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July 3, 2008
Topics navy, boat, military, cocaine, drugs, africa, wales, europe, prince, united, london, head, men and police
The crew of the HMS Iron Duke, the ship Prince William is training on, seized nearly a ton of cocaine Saturday. The HMS Iron Duke stopped a 50-foot speedboat which the Iron Duke's crew spotted hundreds of miles northeast of Barbados. The sighting raised suspicions because it is unusual to see such a small vessel so far out at sea.
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May 28, 2008
Several fingers and intestines were all that was left of a gamekeeper in South African when he was eaten by six lions. Authorities said the 49-year-old man was working at the Uitspan game farm in northwest South Africa Tuesday when he entered the cage of the lions to give them water.
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March 18, 2008
Hundreds of Liberian women refugees have been arrested after going nude to protest plans by the Ghanaian government to send them West for resettlement with $100 instead of the $1,000 they are demanding. "When women strip themselves naked and stand by a major highway, that is not a peaceful demonstration," Interior Minister Kwamena Bartels told the BBC's Network Africa program.
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March 17, 2008
Topics snake, teenager, school, rats, weird, freak, beautiful, snakes, africa, oil, leaves, skin, pool, window, friends, love, girl, help, money and family
A teenager from South Africa has developed an unusual yet strong bond with a 10-foot long Burmese long python, a bond that has been sustained for two years. The teenager, 11th-grader Simone Naidoo, got the python named Theo after falling in love with snakes at 10 years old. She saw the slithery creatures displayed at a window during a grade school fair.
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March 12, 2008
Auction house Sotheby's said Wednesday that rare and precious gemstones are generating a strong following in the Asian region. This as Sotheby's unveiled a 72-carat, flawless white diamond set to be hammered off for $10 million to $12 million in the upcoming Asian sale. Quek Chin announced that this D-color, white stone will be the third largest "pear-shaped" stone ever auctioned globally and the most expensive diamond ever sold at auction in Asia.
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