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Novice spy nicked by Tel Aviv cops
ABC Online - 2 Hours ago
An apprentice spy for Israel's once-vaunted Mossad overseas intelligence service was arrested by rank and file police during an abortive training exercise in Tel Aviv. 'Let's hope the Mossad is more effective
Novice Israeli spy gets nicked by... Tel Aviv cops Yahoo! Canada
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Oslo: Cops on trail of gingerbread vandal
Brisbane Courier-Mail - 3 Hours ago
THE people of Bergen rolled out the cookie dough on Monday as local police tried to sniff out vandals who destroyed the Norwegian city's traditional Christmas decoration -- a town of gingerbread houses.
Cops on trail of gingerbread man Herald Sun
Cops on trail of gingerbread vandal Brisbane Courier-Mail
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Clean-up: Rio bans coconuts on its beaches
Herald Sun - 2 Hours ago
ONE of the enduring images of Rio's beaches - coconuts opened to yield their sweet water - is about to be a thing of the past under a new clean-up campaign by authorities. The environment secretariat
Rio de Janeiro: Rio does away with coconuts on beaches Adelaide Now
Rio to ban coconuts on beaches News24.com
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Judge blocks law allowing guns in bars
Reuters India - 11/23/2009
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - A judge on Friday blocked a Tennessee law that allowed people to bring handguns into restaurants and bars. The law that took effect in July allowed handgun owners with
Judge blocks law allowing guns in bars (Reuters) West Australian
Judge blocks law allowing guns in bars (Reuters) Yahoo! News
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Chauffeur charged with Warhol box theft
UPI - 3 Hours ago
A chauffeur stole valuable art works, including an Andy Warhol cardboard box, from his New York employer, authorities allege. James Biear, 49, of Ossining, N.Y., was charged with wire and mail fraud for
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Lawyer: Loophole protects public nudity
UPI - 3 Hours ago
A New York lawyer whose client was cleared of lewdness charges said a legal loophole allows public nudity in the city. Tom Hillgardner said prosecutors dropped their case against Kathleen Neill, 26, because
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64 bee hives fall from trailer
UPI - 3 Hours ago
An Idaho man said hundreds of thousands of bees will likely die after 64 hives fell from the back of a trailer and onto a roadway. Bert Belliston, owner of the bees and Belliston Brothers Apiaries Inc.,
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'World's worst' e-fit sparks arrest
Ananova - 11 Hours ago
Bolivian police managed to track down a man wanted for murder from what was described as the world's worst photo-fit. A taxi driver, named in Bolivian media as Rafael Vargas, was murdered in what police
'World's Worst' E-Fit Sketch Spurs Arrest Heart Radio Anglesey
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Hey dude, where's my body?
Ananova - 15 Hours ago
A two-day police hunt for a drowned man was called off when the 24-year old turned up at the crime scene looking for his clothes. Maciej Nowak had disappeared after being dumped by his girlfriend and
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Boy, aged 4, expelled for teacher attacks
Ananova - 15 Hours ago
A boy aged four has been expelled just weeks after starting school. McKenzie Dunkley was kicked out after teachers said he was violent, refused to obey them, disrupted classes, terrorised other pupils
Expelled at the age of 4: School says little boy attacked two teachers - but his Mail Online UK
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Darwin book worth up to $100,000 found on shelf
CHINAdaily - 19 Hours ago
LONDON: A first edition of Charles Darwin's 'On the Origin of Species,' which had been kept in a toilet bookcase for years, will go on sale this week and is expected to fetch 40-60,000 pounds ($66-100,000).
