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At the London Games in 1948, Wilbur Thompson won the shot put with a career-best mark of 56 feet, 2 inches, breaking the Olympic record by more than 3 feet

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Shot put winner at London Olympics 1948 Wilbur "Moose" Thompson has died at the age of 92. Moose Thompson died on Christmas, according to a...
Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean has been put on red alert in preparation for the arrival of cyclone Bejisa

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Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean has been put on red alert in preparation for the arrival of cyclone Bejisa. French officials said the "danger...
Wal-Mart Stores Inc is recalling Five Spice donkey meat sold at some outlets in China after tests showed the product contained the DNA of other animals

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Wal-Mart Stores Inc is recalling Five Spice donkey meat sold at some outlets in China after tests showed the product contained the DNA of...
A daily dose of vitamin E could help people with dementia

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A new research suggests a daily dose of vitamin E could help people with dementia. A study in the journal JAMA found people with mild...
Ariel Sharon’s condition is now critical, with some danger to life

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Ariel Sharon’s condition is now critical, "with some danger to life", his doctors have said. Former Israeli PM Ariel Sharon, 85, has been in a...
Akademik Shokalskiy first group of passengers to be airlifted out

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Passengers from the ice-bound research vessel Akademik Shokalskiy are to be rescued in Antarctica. A helicopter from a Chinese ship set down nearby, bringing in...
Pervez Musharraf has been taken to hospital with a suspected heart problem on his way to Islamabad court for his treason trial

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Pervez Musharraf has been taken to hospital with a suspected heart problem on his way to Islamabad court for his treason trial. Officials told the...
Fiat has owned a majority stake in Chrysler since 2009

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Fiat has agreed to buy the remaining 41% of Chrysler it does not own in a move that will create the world's seventh-largest car...
Japan's population declined by a record 244,000 people in 2013

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According to Japan’s health ministry estimates, the country’s population declined by a record 244,000 people in 2013. The ministry said an estimated 1,031,000 babies were...
Ariel Sharon has been in a coma for almost eight years and now he is suffering renal failure

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Former Israeli PM Ariel Sharon’s health condition has seriously deteriorated, the hospital treating him has announced. Ariel Sharon, 85, has been in a coma for...
At least eight people have been killed after two car bombs have exploded outside Jazeera hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu

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At least eight people have been killed after two car bombs have exploded outside Jazeera hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu. The blasts were at...
Selfie, twerking and hashtag top 2014 Lake Superior State University List of Banished Words

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"Selfie", "twerking" and "hashtag" top 2014 Lake Superior State University List of Banished Words. LSSU collected suggestions from members of the public for its 39th...
Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian have put their $4 million Tarzana house on the private market

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Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian, who separated two weeks ago, have put their $4 million Tarzana house on the private market, E! News reported. There...
Willie and Korie Robertson had only kind words for the A&E network and New Year's wishes for the nation on Fox News's All-American New Year special

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Duck Dynasty’s Willie Robertson chose not to quack back during his appearance Tuesday night on Fox News's All-American New Year special. In one of his...

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James Avery, who played the Honorable Philip Banks on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, has died at the age of 65. The actor's publicist,...
Jovan Belcher’s mother has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Kansas City Chiefs

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Jovan Belcher’s mother has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against his team, Kansas City Chiefs, on Tuesday after exhuming the linebacker’s body so that...
Latvia became the 18th member of the group of EU states which uses the euro as its currency

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Latvia has joined the eurozone as of 1st of January 2014, becoming the 18th member of the group of EU states which uses the...
Pope Francis has called for the world to unite against violence as a "community of brothers" in his first New Year blessing

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Pope Francis has called for the world to unite against violence as a "community of brothers" in his first New Year blessing. Addressing pilgrims in...
Jamal al-Jamal had been taken to hospital after the explosion but died of his injuries some four hours later

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Head of Palestinian mission in Czech Republic, Jamal al-Jamal, has been killed by an explosion at his home in Prague. Jamal al-Jamal had been taken...
Michael Schumacher remains in a stable but critical condition in hospital

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Michael Schumacher remains in a stable but critical condition in hospital, his manager Sabine Kehm has said. Sabine Kehm said he was being carefully looked...
Democrat Bill de Blasio has been sworn in as the new mayor of New York City

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Bill de Blasio, the first Democrat in more than two decades, has been sworn in as the new mayor of New York City. Bill de...
Chaparrastique volcano started erupting on Sunday morning, spewing ash and gases

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El Salvador has resumed evacuating residents living on the slopes of the Chaparrastique volcano. The 7,000 ft-high volcano started erupting on Sunday morning, spewing ash...
Majid al-Majid, head of al-Qaeda-affiliated Abdullah Azzam Brigades, was being held by Lebanese army intelligence in Beirut

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Lebanon has reportedly arrested Majid al-Majid, the head of a jihadist group that claimed the suicide bomb attack on Iran's embassy in November. Defense Minister...
Millions of Americans will receive health insurance cover for the first time as ObamaCare comes into effect

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Millions of people in the US receive health insurance cover for the first time as ObamaCare healthcare reforms - Affordable Act Care - come...
Kim Jong-un made his first public reference to the execution of Jang Sung-taek in his New Year message

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Kim Jong-un made his first public reference to the execution of his once-powerful uncle – Jang Sung-taek. In a New Year message broadcast on state...
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