No jackpot winner in Italy's record breaking lottery
Rome - There was no winner Saturday to pick up the potentially record breaking 105.3-million-euro (149-million-dollar) jackpot prize in Italy's state lottery. The Superenalotto draw had attracted millions of punters, including many from neighbouring ...
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2009-07-25 ] Category : [
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Nablus morale booster: Guinness entry with huge kanafeh treat
Nablus, West Bank - Hope returned Saturday to the northern West Bank city of Nablus, devastated after a decade of tight Israeli military blockade, as local cooks sought to enter the Guinness Book of Records with a huge plate of the kanefeh pastry. Th...
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2009-07-18 ] Category : [
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Winner of Berlin stiletto run sets new record
Berlin - A Berlin teenager put her high heels to good use on Saturday when she won the city's Stilleto Run to claim first prize - a shopping voucher worth 10,000 euros (14,000 dollars). Julia Plecher, 18, outsprinted 99 rivals to cover the 100-metre ...
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2009-07-11 ] Category : [
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Californian defends hot dog title with world record
New York/San Francisco - Japan's competitive eater Takeru Tsunami Kobayashi, 31, ceded defeat again Saturday to the 25-year- old Californian Joey Jaws Chestnut in what's become their annual Fourth-of-July eat-off on Coney Island, outside New York...
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2009-07-05 ] Category : [
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Australians going blotto for lotto
Sydney - Punters in queues at lottery ticket shops were pushing and shoving Tuesday despite warnings from statisticians that their chances of dying before the draw are higher than winning the biggest ever jackpot in Australia's history. An Oz Lotto s...
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2009-06-30 ] Category : [
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New York man holds 100 Guinness records
New York - A New York businessman achieved the record of all records, becoming the first person to simultaneously hold 100 Guinness World Records. Guinness World Records confirmed Wednesday evening that 54-year-old Ashrita Forman is holding 100 recor...
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2009-04-16 ] Category : [
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Three common mistakes men make when proposing
Seoul - Men unknowingly annoy women by proposing or professing their love in a way that they mean to be romantic but that ends up disappointing their partners. A survey conducted by a South Korean wedding agency and released ahead of Valentine's Day,...
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2009-02-11 ] Category : [
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German chancellor immortalized as Barbie doll
Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who spends her days in the male-dominated world of politics, is joining the ranks of iconic women by being recreated as a Barbie doll, the manufacturer Mattel announced Monday. A specially produced honorary B...
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2009-02-09 ] Category : [
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68-year-old Korean woman fails driving test 771 times
Seoul - A 68-year-old South Korean hawker has set a new record by failing her driving test 771 times, a news report said Thursday. Mrs Cha has been trying her luck with the test questions almost every day since April 13, 2005, the Korea Times reporte...
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2009-02-05 ] Category : [
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