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UK girl saves eight lives through organ donation
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LONDON: A young British schoolgirl, who had died just at the age of 13 has saved eight people's lives by opting to donate her vital organs. Jemima Layzell, who died due to a brain haemorrhage, had ...
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At customs, man claims 49 lizards were for lunch
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MUNICH: A German man stopped at customs with 49 live exotic lizards in his bag claimed they were destined for the cooking pot and even offered to bite one's head off to prove it, officials said ...
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Gassy dinosaurs helped warm Earth!
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WASHINGTON: Potty humor just got prehistoric. A new study suggests that dinosaurs may have helped keep an already overheated world warmer with their flatulence and burps 200 million years ago. ...
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Barbie inspires handicapped Indonesian sisters
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MOUNT BATUR, Indonesia: Putu Restiti and her little sister, Alit, have felt invisible most of their lives, hidden in a run-down shack because they were born with twisted limbs some believe were ...
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Snake shuts down Oklahoma City power supply
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OKLAHOMA CITY: A snake that crawled into an electrical substation knocked out power to nearly 14,000 homes on the northwest side of Oklahoma's state capital, utility officials said. The power ...
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Angry Birds now in action on Facebook Timeline
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NEW YORK: If you thought your productivity was low because of all the time spent on Facebook Timeline, it's only about to get worse for Angry Birds fans. Angry Birds creator Rovio announced ...
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Pakistan youngest photographer exhibition held
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KARACHI: Daniyal Ali Azfar, who seems poised to break the world record as the Youngest Photographer, had his work put on display here on Sunday. Former governor State Bank and Dean of IBA, ...
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Iraqi aims to write six-kilometer-long Quran
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NAJAF: Hussein al-Kharsan kneels, bent over a giant sheet of paper, laboriously writing the words of Islam's holy book, the Quran, in beautiful Arabic script with a traditional wood and feather ...
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Researcher believed killed by lab bacteria
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FAIRFAX, California: A young research associate killed by a highly virulent strain of meningococcal disease is believed to have contracted the bacteria from the San Francisco lab where he was ...
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Malaysia seizes hundreds of cobras and turtles
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian wildlife authorities have seized hundreds of cobras and turtles being smuggled out of the country in a shipment of papayas, headed for cooking pots in the region, an official ...
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Canada penniless as it marks coin's end
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OTTAWA: Canada's last penny was struck Friday at The Royal Canadian Mint's manufacturing facility and will become a museum piece as the one-cent coins are withdrawn from circulation. "For ...
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Croc caught in Australia after eating nine dogs
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SYDNEY: A 4.4-metre (14.5-feet) crocodile that had eaten up to nine pet dogs has been hauled out of a river in Australia's north, a report said on Friday. The rogue croc was trapped at Daly ...
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