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EU finds time to tell restaurants how to serve olive oil
Critics ridiculed European Union bureaucrats today for taking time off fighting the euro zone's debt crisis to impose strict new rules on how restaurants serve olive oil. From Jan. 1, 2014, eateries will be banned from serving oil to diners in small glass jugs or dipping bowls, and forced instead to use pre-sealed, non-refillable bottles that must be...
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Woman survives after harpoon is fired through her mouth
A Brazilian woman miraculously survived after her husband accidentally shot her in the mouth with a harpoon. The Rio de Janeiro State Health Department said Elisangela Borborema Rosa's husband was cleaning his spear gun when it went off, firing a...
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Scientists discover 'lost continent' off Brazil
A team of Japanese and Brazilian scientists say they may have discovered part of the earth's original continent off the coast of Brazil before the land masses drifted apart. Jessica Gray reports. The continent called Pangaea existed before the...
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Nervous "nuns" nabbed when bad habits reveal drugs
The police in Colombia have arrested three women dressed as nuns after they were caught trying to smuggle cocaine under their habits through an international airport. Officials said the women were caught on Saturday on the Caribbean island on San...
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Pakistan's Imran Khan in dramatic fall
Politician and former cricketer Imran Khan fell off a makeshift elevator and was injured during a rally for his election campaign. The incident happened during election campaigning in the eastern city of Lahore. Khan and three others fell at least...
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Biggest necklace diamond for sale
A 75.36 carats briolette diamond is worn by Hong Kong-based model and actress Lynn Xiong during a Christie's preview in Hong Kong. The diamond, which is the largest D/1F briolette diamond on record and estimated to be worth between $8.5 million and...
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Mirren, dressed as the Queen, reads rude royal act to noisy drummers
Actress Helen Mirren has delivered another show-stopping performance as Britain's Queen Elizabeth after storming out of a London theatre dressed as the monarch to deliver an expletive-riddled tirade at a group of drummers ruining the...
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Cure for grey hair on the way
A cure for grey hair which means millions will be able to throw away messy dyes could be available in the future, researchers have said. Scientists found people who are going grey develop "massive oxidative stress" via accumulation of hydrogen...
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Restaurant staff used chilli sauce to stop robber
It might look like an innocent batch of chili sauce - but this fiery blend can have other uses, it seems. Just ask the man who tried to rob this Portuguese take-away restaurant in Australia but was thwarted by quick-thinking staff packing some real...
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Plane crashes at Madrid air show
A plane crashed into a hangar and exploded, killing its pilot during an air show in Madrid yesterday. The 34-year-old pilot was identified as Ladislao T.R, a commander who took part in operations in Libya, Spanish media said. T.R was flying a...
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Mystery missing crashed plane found
Hunters have found the remains of a Russian plane that disappeared a year ago with 13 people on board in central Russia. The Antanov An-2 left the city of Serov in June 2012. Officials have found 11 bodies. Investigators suspect the passengers --...
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Raining euros
Residents of the Belgian town of Zedelgem, disturbed by the sound of a high-speed car chase, rushed outside to find it was raining euros and started helping themselves. About one million euros had flown out of a safe that burst open when fleeing...
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Plant prattle
More than one in five gardeners in the UK admit talking to their plants in the hope it will help them to grow, a survey has revealed. The poll of 2,000 people for home and garden retailer Wilko's also found that one in eight people sing or play...
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Demand for child-free flights
A majority of holidaymakers in the UK would be prepared to pay more to go on child-free flights, according to a survey. Those in favour of adult-only planes include some with young children of their own, the poll by travel agent sunshine.co.uk...
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Gang sold rat meat as lamb
Chinese police have broken up a criminal ring accused of taking meat from rats and foxes and selling it as lamb in the country's latest food safety scandal. The Ministry of Public Security released results of a three-month crackdown on food safety...
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U.S. claims hypersonic flight record
Boeing and the U.S. military have claimed a hypersonic flight record in the latest test of the company's unmanned X-51A Waverider. The unmanned craft achieved the longest-ever hypersonic flight by a jet-fuelled plane. It hurtled along at five times...
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Is it art...?
Rubber Duck by Dutch conceptual artist Florentijn Hofman floating at Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour, with the island skyline looming in the background yesterday. The 16.5-metre-high inflatable sculpture, which made its first public appearance in the...
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Jamestown settlers resorted to cannibalism
Historians have revealed hard evidence that America's first settlers resorted to cannibalism to survive the harsh winter of 1609. Researchers said damage to the skull of a 14 year old girl they named "Jane" shows signs that she was dismembered, then...
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Woman reveals new face after successful transplant
A Massachusetts woman has revealed a new face after a transplant. Carmen Blandin Tarleton, a 44-year old mother of two received a face transplant in February after being burned with industrial strength lye by her now ex-husband. Tarleton said the...
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Video: Plane crash kills seven
A Boeing 747 freighter crashed on take-off from Begram airfield in Afghanistan, killing all seven crew on board. The tragedy was recorded by an amateur cameraman. The crash is believed to have been caused after cargo shifted on board the aircraft
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French president's ready-to-drink wine cellar up for auction
It's the most refined and thirst-quenching of diplomatic devices that has helped cement ties between France and its international allies. But now, the all-French wine cellar of the Elysee presidential palace, which has helped fortify foreign kings,...
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