Topic: NEWS english - on August 7, 2004 at 11:21:00 AM CEST
Alice Cooper's Snake Eats Too Much
Alice the albino python had a little too much to eat for dinner. Just hours before its owner, rocker Alice Cooper, was to take the stage at a theater in Wallingford last weekend, the 8-foot-long snake ate a live rat and then swallowed a 12-by-14 inch heating pad, wires and all, that had been left in its cage by mistake.
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Topic: NEWS english - on August 7, 2004 at 11:10:00 AM CEST
Towel found in woman's body 7 years after surgery
Relatives of a woman whose surgeon left a rolled-up towel inside her chest seven years ago have filed a lawsuit against the clinic where the surgery was performed.
Bonnie Valle often complained about an odd feeling in her chest in the years following a procedure at the Cleveland Clinic, family members said.
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Topic: NEWS english - on August 7, 2004 at 11:08:00 AM CEST
Olympic Spy Zeppelin Flies Into Greek Flak
Greek activists say a 200-foot surveillance zeppelin patrolling Olympic Athens tramples on civil rights and have launched legal action to ground it.
The blimp, dubbed Big Brother by local media, carries a battery of hi-tech sensors from spy cameras to chemical agent detectors and is part of Greece's $1.2 billion security plan.
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Topic: NEWS english - on August 7, 2004 at 10:51:00 AM CEST
World's Hairiest Man Has Ear Hair Removed to Hear
The world's hairiest man, Chinese rock singer Yu Zhenhuan, underwent ear surgery in Shanghai on Friday to remove hair that was impairing his hearing, the Xinhua news agency said on Friday.
Doctors said Yu had complained of constant earaches and nausea and had lost one-third of his hearing, Xinhua said.
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Topic: NEWS english - on August 6, 2004 at 12:45:00 PM CEST
Mysterious Killings Continue
A fourth brown bear was reported dead and left to rot this week near a popular bear-watching and fishing stream along the northern border of Alaska's Katmai National Park and Preserve as rangers continued a criminal investigation into a series of bizarre and apparently illegal kills.
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Topic: NEWS english - on August 6, 2004 at 11:18:00 AM CEST
Post office in Switzerland launches commemorative wooden stamp
After producing stamps made of lace or smelling of chocolate, Switzerland's postal service has turned to the Alpine country's forests for inspiration.
Swiss Post on Thursday launched its latest unusual commemorative stamp, a square of pinewood with a face value of five Swiss francs ($5 Cdn). The stamps, which celebrate Switzerland's lumber industry, are roughly the thickness of a credit card.
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Topic: NEWS english - on August 3, 2004 at 11:50:00 AM CEST
Couple kicked off flight because of T-shirt depicting breast
A couple returning home from a Costa Rican vacation was ejected from an American Airlines flight because the man was wearing a T-shirt depicting a bare breast.
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Topic: NEWS english - on August 3, 2004 at 11:49:00 AM CEST
Shark lovers take the plunge
Most people get married flanked by friends, but on Saturday a couple of Italian environmentalists tied the knot in a tank surrounded by sharks.
Daniela Consolaro, 31, and Maurizio Andreosi, 40, each wearing bubble-helmet immersion suits, were lowered into a shark tank cage at a Cattolica aquarium, on the Adriatic coast.
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Topic: NEWS english - on July 31, 2004 at 1:32:00 PM CEST
Second-hand knicker sale
BARGAIN-hunters will have the chance to bid at an auction with a difference tonight as a collection of used underwear goes on sale.
A backpacker hotel in Australia has amassed built up an impressive array of skimpy bras and knickers donated by travellers Down Under across the years.
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Topic: NEWS english - on July 31, 2004 at 12:21:00 PM CEST
Porkers run wild on Austrian motorway
Nearly 200 pigs escaped onto a busy motorway in Austria after the lorry carrying them turned over.
It is reported that the driver lost control of the vehicle after skidding in heavy rain on the A9 motorway near Rottenmann.
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Topic: NEWS english - on July 31, 2004 at 11:21:00 AM CEST
London transit authority removing 'smelly' food posters that offended Italians
London transport authorities promised Friday to remove posters warning against eating on the subway that left a bad taste in the mouths of Italian diplomats.
The offending advertisement depicted a man on a subway train surrounded by salami, strings of sausages and Parma hams, above the words: "Please don't eat smelly food." Guido Cerboni, economic affairs chief at the Italian Embassy in London, said the poster is "offensive and harmful to Italian products."
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Topic: NEWS english - on July 30, 2004 at 11:31:00 AM CEST
Curious black bear opens pipeline valve cover; causes oil spill
A curious black bear caused an oil spill near this town in the Northwest Territories, say officials.
About 12,000 litres of oil, equal to about a dozen household tanks, leaked out after the animal accidentally opened a valve at an Enbridge Pipelines site.
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