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Barack Obama, who was sworn in for his second term at a spectacular ceremony in front of the nation today, was looking decidedly well rested as he approached the podium, with not a wrinkle in sight

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President Barack Obama, who was sworn in for his second term at a spectacular ceremony in front of the nation today, was looking decidedly...
Mikel Ruffinelli has the world's widest hips measuring 8 ft in circumference

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Mikel Ruffinelli, a 420-pound mother of four from Los Angeles, has the world’s widest hips, measuring a staggering eight-foot in circumference. At just five-foot-four, Mikel...
Oxford academic Nick Trefethen believes the BMI formula traditionally used to work out if someone is overweight is flawed

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Mathematician Nick Trefethen claims that those who are short of stature may be fatter than they thought. Oxford academic Nick Trefethen believes the body mass...
Shockingly thin male model on the catwalk at YSL

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While womenswear designers have taken a step into preventing scarily skinny models on the catwalk, it seems the same cannot be said for those...
Honey Boo Boo’s mother, June Shannon, rustled up a Thanksgiving feast for the family during the last episode of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo reality show

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Honey Boo Boo’s mother, June Shannon, rustled up a Thanksgiving feast for the family during the last episode of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo...
Barack Obama has told the American people to seize the moment, in a speech in Washington DC inaugurating his second term as US president

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US President Barack Obama has told the American people to "seize the moment", in a speech in Washington DC inaugurating his second term. After taking...
Lizzy Jagger is the face of the new Skiny campaign

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Lizzy Jagger, daughter of rock legend Mick Jagger and supermodel Jerry Hall, is the face of the new Skiny campaign - her second season...
Death Wish director Michael Winner has died aged 77

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British film director and newspaper columnist Michael Winner has died, aged 77, his wife Geraldine has confirmed. Born in Hampstead, London in 1935, Michael Winner...
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates plans to spend his fortune for the eradication of poliomyelitis, a viral disease that has taken a countless number of lives

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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates plans to spend his fortune for the eradication of poliomyelitis, a viral disease that has taken a countless number of...
A high-speed fibre-optic cable connecting Cuba to the global internet appears to have finally been activated

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Renesys monitoring experts have noticed that a high-speed fibre-optic cable connecting Cuba to the global internet appears to have finally been activated. Cubans currently rely...
French and Malian troops have seized the key towns of Diabaly and Douentza from militant Islamists

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French and Malian troops have seized the key towns of Diabaly and Douentza from militant Islamists, France’s defence minister has said. French warplanes have bombed...
Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal has said the 32 militants who took dozens of people hostage at In Amenas gas plant had come from northern Mali

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Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal has said the 32 militants who took dozens of people hostage at In Amenas gas plant had "come from northern Mali". As...
Scientists at Cambridge University working in human cells say they have seen four-stranded DNA for the first time

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Scientists at Cambridge University working in human cells say they have seen four-stranded DNA for the first time. DNA, which carries our genetic code, is...
Barack Obama is to be publicly sworn in as US president for second time

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Barack Obama is to be publicly sworn in as US president for second time. Hundreds of thousands are expected in Washington for the event, which...
A gamma-ray burst, the most powerful explosion known in the Universe, may have hit the Earth in the 8th Century

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A gamma-ray burst (GRB), the most powerful explosion known in the Universe, may have hit the Earth in the 8th Century. In 2012 researchers found...
South Korean military and space experts salvaged 10 pieces of North Korean rocket which it shed into the sea as it took off, including its first-stage engine, and its fuel and oxidizer tanks

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The North Korean long-range rocket launched last month was largely made using domestic technology, South Korea says. December's launch - condemned by its neighbors as...
Michelle Kwan and Clay Pell have married in Rhode Island

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Figure-skating champion Michelle Kwan and Clay Pell have married in Rhode Island. Michelle Kwan - a two-time Olympic medalist - and Clay Pell exchanged vows...
At least 48 hostages are now thought to have died in a four-day siege at In Amenas gas facility in Algeria

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At least 48 hostages are now thought to have died in a four-day siege at In Amenas gas facility in Algeria, as reports say...
Manly library sign saying that all of Lance Armstrong's non-fiction will soon be moved to the fiction section has sparked approval online

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A Sydney’s Manly library sign saying that all of Lance Armstrong's non-fiction, including Lance Armstrong: Images of a Champion, will soon be moved to...
Germany’s SPD, Chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-left opponents, has won a narrow victory in elections in the state of Lower Saxony

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Germany’s SPD, Chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-left opponents, has won a narrow victory in elections in the state of Lower Saxony. The Social Democrats and the...
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