SOURCE LINK: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,26402977-421,00.html
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THE Northern Territory government has declared war on thousands of thirsty, marauding camels threatening residents and destroying water mains in Central Australia. In the past month, up to 6000 feral camels have invaded Docker River, a community 500km southwest of Alice Springs, in search of water.
They have torn up mains, sewerage pipes and even taken water from the top of air-conditioning units, The Australian reports...
HEADLINE: Sparkling reindeer-dung jewelry sells at Ill. zoo
SOURCE LINK: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/24/national/a012053S13.DTL
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Sparkly reindeer-dung necklaces are going on sale at an Illinois zoo that hopes to attract the same holiday shoppers who swept up its dung Christmas ornaments last year.
The limited-edition Magical Reindeer Gem necklaces will debut Friday at the Miller Park Zoo in Bloomington.
The $15 pendant necklaces contain dried, sterilized reindeer droppings — sprayed with glitter — on a beaded chain. They'll be available at the zoo's gift shop, or by mail for $20.
HEADLINE: Putin's tiger is missing, despite satellite collar
SOURCE LINK: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6932008.ece
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Vladimir Putin’s tigress is missing.
The rare Siberian tiger that Russia’s Prime Minister shot with a tranquiliser dart and fitted with a satellite-tracking collar has disappeared, according to environmentalists.
Its movements were being tracked on Mr Putin’s official website to highlight threats to the survival of the animal, also called the Amur tiger.The female tiger’s last location was recorded two months ago and nothing has been heard from her since.
HEADLINE: Man Recreates PanAm 747 in His Garage
SOURCE LINK: http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/BusinessTraveler/airplane-buff-recreates-panam-747-class-cabin-garage/story?id=9158956
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As a child, Anthony Toth visited nearly every aviation museum in North America. But the models of airplanes and displays of memorabilia left him unimpressed.
"I really wanted something that would appeal to all my senses," said the 42-year-old executive of United Airlines. "I wanted to be able to sit in the cabin, to be able to look at all the things that were in there. And even maybe experience what the onboard product might have been like."
What he really wanted was to recreate his experience flying internationally as a child from his boyhood home in Ohio to visit relatives in Rome and Budapest, Hungary. So, when no museum met his criteria, Toth decided to create one for himself. Twenty years in the making, the result is a recreation of a first-class cabin of a Boeing 747 from the now-defunct Pan American World Airways, his favorite airline as a child. ..
HEADLINE: "Rocket Man" Fizzles over Atlantic
SOURCE LINK: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/11/25/world/main5773089.shtml?tag=cbsnewsTwoColLowerPromoArea;morenews
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A Swiss adventurer has gone down in the Atlantic while trying to fly from Morocco to Spain on jet-powered wings. A rescue helicopter has pulled him from the water and he appears to be unhurt.
Yves Rossy took off from Tangiers on Wednesday but halfway through an expected 15-minute flight he went down into wind-swept waters.
"Winds were certainly difficult today," the organizers' Twitter Web feed said.
Live television footage of the attempt showed Rossy waving while in the water waiting to be rescued.
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