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Lithuania media claims Eurovision vote fraud
Lithuanian media is claiming fraud orchestrated by Azerbaijan to take a top spot in the Eurovision Song Contest. A news agency said it had videotaped a meeting where two Russian-speaking men offered money to Lithuanians for their votes in favour of the Azerbaijan contestant. A group of students also claimed to have been approached by men who offered them...
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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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Man allows son, 9, to drive Ferrari
A man in southern India has been charged after allowing his nine-year-old son to drive his Ferrari, police in southern India said today. Inspector MV Verghese, in Kerala state, said Mohammed Nisham is charged with endangering the life of a child and...
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Six hurt as inflatable slide is blown away in the UK
Children were thrown from an inflatable slide when it was blown through the air at a car boot sale. Up to six people were taken to hospital after the slide was sent careering through stalls, landing upside down agains a vehicle at Ripley Cricket...
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Obama pokes fun at critics, media at annual press dinner
U.S. President Barack Obama poked fun at the media, his critics and himself last night at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner, a star-filled event where journalists and celebrities mixed with the Washington elite. Joined at the...
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Gender neutral
Officials in a liberal Stockholm suburb that discourages gender stereotypes are to open a gender-neutral changing room in a secondary school to avoid students being classified as male or female. Patrik Biverstedt, headmaster of the Soedra Latins...
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Rare bird’s egg sells for €51,031
A rare complete egg of the long-extinct elephant bird has sold for more than double its estimate, fetching €51,031 at a London auction. The creature is believed to be the largest-ever bird and the specimen sold by Christie’s in London is reckoned to...
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Prince Harry tries his hand at newsreading and DJing
Prince Harry rounded off a visit Nottingham by visiting the Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies where he tried his hand at news reading. The Confetti Institute provides training in the creative industries. The institute is part of the...
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Drugs found on Bieber bus
Swedish police say they have found drugs on board a tour bus used by pop singer Justin Bieber. A small amount of drugs and a stun gun were found when officers raided the empty bus parked under the Globen concert venue in Stockholm, where Bieber was...
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Footage captures Greenpeace activists boarding ship
Six Greenpeace activists boarded a coal ship bound for South Korea near Australia's Great Barrier Reef on Wednesday, protesting against the expansion of the rich Australian coal industry and its impact on the World Heritage site. Environmentalists...
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Arizona man arrested after dramatic chase
A man was arrested on suspicion of trying to rob a cheque-cashing store following a dramatic car chase in the U.S. state of Arizona. When police arrived on the scene, the suspect fled, which prompted the high speed chase. Officers were eventually...
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Ceremonial burial for WWI soldiers
The remains of two First World War soldiers were finally laid to rest today, almost a century after they were killed in action. Lieutenant John Pritchard and Private Christopher Elphick, of The Honourable Artillery Company (HAC), were re-interred in...
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Panda attempts to climb tree during quake
Surveillance cameras at an animal reserve in China caught a giant panda trying and failing to climb up a tree when a powerful earthquake hit southwestern China's Sichuan province on Saturday, state media reported. Bifengxia Giant Panda Reserve is 50...
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Eritrean pilot defects while fetching jet stolen by defectors
A military pilot sent by Eritrea to Saudi Arabia to reclaim a jet stolen by two fellow officers when they flew to seek asylum, has herself defected, Saudi media reported. The pilot, who holds the rank of captain, told the authorities in Jizan...
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