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Iran Agrees to Halt Development of Nuclear Family

Iran Agrees to Halt Development of Nuclear Family

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has agreed in principle to discontinue plans to develop a nuclear family, after it emerged that the Zamaani family from the city of Mashhad had been in production since 1996.

As part of a deal reached with Ayatollah Khamenei, the Ahmadinejad administration announced that the family - consisting of two well-to-do parents Massoud (father) and Shokouh (mother), and three bright and fun-loving children - will be completely dismantled by the time of the Persian New Year.

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Supercentenarian 'Slowly Realising She's Not That Same Sprightly 87-year-old Girl She Used to Be'

Supercentenarian 'Slowly Realising She's Not That Same Sprightly 87-year-old Girl She Used to Be'

Owing to the passage of time, one of the world's oldest people, Dorotéia Sarmento, says she is slowly coming to terms with the fact that she is no longer that same sprightly girl she was 20 years ago - when she was just 87.

The Portuguese native, who was born in the city of Lisbon in 1903, told the ...

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Lonely Planet Publishes Vagina Guidebook

Lonely Planet Publishes Vagina GuidebookTravel publishers Lonely Planet have added an exciting new title to their best-selling range of guidebooks. The new Vagina guide hits the shelves today and promises to shed new light on a previously little-known part of the world.

"Over the years we've received a steady stream of reports ...
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Guantanamo Twinned with Auschwitz

Guantanamo Twinned with Auschwitz

Guantanamo Bay and the Polish town of Auschwitz have been named sister cities in an effort to highlight cross-cultural understanding and togetherness across the globe.

In a joint town hall meeting held on the steps of Auschwitz I - a Second World War concentration camp - officials from both areas sig...

Police Call Off Search For Waldo “Wally” Smith Fearing the Worst

Police Call Off Search For Waldo “Wally” Smith Fearing the Worst

After more than twenty years, Interpol have called off the search for missing hiker Waldo Smith. Known to his friends simply as “Wally”, Waldo went missing whilst travelling in 1987 leading to one of the most highly publicised missing persons cases in history.

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Suicide Attacks Reveal Moscow Has a Subway System

Suicide Attacks Reveal Moscow Has a Subway System
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