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Watch live view for the first time from Mars
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The obscure 11-letter word which secured teenager's US National Spelling Bee contest win
A 14-year-old boy has won an annual spelling competition after successfully spelling the word "psammophile".
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Man and youth arrested after baby donkey Moon stolen from Hampshire farm
A man and a youth have been arrested on suspicion of the theft of a baby donkey who was snatched from a farm in Hampshire.
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Dog missing from Powys found in back of ambulance 50 miles away in Wolverhampton after eight-month search
A dog who was missing for eight months has been found in the back of an ambulance - some 50 miles from her home.
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From a Greggs sausage roll to Dyson hoover box: Edinburgh funeral firm's quirky coffin designs
A funeral firm is hoping to "break the taboo" of talking about death by offering custom-made coffins, which includes a casket designed like a Greggs sausage roll.
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Three teenagers arrested after 'stealing prized swan before killing and eating it'
Three teenagers have been arrested after allegedly stealing a prized swan in upstate New York before killing and eating it.
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South Korea uses AI to 'weigh' North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
South Korean officials have used artificial intelligence to estimate the weight of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
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Man accused of robbing South Carolina store using Nintendo Duck Hunt pistol
A man has been arrested over the armed robbery of a convenience store in which police said a Nintendo video game controller was used to threaten a shop worker into handing over $300 (£240).
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Namibia: 13 family members die after eating suspected toxic porridge - reports
Thirteen members of the same family in Namibia have died after eating suspected toxic porridge, the country's state broadcaster has said.
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New York fertility doctor accused of using own sperm to impregnate patients dies in hand-built plane crash
A fertility doctor who was accused of using his sperm to impregnate several patients has died, after a plane he was in crashed.
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Italy: Reason for Venice canal turning bright green revealed
A patch of phosphorescent green liquid that appeared in Venice's Grand Canal was caused by the chemical fluorescein.
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Crowds of visitors travel to Missouri to see and touch nun's non decaying corpse
A nun whose body has barely decayed since her death has unintentionally attracted hundreds to the site of her burial in a small US town.
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Man prises crocodile's jaws off his head in miraculous escape in Queensland
A man has managed to prise a crocodile's jaws from around his head when he was attacked near a luxury resort in Queensland, Australia.
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