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March 27, 2007
Topics princess, queen, love, man, douglas, lawyers, model, hard, army, mail, lawyer, newspaper, law and dead
A man claiming to be the love child of Britain's Princess Margaret will take his claim to London's High Court on Tuesday. Robert Brown - a 52-year-old accountant from Jersey - insists he was born following an affair between the late princess and a man she was once in love with, Group Captain Peter Townsend, making him Queen Elizabeth's illegitimate nephew.
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March 22, 2007
Authorities in Boca Raton, Florida arrested 21-year-old Rachel Lyndsee Otto for impersonating a sheriff's deputy and conducting traffic stop. Otto was also charged of placing her victim on handcuffs. Otto pretended to be an off-duty officer for the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office when she arrested a man for alleged road rage. She even asked a community service officer to call for back up.
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March 2, 2007
Swiss infantry soldiers numbering 170 accidentally marched into the neighboring country of Liechtenstein when they got lost at night during a routine training exercise. The soldiers had reached 2 kilometers across the border before they realized their mistake and turned back. The story was confirmed by a Swiss army spokesman.
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March 2, 2007
Topics book, world, coach, sports, asian, games, army, post, england, help, news and people
A Nepali sports person, whose name was featured in the Guinness Book of World Records, for clocking the fastest run at the highest altitude, only learned about it eight years after setting the record. A news report published in The Kathmandu Post said the long distance runner, Hari Bahadur Rokaya was stunned when he found his name in the golden jubilee edition of the Guinness Book four months ago.
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February 22, 2007
Topics internet, china, teens, people, nationwide, vietnam, thailand, korea, asian, metal, bars, games, military, army, post, drugs, window, chinese and web
In a treatment that equates Internet addicts to mentally ill people, China is giving electric shocks to people who spend more time on the Internet than required. The Chinese government has launched a nationwide campaign to treat "Internet addiction" and many Internet-addiction clinics have been opened in this regard. A recent survey found that nearly 14 percent of teens in China are vulnerable to becoming addicted to the Internet. The Communist Youth League calls it a "a grave social problem" that threatens the youth of this Asian country.
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