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Ancient Therapy Causes A Buzz In China (20 March 03:41) |
| It might not be much fun - but an ancient therapy which involves bees stinging patients to cure their ailments is causing a buzz in China.
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Vampire-Style Gunman Bites NY Cabbie (19 March 11:40) |
| Police in New York have appealed for the public's help in tracking down a man who allegedly bit a taxi driver several times during an attempted robbery. |
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Top Show Stops As Stars Feel A Little Horse (19 March 07:40) |
| Austria's world-famous Spanish Riding School has been forced to cancel performances over this weekend and next because some of its elegant white stallions have caught a cold. |
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Five-Year-Old Takes Mums 4x4 For Joyride (19 March 05:40) |
| A five-year-old boy took his mother's 4x4 on a four-mile joyride that included a dual carriageway, despite being too short to reach the pedals. |
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Drug Cops Jail Tourist Over Tea In Luggage (19 March 05:40) |
| A tourist in Australia who spent six days in jail on drugs charges has been released after police admitted she had nothing more than lemon-flavoured iced tea in her possession. |
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One Lady Owner Queens Jaguar Up For Sale (19 March 01:30) |
| Drivers who fancy travelling in royal style now have a unique chance to become part of the motoring elite. |
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One Careful Owner Queens Jag Up For Sale (18 March 11:30) |
| Drivers who fancy travelling in royal style now have a unique chance to become part of the motoring elite. |
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Probe As Video Shows Lorry Shunt Car At 60mph (18 March 05:30) |
| Amazing footage of a lorry careering at 60mph along a motorway with a car trapped sideways on its front bumper has sparked an investigation. |
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Torture Game Show Draws Nazi Comparison (17 March 01:31) |
| A French television experiment where unwitting contestants were encouraged to torture an actor has drawn comparisons with the atrocities of Nazi Germany. |
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Miracle Escape For Crocodile Attack Diver (17 March 01:31) |
| A fisherman is recovering from serious injuries after he was attacked by a saltwater crocodile off the coast of nothern Australia. |
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Swap Popcorn For Fruit Salad Says Film Boss (17 March 01:31) |
| A top film boss has called for cinema chains to swap popcorn for healthier snacks like fruit salad and yoghurt.
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Emergency Landing Plane Kills Beachgoer (16 March 09:31) |
| A plane forced to make an emergency landing as the engine shut down and the propeller came off has killed a man exercising on the beach where it touched down. |
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Sacre Bleu! Oscar Beauty Skewered By Pin (16 March 03:20) |
| Oscar winner Marion Cotillard gasped in pain after France's culture minister accidentally stuck a pin into her chest at an awards ceremony. |
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Toyota Doubts Runaway Prius Drivers Story (16 March 03:20) |
| Toyota says it has found no evidence to support a driver's claim that the accelerator pedal on his Prius jammed at 94mph, sparking a dramatic police chase. |
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Worlds Shortest Man Pingping Dies Aged 21 (16 March 11:32) |
| The world's shortest man - who was just over 2ft 5in tall - has died aged 21, the Guinness World Records has said. |
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OAPs Learn Self-Defence With Walking Sticks (16 March 01:31) |
| Walking sticks often symbolise frailty, but a martial art for pensioners using sticks as self-defence is spreading across East Anglia. |
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Sight Device Blind Man Sees With His Tongue (15 March 07:40) |
| A British soldier who lost his sight in Iraq is being taught to 'see' with his tongue, using a revolutionary new device. |
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The Russians Arent Coming! Fury At TV Scare (15 March 07:40) |
| The head of a Georgian TV station is refusing to quit after broadcasting a news story claiming that Russia was invading and had killed the president - only to admit later that it was a fake. |
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Polish Ad Sparks Abortion Tourism Row (15 March 05:40) |
| A feminist organisation in Poland has been accused of promoting "abortion tourism" by encouraging women to travel to Britain to have terminations on the NHS. |
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Doubts Over Runaway Toyota Drivers Story (15 March 05:40) |
| A driver who sparked a dramatic police chase after the accelerator pedal on his Toyota became stuck is facing questions over his version of events. |
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The Russians Arent Coming! Fury At TV Hoax (15 March 03:20) |
| The head of a Georgian TV station is refusing to quit after broadcasting a news story claiming that Russia was invading and had killed the president- only to admit later that it was a fake. |
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Her Majesty Inventor Of The Telephone (13 March 07:40) |
| One in 10 schoolkids think the Queen invented the telephone and almost one third believe Sir Isaac Newton discovered fire, according to a new study. |
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Safety Ruling Leaves Rollers Cheesed Off (12 March 09:31) |
| Gloucestershire's famous annual cheese rolling event has been cancelled due to safety fears - not over competitor injuries, but crowding. |
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Porn To Parliament Director Up For Election (12 March 05:31) |
| An award-winning porn director has been selected as a Liberal Democrat candidate. |
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Royal Gaffe Does One Work In A Strip Club (12 March 03:31) |
