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Saturday, February 26, 2011 An elderly Brooklyn, New York woman was found dead yesterday after a fire triggered by a voodoo ceremony caused a blaze in an apartment that left dozens homeless. The details of the ceremony were not clear, but sources say it led to sex. An unidentified woman hired a Voodoo priest for
Candle knocked over during voodoo sex ritual causes apartment fire
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Friday, June 22, 2007 According to court documents obtained by Wikinews, Randy Squires, an African American male and a former police officer of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia (DCMPD) has filed a lawsuit against the department alleging racial discrimination and harassment by a fellow officer. Squires is also suing the former
Former Washington D.C. police officer sues district for racial discrimination and harassment
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Friday, January 22, 2010 Part of a major 2007 report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which claimed that the glaciers in the Himalayas were likely to melt within thirty years, has been found to have not been based on scientific data. The IPCC, a United Nations panel, admitted that the original claim
IPCC claims about Himalayan glaciers were not based on science
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See More About: Hammerhead Dune Buggy Goulburn Off Road Carts & Generators byAlma Abell What is MRI? MRI stands for magnetic resonance imaging. It’s when a powerful magnetic field, radio waves and a computer are all used to generate detailed images of the inside your body. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA_whgott_8[/youtube] What is it used for? This medical procedure
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Wednesday, September 6, 2006 The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), in the September 2006 issue of its journal Pediatrics, supports the use of dairy by lactose intolerant children. Dr. Melvin B. Heyman, author of the article, says that just because a child is lactose intolerant, does not mean that they should avoid dairy altogether. Many
American Academy of Pediatrics supports dairy for lactose intolerant children
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Monday, December 26, 2005According to the Scotsman newspaper, the directors of the 2012 London Olympics have insisted that the city won the right to host the games “fairly and squarely” after claims were touted by an Israeli official that a “potentially decisive vote was cast in error by an International Olympic Committee (IOC) official” The
Olympics organisers insist London win in 2012 ballot was fair
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Thursday, December 18, 2008 A team of eight transplant surgeons in Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, USA, led by reconstructive surgeon Dr. Maria Siemionow, age 58, have successfully performed the first almost total face transplant in the US, and the fourth globally, on a woman so horribly disfigured due to trauma, that cost her an eye.
Cleveland, Ohio clinic performs US’s first face transplant
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Saturday, May 19, 2012 A total of fifteen players have left Bolton Wanderers F.C. after the club was relegated from England’s Premier League at the end of the season. Eleven of the players were released after their contracts expired while Nigel Reo-Coker activated a clause in his contract that allowed him to leave the club.
Fifteen players leave Bolton Wanderers F.C. after relegation
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