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Many people in India do not have access to toilets, including Hanifa's family - who live in Ambur, a town in the southern state of Tamil Nadu in India. Hanifa Zaara, seven, said that she felt "ashamed" to go outside, so asked her father to build a toilet for them.…
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Hey guys, remember Salt Bae? In the social media age, internet celebrities are a dime a dozen and forgotten in a minute, but Turkish professional chef and meat tenderiser Nusret Gökçe has been burned into our collective consciousnesses after he went viral for a series of mesmerising, weirdly sexual videos of…
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Donald Trump is one of America's most polarizing presidents, stirring up fawning adoration from supporters and furious outrage from critics. As a result, his rallies became a cultural phenomenon, a magnet for both tribes to face off and yell at each other. It's the perfect microcosm of our country, poisoned…
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For many people, Christmas is the most wonderful time of year; myself included. I can be a total grouch for the majority of the year, but something about seeing all the decorations in the home and the bunting in the street, the sounds of carols and Christmas tunes playing in the…
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Brian Winchester testified in court on Tuesday, claiming that not only did he murder his best friend, but it was all part of a plan he had made with the friend's wife. He broke down into tears, describing how he had shot Mike Williams at the behest of his wife,…
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There are few things as nerve-wracking as thinking that you've lost something important. For me, it happens all the time with my wallet and phone, with that split-second of panic bringing anxiety levels to an all-time high - before I find out it's just in my other pocket. But there…
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Beauty pageants are pretty divisive. Some folk think they're just harmless good fun, while others regard them as being sexist and patronising festivals that only serve to objectify women. However, there's no denying that the big beauty pageants, such as Miss World and Miss Universe to name but two, can…
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Ever since he announced his campaign for the US presidency, Donald Trump's notoriety skyrocketed from that of "questionable businessman" to "maybe the dumbest guy to ever hold office", and now the whole world knows about his dodgy hairstyle and astounding incompetence. So iconic is his look, in fact, that many…
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Kenneth Gross, better known to his friends and family as K.J, passed away in May this year. The boy was only twelve years old at the time, but had been battling leukaemia for eleven years, before he died of congestive heart failure. His family laid him to rest in a…
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When Genevieve Purinton was 18 years old, she gave birth to a baby girl at a hospital in Gary, Indiana. She was unmarried and alone, and was naive to the process of entering motherhood. So, when she was informed by hospital staff that her infant had died after delivery, she didn't even…
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When it comes to Christmas time, there's truly no better feeling than running your finger around a cake bowl and licking off that sugary batter. Maybe it's the taste, perhaps it's just the naughty nature of the whole thing, but everyone knows that cookie dough blows any other sweet treat out…
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A 23-year-old woman from Ohio who glorified convicted killers has been arrested this week after planning to commit "an upscale mass murder" at a Toledo bar. Elizabeth Lecron, who is now being held on terrorism charges, is known to have corresponded with Dylann Roof - the 24-year-old white supremacist who massacred…
