Monday, September 27, 2010

Segway owner dies riding one off cliff

Segway owner dies riding one off cliff

Segway owner dies riding one off cliff

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Call it irony, fate, or simply an accident, in Britain, the owner of Segway died over the weekend when he apparently drove one of the devices off a cliff near his home.


Man performs with dangerous crocodile

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This story is no crock - even though it's about a Croc - and his human friend. Costarican fisherman Chito found Pocho about 20 years ago. He was wounded by a farmer's bullet and weighed just 150 pounds. Chito says the animal wasn't eating. He fed him chickens and fish and gave him medicine. Pocho now weighs in at nearly a thousand pounds. The Croc also stretched 17 feet. Most people wouldn't want to get anywhere near a beast of this size - but Chito says the animal gained the trust over the years. He says after about a decade, he started to work with Pocho a bit.


Man leaves behind 1905-page suicide note

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A 35-year-old man, who shot himself near Harvard University a week ago, has left behind a 1905-page suicide note, an online document he had been working on for the last five years.


Italy: Crack squad hunts down fake, stolen art

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Captain Corrado Catesi of Italy's Carabinieri art squad strides into their high security vault in the center of Rome, eager to show some of the crack squad's latest seizures. The vault is filled with fakes and counterfeits.


US marines battle Taliban in Marjah

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United States marines, accompanied by elements of the Afghan National Army (ANA) were involved in a firefight with Taliban insurgents in the key town of Marjah on Sunday. The soldiers - from Echo Company of the 2/9 Marine Brigade - were forced to take cover as they came under fire from at least three locations. They responded with a barrage of rockets and machine gun fire. The patrol was filmed at work by an AP Television cameraman embedded with US troops. Air support was provided by Cobra attack helicopters.


Palestinians wait on decision to quit peace talks

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The Palestinian President said on Monday he would wait at least a week before deciding whether to quit Mideast peace talks, giving US mediators precious time to broker a compromise after Israel refused to extend its 10-month moratorium on new West Bank settlement construction.


Chavez opponents find foothold

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President Hugo Chavez's opponents blocked him from capturing an overwhelming majority in Venezuela's congressional election, making gains that could challenge the firebrand leader's iron grip on power.


Live like a King in Austria

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Austria's Schoenbrunn Palace complex features elaborate flower beds, fountains filled with beautifully carved statues and majestic old-world architecture. Austria, unlike most other European countries, rents out apartments in palaces to anyone who applies.


Pakistan to chair nuclear watchdog IAEA

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Pakistan has been chosen to head the UN atomic agency's governing body, despite its refusal to accept the nonproliferation treaty and its link to the nuclear black marketeer who supplied Iran and North Korea.


NRI in Oz says she poured petrol over abusive husband

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An Indian-origin woman told a court in Australia on Monday that she set fire to her husband's genitals because she believed he was having an affair. The man later died of burn injuries. Rajini Narayan, 46, told the South Australian Supreme Court in Adelaide, that she poured petrol on her husband, Satish Narayan, 47, and set him on fire, Australia's AAP news agency reported Monday.


US, NATO helicopters strike in Pakistan; 53 militants killed

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NATO helicopters in eastern Afghanistan launched rare air strikes into Pakistan, reportedly killing more than 50 militants after an outpost near the border came under attack from insurgents, officials said on Monday.


New York teacher says she was a sex worker

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Parents at a school in New York were stunned when a 30-year-old teacher, who has a Master's degree in fine arts, revealed she was a former sex worker.


Pakistan govt, judiciary face-off over NRO beneficiaries

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In Pakistan, a growing confrontation between the Supreme Court and the government over sanction to prosecute President Zardari and other top leaders for corruption could lead to a serious political crisis and even the fall of the government.


New book shares US plan in case of 9/11- type attack

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The United States has a secret "retribution" plan to bomb every known al-Qaeda compound or training camp in the event of another 9/11-like attack on American soil by terrorists based in Pakistan, according to a new book.


Pre-nup agreement to cut veggies, cook food

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A poor Chinese man who wants to marry a rich girl has to sign a pre-nuptial agreement drawn up by the girl's mother that says he has to wash and cut vegetables, cook food and if he ever has an extra-marital affair, he would have to pay a million yuan.


China to stick to one-child policy

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China will stick to its three decade old one child policy, an official has said, amid revelations that suicide rate among the rapidly aging population is on the rise in the world's most populous nation, due to lack of filial care.


Swiss minister's giggling fit an online hit

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Switzerland's finance minister spiced up a parliamentary debate by collapsing into giggles while answering a question about imports of cured meats. The video showing Hans-Rudolf Merz convulsing with laughter at the unintelligible bureaucratic language in his script has created popular sympathy for the outgoing finance chief.


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