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Six British binmen were rushed to hospital after being overcome by a bag of smelly diapers.
Over 30 firefighters were called to the scene in East London after a black bag exploded, releasing nasty fumes.
The six men were taken to hospital after suffering from watery eyes and sore throats amid fears they had toxic poisoning.
However, when the firefighters, all dressed in chemical suits, inspected the bag they realised it contained nothing but dirty diapers and household waste.
A council spokeswoman said: "It appears that ammonia from nappies had mixed with some kind of chemical and caused this scare." The men were given the all-clear by doctors and allowed the rest of the day off.

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A missing dog has been found safe and well - 430 miles away from his home.
Basset Hound Fred disappeared from his Californian home in December after his owner moved to a new house.
Fred’s owner had given up all hope of finding him until an employee at Arizona’s Second Chance Center for Animals discovered him in the car park last week.
Luckily, Fred had a microchip and staff were able to trace his address, and phoned his owner to let her know the good news.
The shocked animal lover said she had no idea how Fred made it half way across the country.

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A Nigerian man was rejected for a job by a Belgian businessman because he claimed his dog was racist.
The 53-year-old Nigerian says he turned up for his interview at the Belgian’s offices but was immediately confronted by the angry barking dog.
Before he could even enter the premises the businessman turned the Nigerian away and wrote him a letter saying he couldn’t employ him as there was a risk he could get bitten by his dog.
The local labour office removed the Belgian from its list of potential employers on the grounds of racism.
However, the businessman told Belgium’s De Standard newspaper: "My dog is racist. Not me."

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A nursing home for dogs is set to open in Japan.
The ageing pooches will get round-the-clock monitoring by doctors and will live with a group of puppies to help them feel younger.
Owners will pay $800 a month to keep their beloved pets at the Soladi Care Home, where the dogs will be fed specially fortified food.
A boom in pet ownership in Japan, along with better health care and a more balanced diet, has led to a surge in elderly pets in Japan.
This has spurred doting owners to turn to vitamins, aromatherapy and even acupuncture to help their companions through their old age.

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A US woman named Butts has been accused of stealing toilet paper from a courthouse.
Suzanne Marie Butts was caught taking three rolls of two-ply tissue from a storage cupboard by an Iowa court employee.
Butts - who does not work at the courthouse - insists it was the first time she had stolen the toilet paper. However, she could still face up to three years in prison if found guilty.
Chief Lon Walker said: "She’s facing potentially three years of incarceration for three rolls of toilet paper." He added that workers had noticed the rolls disappearing from the Marshall County Courthouse much faster than usual.

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A German pensioner has been arrested for spraying rude graffiti.
The 70-year-old was caught splaying the word ‘puff’, German for whorehouse, on houses in the Bavarian town of Hof.
After vandalizing two houses with the crude slogan, he was spotted in action by a younger man and dropped his can and ran off.
But the getaway was cut short when the witness chased him, and pinned him to the ground until police arrived.
A police spokeswoman said the old man’s motives were unclear.

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A Russian man dressed as a ninja terrorised farmers in northern Italy for months.
Igor Vaclavic donned a black mask and body-suit and, armed with a bow and arrow and hunting knife, targeted and robbed a string of remote farms under the cloak of darkness.
The nocturnal ninja’s reign of terror came to a halt when an elderly couple he had targeted called police.
After his arrest, the assailant, who by day was a 32-year-old unemployed labourer, confessed he had been inspired by Robin Hood.

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British police wrote to a six-year-old boy demanding he hand himself in.
Schoolboy Peter Akers was told by Derbyshire Police he had one last chance to contact them if he wanted to avoid being sent to prison.
The letter even offered the boy treatment for drug addiction and a "fresh start" if he owned up to his crimes.
Peter’s mother, Christine, 39, said: "I was going to take him to the police station to see if they could get him to confess to not tidying his room the night before." Christine confirmed her lad was not a criminal, and said his worst offence was stealing sweets from his sister’s bedroom.
Police apologised for the error.

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A British church has come up with an ingenious way to attract youngsters - installing a skating ramp.
The Methodist chapel, in Polzeath, Cornwall, took the unusual measure after congregation numbers slipped to just three and the church was threatened with closure five years ago.
The gamble has paid off and now the vibrant surf community are flocking to the new half-pipe to practice their skills and their faith.
Minister Gareth Hill said: "We are a very forward-thinking congregation."

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A Czech armed robber was marched to the police station by his mother, after she recognised him on a crime-watch TV show.
Katka Zahradnikova, 44, from Prague, was horrified when CCTV footage screened as part of a programme featuring local crimes showed her 20-year-old son Michal robbing a McDonald’s restaurant.
Katka grabbed her wayward son by the ear and handed him in to local police.
A police spokesman said: "He admitted he was responsible for robbing a number of the fast-food stores and put up no resistance when she marched him down here by the ear and made him give us a full statement.
"We couldn’t have done it better ourselves."