Rare Charles Darwin book found in toilet Sky News Australia
First edition of Darwin book found in toilet CHINAdaily
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Hungry stockman sheltered in alpine wombat hole
ABC Online - 11/24/2009
A Gippsland stockman has described how he survived four days without food after being thrown from his horse and knocked unconscious. Andy Perdon from Newry near Sale was chasing brumbies in the Alpine
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Stress-free Christmas? Cheap hotels for British mother-in-laws
France24 - 11/24/2009
The door of 10 Downing Street is reflected in a bauble on the traditional Downing Street Christmas tree in 2008. A hotel chain offered Tuesday to take some of the stress out of Christmas this year with
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Bartenders battle it out in Poland
ITN - 11/24/2009
Competitors from around the world compete to win bartending competition Related Stories International fireworks championships in Berlin Oktoberfest thirst is being quenched Japan goes paper plane contest
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Strange e-fit sketch tracks down suspect
Sky News Australia - 10 Hours ago
A drawing being mocked as the world's worst e-fit sketch has helped Bolivian police track down a murder suspect. The picture was released in the South American country following the savage slaying of
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Agent showing house finds pile of bones
Fresno Bee - 10 Hours ago
GIBSON, La. -- A real estate agent showing a house got to the basement and found about 100 human bones in a corner. James Kenny, a forensic investigator with the Terrebonne Parish Coroner's Office, says
Agent showing house in Gibson finds pile of bones Shreveport Times
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Mass. woman seeks funds for turkey's eye surgery
Fresno Bee - 10 Hours ago
REHOBOTH, Mass. -- A Massachusetts woman is seeking donations from fellow pet lovers to help pay for eye surgery for her turkey named Jerry. Lyndsey Medeiros and her husband adopted three-year-old Jerry
Woman seeks funds for turkey's eye surgery 3 News
Turkey needs eye surgery; Rehoboth woman seeks funds Providence Journal
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Don't kiss Santa, he may have the flu (Reuters)
Reuters via Yahoo! - 10 Hours ago
BUDAPEST (Reuters) Santa Claus should avoid kissing children and shaking their hands to prevent spreading the flu and should get vaccinated against the illness, Hungary's state health authority said.
Don't kiss Santa, he may have the flu People's Daily Online
Don't kiss Santa, he may have the flu (Reuters) Yahoo! News
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Aging Santa gets $100,000 facelift for Christmas (Reuters)
Reuters via Yahoo! - 15 Hours ago
WELLINGTON (Reuters) A Santa in New Zealand with a droopy eye has received a NZ$100,000 ($74,000) face-lift in the run-up to Christmas so that his aging face does not scare children. The 20-meter (66
Ageing Santa gets $100,000 facelift for Christmas Upstatetoday.com
Aging Santa gets $100,000 facelift for Christmas The Province
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Obama has left the building
IOL - 18 Hours ago
Washington - President Barack Obama is getting used to leaving events before they end, even when he does not have to. Monday night, Obama mistakenly left a White House ceremony honouring two activists'
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Hive heist stings beekeeper
IOL - 18 Hours ago
Wellington - A New Zealand beekeeper has been stung by rustlers who stole more than a million of his honey producers in 28 hives from a farm paddock, a newspaper reported on Tuesday. John Tyler, of Matamata,
Hive heist stings New Zealand beekeeper Earthtimes.org
Beekeeper badly stung by heist stuff.co.nz
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Yellow card for goalkeeper after cat rescue
Yahoo! News - 18 Hours ago
ZAGREB (AFP) The Croatian first division match between Sibenik and Medjimurje Cakovec will be remembered for a cat which earned the visiting team's goalkeeper a yellow card, press reports said on Monday.
Yellow card for cat rescue IAfrica.com
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Mum plays Bach to help grow dope plant
Sky News Australia - 19 Hours ago
plants to help them grow. The mother-of-four grew 20 dope plants in a specially-decorated secret den that was decked out with pretty pictures of shiny plants and a stereo playing nice classical music.
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Cuba offers free penis implants
Sky News Australia - 19 Hours ago
Cuba's government has offered its first free penis implants, part of a program set to be expanded across the communist island, a newspaper has reported. It is likely not what Karl Marx had in mind when
Cuba offers free penis implants for sexual sufferers Cape Argus
Cuba offers free penis implants (AAP) Yahoo! News Australia
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Me-OW! Cat survives touching power fuse, causing town outage
3 News - 23 Hours ago
A cat went from meow to ow when officials say it accidentally made contact with a substation's fuse, causing an outage to about 1,500 homes and businesses in southwestern Illinois. The feline apparently
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