Men die in riots - run over by car while 'protecting neighbourhood', claim

2011-08-10T08:47:00.000+01:00

Three men have died in Birmingham after they were hit by a car during another night of unrest in British cities. Locals claim the men were protecting their neighbourhood from rioters and police have launched a murder inquiry.

Another man has died in hospital after he was found shot in a car amid riots in south London this week.

There was violence in several English cities last night, although London was quite as thousands of extra police were drafted in.

DETAILS ON THE BBC

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Brighton and Hove Albion Amex promo video

2011-08-08T09:01:00.001+01:00

Here is the Brighton and Hove Albion promo video that featured on the screens during the opening scenes of The Seagulls' first match in the Championship at the American Express Community Stadium on Saturday.

The opening scenes can be seen in this video

DIVISION ONE VICTORY PARADE PICTURES

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Brighton and Hove Albion's first game at the American Express Community Stadium - video

2011-08-06T23:04:00.005+01:00

Video of the opening scenes at Brighton and Hove Albion's first Championship game at the American Express Community Stadium, Falmer.

Brighton beat Doncaster Rovers 2-1 after substitute Will Buckley scored twice in the final few minutes.

PICTURE: © UKPIX.COM

LINK TO THE PROMO VIDEO THAT FEATURES ON THE SCREENS IN THIS FILM

DIVISION ONE VICTORY PARADE PICTURES

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Man and bike fall into pothole - China video

2011-08-05T10:18:00.000+01:00

Watch the man on the bike... he's about to discover a pothole in China

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F-16 jets scrambled as woman, 75, flies into restricted airspace with no radio

2011-08-05T10:01:00.000+01:00

Two F-16 jet fighters were scrambled when Myrtle Rose, a 75-year-old pilot, flew her Kitfox Model 2 light aircraft into restricted airspace during president Barack Obama's visit to Chicago.

They were scrambled when air traffic controllers couldn't contact Myrtle, of South Barrington, Illinois, because she didn't have a radio!

She was reported to have been a bit "surprised".

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Pictures: F-16 fighter jet and a Kitfox Model 2 light aircraft

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Town's police force quits after drug attacks - Mexico smuggling route to US

2011-08-05T09:39:00.000+01:00

The entire police force of 26 officers in Ascension, a town in northern Mexico, has resigned after two of its number were killed by drug traffickers.

The town is on a drug-smuggling route into the US and is used by a powerful cartel.

Federal and state police, plus the army, have been brought in to maintain order.

BBC

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Smelly shepherd who didn't wash before sex 'raped wife', court rules

2011-08-05T09:30:00.000+01:00

An Italian court has ruled that a smelly shepherd who refused to wash before having sex with his wife is guilty of raping her.

The appeal court said Mario should not have been cleared of the attack on his wife Lucia in Catania, Sicily.

Mario was said to have a habit of "returning from tending sheep in the fields and imposing sex on his wife without cleaning himself up beforehand".

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Mr Bean in supercar crash - Rowan Atkinson hurt

2011-08-05T09:21:00.000+01:00

Actor Rowan Atkinson, who played Mr Bean and Blackadder, was hurt when his McLaren F1 supercar hit a tree and caught fire.

He walked away from the crash and is said to have been taken to hospital with a shoulder injury.

The McLaren F1 is one of the fastest production cars in the world. It has a top speed of 230mph and costs about £650,000.

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Japan earthquake: vibrations nearly reached space

2011-08-05T09:20:00.000+01:00

Vibrations from the earthquake that devastated Japan in March were so powerful that they almost reach space, according to a National Geographic report.

Vertical motion from the ground shaking and the swelling tsunami produced vibrations that pressed up against the air.

The process is well known from other quakes, but the Japan disaster caused the biggest effect to measured.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

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US exports chopsticks to China - shortage helps Georgia company

2011-08-04T09:51:00.000+01:00

A company in Georgia, USA, is exporting millions of chopsticks to China. The firm is operating around the clock to meet the demand caused by a shortage and they hope to be exporting 10 million a day by the end of the year.

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Crazy laws in Italy - even building a sandcastle on the beach can be illegal

2011-08-04T09:41:00.000+01:00

Building a sandcastle, ball games on the beach and even collecting shells and sand are all illegal at Eraclea near Venice, Italy.

They are just some of the crazy Italian by-laws, listed by the Telegraph, that can catch the unsuspecting traveller. They also cost a packet in fines if you are caught.

Other illegal activities in some towns include:

. Having noisy sandals

. Amorous embraces in parked cars

. An unattended towel put down to beat the Germans to a good beach spot

. Feeding pigeons in Venice

. Sitting on the steps of a monument

You have been warned!

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Bird eaten by plant - dead blue tit found in Monkey Cup pitcher

2011-08-04T09:25:00.000+01:00

A blue tit was killed by a Nepenthes x mixta (Monkey Cup pitcher) carnivorous plant, according to a Sun story.

The plants, native to South East Asia, usually eat insects but have been known to consume mice in the wild. It is highly unusual for them to kill fully-grown birds.

The plant had been cultivated by Chelsea Flower Show prize winner Nigel Hewitt Cooper, of West Pennard, Somerset.

SUN

MONKEY CUP PITCHER (WIKI)

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Gangster Ronnie Kray was bisexual - confession on secret recordings

2011-08-04T09:10:00.000+01:00

Ronnie Kray, the notorious East End gangster, confessed to an author that he was bisexual, according to a Sun story.

He had kept his sex life secret from his brother Reggie until he was 25.

Ronnie, who died in 1995 aged 61, shot dead George Cornell in a pub in London's East End after being called a "fat poof".

When he was in Broadmoor Hospital, the high-security psychiatric institution, he told author Robin McGibbon: "I'm bisexual, not gay. Bisexual."

SUN

THE KRAY TWINS (WIKI): gangsters in the East End of London

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Baseball-size hailstones pound New York - freak storm in Queens - video

2011-08-03T09:55:00.000+01:00

Hailstones the size of baseballs were reported in a freak storm centred on the Queens area of New York city.

Car windows were said to be smashed and outdoor furniture damaged as people ran for cover.

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Hidden camera reveals wildlife hotspot in Africa - amazing pictures

2011-08-03T09:30:00.000+01:00

Amazing pictures have been snapped by a hidden camera in Kenya, Africa.

Check them out at the BBC: LINK

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