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A Chinese dog has given birth to a ‘kitten’.
Owner Hua Chengpeng, of Huayang village, in Jiangyan city, said his family were amazed when their pet pooch popped out two "normal" puppies and a feline-looking creature.
Chengpeng said: "The first two puppies the dog produced were both normal, but when the third baby came, the whole family was very surprised to see a cat-like creature. It is a cat, not a dog at all." Local residents have been flocking to see the miraculously arrival of this ‘kitten’.
Vets say the ‘kitten’ is really a puppy but with the appearance of a cat because of a gene mutation.

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A British pensioner took a wrong turning in his motorised disability buggy and ended up on a busy motorway.
The 90-year-old man became confused when he left Southampton’s Whiteley Shopping Village and ended up driving down the slip road onto the M27.
Unable to turn round, the pensioner continued along the hard shoulder for about 30 minutes until police rescued him.
Police said by the time they caught up with the man he was in an extremely confused state.
A Hampshire Constabulary spokeswoman said: "He’s made it perfectly clear it wasn’t intentional. He didn’t set out to go onto the M27."

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A British artist is charging £35,000 for skinned roadkill.
Adam Morrigan, 38, likes to eat the flesh of the dead animals he finds - mostly foxes, hares and rabbits - before using the remains in his art.
He said: "I myself eat the road kill. Badger tastes like pork, and squirrel is quite nutty." Morrigan has a ‘roadkill hotline’ for people to call when they spot a flattened animal on the roadside.
The father-of-three’s work is going on show as part of Stroud’s arts festival.
He said most people look at his art "in horror", but added it is "deliberately confrontational".

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A cucumber-flavoured drink has been exclusively launched in Japan.
Pepsi Ice Cucumber - which was specifically created for the Japanese market - hit shelves last week.
Although the drink does not actually contain any extract of the green salad vegetable, the drink has been artificially flavoured to resemble "the refreshing taste of a fresh cucumber".
Aya Takemoto, spokeswoman of Japan’s Pepsi distributor, Suntory Ltd. said: "We wanted a flavour that makes people think of keeping cool in the summer heat. We thought the cucumber was just perfect."

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The QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE are looking forward to sharing the stage with THE WHITE STRIPES at the O2 Wireless Festival in London tonight (14Jun07) after bonding over a karaoke machine.
QOTSA frontman Josh Homme has spent the evening singing karaoke with The White Stripes drummer Meg White in preparation for the festival.
Homme says, "I’ve met Jack a few times, but I think I’ve spent more time doing drunk karaoke with Meg. She lives in L.A. too. We haven’t done a duet yet, but I sing Roy Orbison’s In Dreams and a lot of Britney Spears." The White Stripes frontman Jack White’s side project The Ranconteurs’ former keyboard player Dean Fertita is currently touring with QOTSA.

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Former Culture Club frontman BOY GEORGE has cancelled his entire U.K. tour because of clashes with "last minute" work commitments.
The Karma Chameleon star announced the cancellations on his website this week (begs11Jun07), apologising to his fans for pulling out of the October (07) gigs.
The message says: "It is with regret that Boy George’s October live dates will be cancelled until further notice. This is due to various other "last minute" commitments which unfortunately now clash with the U.K. dates.
"George would like to personally apologise to his fans and hopes to see you again very soon. Thank you for your continued support."

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The heirs of late German composer RICHARD STRAUSS have been ordered to share some of his royalties with the heirs of Austrian poet/librettist Hugo von Hoffmansthal.
The Munich State Court ruled the two men had agreed to share royalties from their nine collaborations, including the operas Der Rosenkavalier and Elektra.
The heirs of Hoffmansthal stopped receiving payments in 1999 due to the expiration of a 70-year protection period, while Strauss’ family continued to receive money because he died in 1949 - 20 years after Hoffmanstahl.

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The prince met and shook hands with Alex Jennings at a charity lunch for the Actors’ Benevolent Fund at London’s Clarence House.
The 50-year-old actor starred as Charles alongside Dame Helen Mirren’s Oscar-winning portrayal of Queen Elizabeth in Stephen Frears’ box-office smash.
Alex told Britain’s The Sun newspaper: ‘I had wondered about whether I should come and people said ‘of course you should’.
‘I have met him quite a bit before this, through my work with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and he has always been fantastically charming and supportive, but this is the first time I have met him since the film came out. I was a little nervous.
‘I had a few scary moments before I did the job but I hope it was a sympathetic portrayal.’ Charles is patron of the Actors’ Benevolent Fund, which raises money to care for actors who are elderly, ill or unable to work.
The prince hosted the reception to mark the charity’s 125th anniversary.
‘The Queen’ focused on how the British Royal Family coped in the immediate aftermath of Princess Diana’s death in 1997.

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