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Hunter survives moose attack in northern Swedish town
Stockholm - A 76-year-old Swedish man said he was lucky to have survived a kick from a moose cow in the northern town of Gallivare, reports said Sunday. It was pure luck that the hoof just grazed my chest, it it had impacted fully I would have bee...
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Two killed in storm in north-eastern Spain
Barcelona - A rain and snowstorm in north-eastern Spain killed at least two people, RNE state radio reported Saturday. A security guard went over the quay wall in his car in El Prat de LLobregat near Barcelona and drowned, the report said, while in n...
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Shark attacks man near Australian beach - Summary
Sydney - A sea-and-air search failed to find any trace of a man who was attacked by a shark while snorkelling for crabs just six metres from the beach in Western Australia on Saturday, news reports said. One witness reported seeing blood in the water...
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Environmentalists call Tennessee sludge spill a 'disaster'
Washington - Five days after an earthen dam in Tennessee burst and spilled millions of cubic metres of coal ash slurry down a river valley, families were still evacuating and environmentalists Friday called it an historical energy disaster. The dam ...
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China's two pandas reject Taiwan bamboo, lose 3 kg
Taipei - The two giant pandas given by China to Taiwan are turning up their nose at Taiwanese bamboo and have each lost 3 kilogrammes, a newspaper reported Saturday. Tuan Tuan, the male, weighed 109 kg while Yuan Yuan, the female, weighed 111.2 kg wh...
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2008-12-26 ] Category : [
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Another Taiwan zoo wants giant pandas from China
Taipei - After the Taipei Zoo received two giant pandas from China, another Taiwan zoo said Friday it is seeking to receive a pair of pandas from China. The Leofoo Village Theme Park in Hsinchu, western Taiwan, which applied for two Chinese pandas bu...
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Sri Lanka remembers 40,000 who perished in 2004 tsunami
Colombo – Sri Lanka held remembrance ceremonies in various parts of the island nation to mark the fourth anniversary of the devastating tsunami on Boxing Day, 2004, that claimed over 40,000 lives and displaced more than half a million people.. An isl...
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2008-12-26 ] Category : [
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