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August 4, 2005
Drunken wood pigeons have become a nuisance for bird rescue staff in New Zealand, with about 30 having to be rescued in the last two months. Robyn Webb, of the Whangarei Native Bird Rescue Center says, the kereru birds have been eating guava berries, which have fermented and caused the birds to become intoxicated.
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June 26, 2005
Topics disney, fire, water, joint, furniture, shark, wood, earth, construction, metal, chinese and food
According to a company spokeswoman, Walt Disney officials consulted feng shui experts before building Hong Kong Disneyland. Disney tilted the park several degrees and set up "no fire zones" in kitchens, to maintain a balance of the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire and earth throughout the park.
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June 14, 2005
Topics wood, toronto, scotland, hero, rape, gay, hands, foot, running, hand, sex, reuters, people, woman, man and police
In the midst of a Toronto neighborhood rests a 13-1/2 foot bronze and granite monument depicting Alexander Wood, famous for both owning the land on which the community now sits, and for being run out of town due to sexual scandal in the early 1800s. The statue of a hero in Toronto's gay community is the cause of concern both for the actions of the man it depicts and for the somewhat graphic description of the 19th-Century sex scandal that made him famous.
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