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  1. The cover to The Penguin Book of Ghosts is seen in a handout photo.

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    Most haunted places revealed

    Reuters - Friday, May 9 11:24 am

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    LONDON (Reuters) - From screaming skulls and headless horsemen to murdered brides and phantom farmers, English folklore is full of spine-tingling ghost stories. More »

  2. A wad of 100 dollar bills. A Vietnamese man in Norway lost around 35,000 dollars after he was led to believe that mixing the cash with a special liquid would double its value, Norwegian media has reported.

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    Man loses 35,000 dollars in 'marinaded money' scam

    AFP - Saturday, May 10 02:41 pm

    Sent 90 Times

    OSLO, May 10, 2008 (AFP) - A Vietnamese man in Norway lost around 35,000 dollars after he was led to believe that mixing the cash with a special liquid would double its value, Norwegian media reported Saturday. More »

  3. A man and a woman wait at a tram stop in Manchester. England, famous across the world as the country of Shakespeare, royalty, fair play and manners, is a nation of

    UK

    England a not so green and pleasant land: tourist guide

    AFP - Friday, May 9 02:53 am

    Sent 41 Times

    LONDON (AFP) - England, famous across the world as the country of Shakespeare, royalty, fair play and manners, is a nation of "overweight, sex-and-celebrity-obsessed TV addicts", according to a new tourist guide. More »

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    Lynchings in Congo as penis theft panic hits capital

    Reuters - Tuesday, April 22 06:21 pm

    Sent 39 Times

    KINSHASA (Reuters) - Police in Congo have arrested 13 suspected sorcerers accused of using black magic to steal or shrink men's penises after a wave of panic and attempted lynchings triggered by the alleged witchcraft. More »

  5. UK

    Sunny spell could lead to smog

    Press Assoc. - Saturday, May 10 07:38 am

    Sent 29 Times

    Warm, sunny weather across much of the UK is set to lead to the first summer smog, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has warned. More »

  6. UK

    Eggs withdrawn in lead alert

    Press Assoc. - Saturday, May 10 07:38 am

    Sent 25 Times

    Supermarket chain Waitrose has recalled organic eggs from one of its suppliers over fears that they may have been contaminated with lead. More »

  7. UK

    Concern over rent-a-dog service

    Press Assoc. - Saturday, May 10 12:27 pm

    Sent 17 Times

    Animal welfare organisations expressed concern about a rent-a-dog service introduced in Britain which allows busy people to own part-time pets. More »

  8. Top Stories

    US war dead cremated in same facility as pets: Pentagon

    AFP - Saturday, May 10 03:27 am

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    WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates ordered a review of the handling of the remains of US war dead and apologized after learning that some were cremated in a commercial facility that also cremates pets, the Pentagon said. More »

  9. UK

    Npower sacks salesmen during probe

    Press Assoc. - Saturday, May 10 10:27 am

    Sent 16 Times

    Energy firm npower has sacked six salesmen as it undergoes a regulator probe for mis-selling, the company said. More »

  10. UK

    George's fable: the tortoise and the chair

    AFP - Friday, May 9 02:45 pm

    Sent 12 Times

    LONDON (AFP) - A giant tortoise called George had to be rescued by the Essex fire brigade after becoming entangled in a garden chair, its owner said Friday. More »

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  • 1.Women sit on specially designed seats at a park in southwest China's Chongqing municipality, April 20, 2007. A type of fat that accumulates around the hips and bottom may actually offer some protection against diabetes, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.Reuters

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  • 2.Baby with two faces hailed as goddessITN

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  • 3.A dead body (front) lying near a dead pig (background) in the debris left from Cyclone Nargis on a flooded field in Labutta, a town in the Irrawaddy division of southwest Myanmar, on May 7. More than one million homeless in Myanmar are battling to stave off disease and hunger, with the military government still limiting foreign assistance six days after a massive cyclone.AFP

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  • 4.The cover to The Penguin Book of Ghosts is seen in a handout photo.Reuters

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  • 5.Anastasia Pozdniakova, foreground, and Yulia Pakhalina, both of Russia, perform at the USA Diving Grand Prix during the women’s synchronized 3-meter final on Friday, May 9, 2008, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Pozdniakova and Pakhalina finished in first place. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)AP

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  • 6.Middle East Quartet envoy Tony Blair gestures during a visit to the West Bank city of Jenin on May 7, 2008. Blair has been advising his successor Gordon Brown on how to win the next general election, The Times' political editor said Friday after interviewing the former British prime minister's wife.AFP

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  • 7.Lindsay Lohan, seen here in April 2008, has withdrawn from an upcoming movie about convicted murderer Charles Manson, her publicist said Friday, following an Internet report she had been axed from the project.AFP

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  • 8.An Iraqi woman holds onto a truck while waiting for food supplies to be distributed by Iraqi's soldiers among the residents of the Shiite enclave of Sadr city in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, May 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)AP

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  • 9.The Specials to reform for tourworld entertainment news

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