Well it happened. Yesterday a SpanAir flight leaving Madrid for Gran Canaria crashed shortly after takeoff killing nearly all aboard. Questions will doubtless be asked as to how this Madrid plane disaster could have happened. The answers may not be to many people's liking but one thing is sure. That budget airline is notorious

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Ian Usher has sold his entire life on eBay. The Perth, Australia man has sold his house, car, sporting gear, even his job and his friends. Well he has just been through a messy divorce so he probably wanted to get rid of his so-called friends anyway! You have to think though that this probably wasn't the best decision for Ian

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The death toll from Typhoon Frank is look set to rise with reports of a large passenger ferry has overturned in rough seas in the southern province. Typhoon Frank aka Typhoon Fengshen is the latest in a string of typhoons which have hit the Philippines this year but this may be the most damaging typhoon yet to hit this year e

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Frank W Dux is the guy who's real-life story was dramatized in the film Bloodsport. Frank Dux claimed to have won an infamous bloodsport tournament in the 1970's when he was stationed in thailand as a CIA operative - his biography sounds like the best of Ian Flemings famous James Bond and its hard to tell how much is fact an

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The Grail Movement is a spiritual, apparently Christian cult based on the writing of a Austrian man who died during World War 2 The movement has spread accross the world as far as Africa and the US but has now hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons now that a cult member has admitted torturing and keeping her sons in the

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Christina Mae Watson's have some comfort now that the Australian Coroner's court have decided that there is a case for her husband Gabe Watson to answer to for her death, while diving in Queensland on her honeymoon. Gabe Watson was an experienced Scuba diver who was diving with his novice wife with a dive group when she fail

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Gooey Duck is in fact the world's largest clam with the giant bivalves growing to over 15lb and fetching up to $30/lb in Asia because of their healthy properties: especially for male stamina if you get my drift. Farmers really don't care what the Asians believe their giant clams will do for their love life so long as they ke

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It is the latest discovery in the animal kingdom, it is the unicorn deer discovered in Italy. It is one year old and was nicknamed unicorn. It gives hope to everyone who believes in unicorns and fairies. Since the unicorn deer exists then every other mythological creature must exist as well. In the photo, the deer appears to ha

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A derranged man has run amok in the Akihabara district of Tokyo, Japan with maybe five people already reported killed. Fortunately his weapon was a knife rather than a gun as it probably would have been if he had been resident in the US Japan's tough gun control laws at least means that this type of incident doesn't have the

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President Raul Castro, who succeeded Fidel, his elder brother, is taking a bold step forward by authorizing free change surgeries to qualifying Cuban citizens as part of the Cuban health-care system. Sex change operations are quite expensive.

Cuban doctors trained with physicians from Belgium to learn how to perform the sex

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June 6 is the anniversary of the D Day landings in Normandy, France which heralded the beginning of the ending of the war in Europe. The combined allies force landed on 5 beaches in Normandy and started the long fight accross Europe to liberate France and ultimately Germany itself. Meanwhile the Soviet army fought west to fin

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The price of fruit and vegetables keep on going up but what about the record price paid for a Densuke Watermelon in Japan: $6000 for a single, admittedly beautiful black watermelon. Watermelons in Japan are particularly sought after as gifts and this is the start of the traditional gift giving season in Japan. So yes your lo

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Is Phu Quoc in southern Vietnam the new landing place for ET. Reports are coming in that UFOs have been seen over the northern part of the large tropical island in the South China sea. Maybe a new Bermuda Triangle is developing in Asia: what other mysterious happenings have occurred in this remote location in Indo China.
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Tale of terror at sea, or a pre-planned scam for media riches? That's the question police are asking of a couple who were rescued 19 hours adrift and claiming their dive boat abandoned them on their scuba diving expedition.
Sounds like they got the idea from the movie "Left Behind". Whatever their intent there's no doubt f

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Yves St Larent has left a great legacy. The Algerian Frenchman was a find of Christian Dior, whose studio propelled St Laurent to the front of French fashion. He liberated women with his easy to wear pant suits, and his trade mark simple but chic couture. He went on to make his fortune using his YSL label on everything from

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