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May 14, 2013
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Angelina Jolie has healthy breasts removed Actress Angelina Jolie has revealed that she has undergone a preventive double mastectomy to reduce her risk of cancer. Her mother died from cancer aged 56. Angelina Jolie has revealed that she recently underwent a preventative double mastectomy. The actress, whose mother, Marcheline Bertrand, died of ovarian cancer...
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£40m for any man who can turn gay daughter straight

September 27, 2012
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By Mail Foreign Service PUBLISHED: 16:46 GMT, 26 September 2012 | UPDATED: 00:39 GMT, 27 September 2012 As a billionaire playboy who claims to have bedded 10,000 women, Cecil Chao has no doubts about his own sexuality. Now he is trying to dictate the sexuality of his children too. The 76-year-old property and shipping...
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Eduard Khil, the ‘Trololo Man,’ Dead at 77

June 5, 2012
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Neetzan Zimmerman Russian baritone crooner Eduard Khil, who became world famous two years ago when his 1976 performance of the song “I Am So Happy to Finally Be Back Home” went viral on YouTube, passed away today in St. Petersburg, two months after suffering a stroke that caused irreversible brain damage. He was 77....
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BRAVE FACE: How Aesha Mohammadzai is rebuilding her life after being left for dead

May 21, 2012
The Time magazine cover that brought Aesha Mohammadzai's plight to the world's attention. Picture: Time Magazine

AESHA Mohammadzai is a 22-year-old woman who’s experienced enough pain for 22 lifetimes. She’s the Afghan teenager, who at 18 fled to the United States after being left severely disfigured for defying the Taliban. Ms Mohammadzai had her nose and ears cut off by her brutal husband for attempting to escape their arranged marriage....
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Funny letter from Ronald Reagan to seventh-grader resurfaces

May 20, 2012
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An amusing letter from former President Ronald Reagan in response to a 13-year-old boy’s request for disaster relief funds to clean up his room is making the rounds again on social media, thanks to a blog writer. Shaun Usher of Letters of Note tweeted the classic correspondence. Seventh-grader Andy Smith from Irmo, South Carolina,...
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Thatcher snatched Ronald Raegan’s doodle 30 years ago

March 17, 2012
Margaret Thatcher swiped some of Ronald Reagan's drawings at a summit more than 30 years ago, newly released papers revealed. Picture: AP

NewsCore FORMER British prime minister Margaret Thatcher swiped a page of doodles by then-US president Ronald Reagan at a summit more than 30 years ago, newly released papers revealed. Britain’s only female prime minister to date noticed the US leader sketching during a G7 summit in Canada in 1981 and decided to pocket the...
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Bearded Lady Vivian Wheeler Finds Her Son After 33 Years

March 13, 2012
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Marc Hartzman Contributor Every adopted child wonders who his biological mother is. Movie star? Rock star? Maybe a big-shot CEO? For Richard Lorenc, she turned out to be the last thing he ever imagined: a sideshow bearded lady.The 33-year-old Kansas man had always been curious about his birth parents, but with a wife and two...
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Graffiti artist David Choe set for Facebook windfall

February 6, 2012
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Continue reading the main story A US graffiti artist who painted Facebook’s offices is set to become a multi-millionaire when the social network begins trading as a public company. David Choe, who first spray-painted the walls of Facebook HQ in 2005, accepted shares in payment for his work. Now the site is planning to...
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‘World’s oldest’ yoga teacher a spritely 91-years-old

December 23, 2011
Bernice Bates, 91, is the world's oldest yoga teacher, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Picture: AP

    BERNICE Bates is 91 years old and more flexible than people a third of her age. Guinness World Records recently awarded her title of Oldest Yoga Teacher. While there might be other, older yogis, Ms Bates, completed the lengthy documentation process required by Guinness. Her daughter nominated her earlier this year. Ms...
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Aboriginal community Yarrabah crowns new king, the only traditionally-recognised monarch in Australia

December 17, 2011
The coronation: Jabaan is crowned King of Yarrabah. Pictures: Stewart McLean. Source: The Cairns Post

AUSTRALIA’s sole king rules a rich, fertile land of 158 sq km bounded by turquoise seas and white sand beaches dotted with palm trees. Honouring the past, embracing the future, he’s a very 21st century king. Yarrabah’s first monarch for almost 20 years has identified cultural awareness, respect for elders and tackling illegal poaching...
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