Yes, I know. How could Germany possibly win the World Cup? Well the trick is to have more than one sport with a "World Cup" title.
This one isn't for football, rather another part of the anatomy - handball.
What?...
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I have to say it is very cold, but then again it is November. So why can't these highly paid electricity companies cope with a surge in demand?
Supplies cut out in Germany, France, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Croatia...
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Santa can carry 45,000 tonnes of Christmas presents on his new sleigh - The Emma Maersk, aka SS Santa, a 400 metres long (1,300 ft), 56 metres wide and 60 metres tall, container ship is headed to deliver unwanted toys, electrical goods, potato mashers and...
Hamburg (AFP) -In Germany around 1500 notes have been exchanged that are disintigrating, literally disappearing in front of the shocked owners eyes.
The first reports were received on 21 June in Berlin, a...
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Want to make a lot of money? Well it seems to be down to the luck of the Irish, or at least wannabe Irish - those that pine for a place that never existed and are willing to pay over the odds for a bit of the dream -...
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The tapes for a new £8m BBC One series of Robin Hood have been stolen. I think it was a disgrunteld Friar Tuck that did it. Seemingly he's been cut from this version.
Maybe they should rename it "Robbing Hood".
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Just as the right-wing British press is trying (yet again) to stir up the British public with scare-mongering stories about how the flood of immigrants from Europe will steal all their jobs. In spite...
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"Thousands of holidaymakers in the Mediterranean have been stung by jellyfish as huge swarms of the creatures invade coastal waters. "
Of course it could be worse:-
In July of this year a nuclear power plant in...
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OK the title spins the story a bit, but if you're allowed to make a citizen's arrest, why not a citizen's weapons inspection?
If they're not running onto the runway to protest at the use use of Prestwick as a...
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Seemingly the Queen of England's castle in Scotland, Balmoral is overrun with little wee beasties. Ratties and meecies are running havoc up and down the corridors of power.
The numbers have been blamed on the...
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So, what are witches knickers and what do they have to do with Tesco?
Well, witches' knickers is what the Irish call plastic bags fluttering in trees. You can see why, especially at night. Tescos are going...
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"trade union Amicus installed filtering software for its internet forums to detect and repress any words or letter combinations deemed offensive. This had the unfortunate consequence of neutering several entirely...
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