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October 1, 2007
A Pakistani man broke the Guinness Book of World Records for "ear-lifting" in Vienna, Austria by carrying almost 62 kilograms from a cord attached to his right ear on Sunday. Zafar Gill's earned his ear a place in the record books as part of "Vienna Record breaker" day, held in the Austrian capital.
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April 27, 2007
Topics train, toilet, body, heart, search, paper, newspaper, dead, death, family, man and trains
The search for a missing man ended Thursday afternoon after he was found dead in the toilet of the train he boarded a day earlier. Edy Haryanto, 55, reportedly boarded the round trip train for Jakarta from the central Javanese town of Tegal, but family members waiting at the destination were shocked to find him missing. According to a local newspaper Detikcom, Edy went missing when the train arrived at Gambir, a station on the way to Jakarta.
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April 3, 2007
Topics train, trains, wheels, french, japanese, express, korea, paris, quotes, france, china, cars, black and world
A French train broke the world speed record Tuesday for conventional rail trains when it roared along at more than 350 mph, just a few points behind the Japanese magnetically levitated train. France's TGV, with a 25,000-horsepower engine and special wheels, reached 357. 2 mph as against Japan's 361. The black and chrome V150 with three double-decker cars surpassed the record of 320. 2 mph (515. 3 kph) set in 1990 by another French train. Engineers attributed the two supercharged locomotives and extra-large wheels for the speed.
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December 8, 2006
Topics casino, gambling, balls, houses, construction, singapore, cards, train, schools, club, lost, help, school and trains
Casino Royale it is not. The country's first casino school is preparing to train the future staff of the much-awaited gambling era in the small city-state. The country will see the casino boom by 2009 with the construction of two casino resorts. The new establishments are expected to bring in more than $1. 4 billion dollars a year for Singapore and will need a minimum of 35,000 staff to run them.
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November 8, 2006
Topics songs, help, creative, virus, trains, aids, dance, secretary, spread, homeless, natural, train, reuters and indian
Officials in the state of Bihar have created a novel idea to both rehabilitate beggars and help prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS: pay beggars to sing songs and enact plays to raise awareness of the deadly virus. They want to train many of the estimated 100,000 homeless in the state to put on street plays about AIDS and to sing songs about it in trains and buses and on the sides of busy roads.
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