| The Duke of Edinburgh asked a sea cadet if she worked at a strip club, according to reports. |
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Queen Victoria Reveals Her Passionate Side (12 March 03:31) |
| A picture of the young Queen Victoria in an intimate and alluring pose indicates she was not the prude many people believed her to be. |
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Cruise Control Helps Ship Beat The Gap (11 March 11:20) |
| It's not an easy first day at work but the 'conveyance', as it's officially known, is a rite of passage for this ship. |
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High Roller Beats The House Of Cards Record (11 March 05:21) |
| The world's largest casino has been rebuilt - as the world's largest-ever house of cards. |
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Newborn Elephant Comes Back From The Dead (11 March 05:21) |
| Pictures have been released of the baby elephant born two days after experts at an Australian zoo said it had died in its mother's womb. |
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Mystery Knitter Gives Trees Treat In US Town (11 March 05:21) |
| A mystery knitter is spinning quite a yarn over one New Jersey shore town by putting jumpers over trees and lamp poles. |
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Driver Smashes Through Gardens In Cop Chase (10 March 09:31) |
| A wanted criminal evaded police by taking his car off-road, and through the back gardens of houses in a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. |
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Man v Predator Wrestling With An Added Bite (10 March 07:31) |
| Wrestlers are testing their skills against a new jaw-dropping opponent to find out who's the real Big Daddy. |
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Snow Storms Bring Chaos To Northern Spain (10 March 07:31) |
| A state of emergency has been declared in the Spanish region of Catalonia after unusually heavy snow falls hit the region. |
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Eggstinct - But Scientists Hope For DNA Clues (10 March 07:31) |
| Scientists are hopeful of finding out more about ancient birds and why they died out after extracting DNA from a huge fossilised elephant bird egg. |
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Woman 130 Wants Age-Old Guinness Record (10 March 05:20) |
| A woman from Georgia is staking a claim to be the oldest person in the world. |
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Toyota Driver Speeds Out Of Control At 94mph (10 March 05:20) |
| Toyota's safety record has taken another hammering after police were involved in a dramatic high-speed pursuit of a driver whose car accelerator got stuck at 94mph. |
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Boys Harrowing 911 Call As Gunmen Strike (10 March 05:20) |
| A terrified boy begged the emergency services to send police to his home while three robbers threatened his parents at gunpoint, it has been revealed. |
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Massive Chile Quake Shifted Cities West (10 March 05:20) |
| The Earth really did move during last month's massive Chile quake, which killed hundreds of people and left two million homeless. |
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Woman Survives 3000ft Horror Parachute Fall (09 March 11:40) |
| A skydiver has survived plunging 3,000ft to the ground after a parachute jump went disastrously wrong. |
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Restorers Get Full Picture Of Lost Frescos (09 March 05:51) |
| Restorers in Italy have discovered long lost details in frescos by Giotto on the walls of the Peruzzi Chapel in Florence's Santa Croce church. |
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Ass You Like It - Brits Help Delhi Donkeys (09 March 11:31) |
| Two British old age pensioners have devoted their lives to rescuing the "slumdog donkeys" of Delhi and even have an ambulance for the animals. |
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Odds On Punter Leaves Wagers To Charity (08 March 07:31) |
| A man who donated a series of gambling bets to Oxfam when he died, could raise the charity £330,000. |
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Lowry Laid Bare - Hunt For Nudes In The North (08 March 07:31) |
| LS Lowry's iconic paintings of industrial northern England are to be recreated - using nudes.
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Nut Crackers Squirrels Go Mad For Coconuts (08 March 05:31) |
| A pair of squirrels have taken their love of coconuts to a different level - by getting stuck into their favourite snacks. |
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Legal Rights Sought For Yorkshire Puddings (07 March 09:31) |
| Yorkshire pudding makers have launched a bid to gain European legal protections currently enjoyed by other regional delicacies such as Scotch whisky and champagne. |
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Woof Justice Vote On Lawyers For Animals (07 March 07:20) |
| They say every dog has its day - and in Switzerland every dog may soon be able to have its day in court. |
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Oxford Students Suspended Over Emails (07 March 05:32) |
| Fourteen undergraduates have been suspended from Oxford University after claims they sent sexist emails grading female students. |
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Oxford Students Suspended Over Sexist Emails (07 March 03:20) |
| Fourteen undergraduates have been suspended from Oxford University after claims they sent sexist emails grading female students. |
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Swiss To Decide Whether Animals Need Lawyers (07 March 01:31) |
| They say every dog has its day - and in Switzerland every dog may soon be able to have its day in court. |
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Flood Fears After Giant Hail Lashes Melbourne (07 March 01:26) |
| Torrential rains and gigantic hailstones have lashed Australia, flooding the city of Melbourne and bursting riverbanks further north. |
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