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Vietnam police use fishing nets to capture motorbike street racers
Police in Vietnam have given a whole new meaning to the term "dragnet" – in a bid to end dangerous illegal motorbike street racing they are using fishing nets to catch their prey.
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Rembrandt painting identified by X-rays
A painting by an unknown artist has been identified as a Rembrandt after X-ray scans revealed a self-portrait of the artist lying below the surface.
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Female artist who is living naked with pigs for 104 hours
The former medical student is staying in a pen at the front of one of the galleries at Art Basel Miami 2011, and visitors can watch her, naked, through the window.
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Paramedic drove on laughing gas
A paramedic has been suspended after he was seen inhaling laughing gas while driving an emergency vehicle.
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Peckforton Castle fire: Bridegroom admits £6m arson
A bridegroom has admitted starting a £6m fire at a Cheshire castle where his wedding reception was being held.
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Man who tried to rob closed bank in Germany jailed
A man who tried to hold up a bank that had been closed for years has been jailed by a court in Germany.
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Fox carcass discovery closes restaurant
Health inspectors have shut down a Vietnamese restaurant in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt after they found a fox carcass there, apparently ready to be eaten or served to customers.
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Sweden's Christmas goat succumbs to flames
The giant 13 metre tall Christmas goat (Gävlebocken) in the main square of Gävle, on the east coast of Sweden went up in flames early Friday morning after an attack by unknown assailants.
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Cheerful stores drive away stressed Christmas shoppers, experts warn
Shops seen to be revelling too much in the festive season risk damaging sales figures by driving away stressed out customers, experts have warned.
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Couple romping on slide are thrown out of water park
This randy couple were caught out seeking the ultimate thrill on a water park's giant slide.
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Naked demo girls are flash mob
Women activists fleshed out their opposition to prostitution and sex tourism with a naked protest in Ukraine today.
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Widow distraught when ambulance arrives to take husband to appointment... FOUR YEARS after his death
An ambulance called at a widow's home to pick up her husband for a hospital appointment nearly four years after his death.
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Genitals stuck in a chastity belt, head caught in a cat flap and a hand wedged in a vending machine: Fire crews reveal their most bizarre call-outs
From freeing a man's genitals from a titanium chastity belt to rescuing a woman wedged in a vending machine, firefighters in the capital have had some truly bizarre call-outs.
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Flesh-eating banana fears hit Mozambique
Rumours of flesh-eating bananas in Mozambique have seen the sale of the fruit plummet there, prompting the health minister to reassure people of its safety.
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Florida woman left with horrific burns after face catches fire during routine surgery
A WOMAN was recovering in a burns unit in Alabama today after her face caught fire during routine surgery.
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Man has dolphin tattooed on his stump
A man who lost an arm in a freak accident has had his stump transformed by a tattoo artist into the head of a dolphin.
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Shop offers sex toys for kids' toy donation
An Alabama sex store is offering free sex toys in a holiday campaign called Toys for Tots and Ta-Tas.
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Zlata the Russian contortionist releases her 2012 calendar
The rubbery Russian has created 12 wonderfully weird poses for each month of the year, ranging from performing the splits to cooking in the kitchen with her leg over her head.
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WWI explosive shell discovered in home
The Royal Canadian Air Force was called in when a B.C. woman found a First World War explosive shell — still live — while clearing out her house.
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Lawsuit Filed After New Mexico Teen Arrested for Burping in Class
A 13-year-old was handcuffed and hauled off to a juvenile detention for burping in class, according to a lawsuit filed against an Albuquerque school principal, a teacher and city police officer.
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Customers Hurt by Syringes Found in Clothes at Georgia Walmart
At least two people were hurt after four syringes were found hidden in bras, kids pajamas and other items of clothing at a Walmart store in Georgia.
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Serial shopping trolley thief busted
Spanish police have caught a man who stole thousands of supermarket trolleys by tracking him with GPS devices hidden on them.
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