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                  as of Sat, 11 Mar 2006 11:53:55 GMT

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Reuters - The Nigerian government, anxious to avoid a repeat of riots
 that marked a solar eclipse in 2001, warned citizens they may suffer
 "psychological discomfort" during a new eclipse this month but urged
 them not to panic.

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Reuters - Prostitutes in the Brazilian city of Salvador are starting up
 their own radio station.

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Reuters - A 67-year-old German man who drew his dead brother's pension
 for 26 years after taking on his identity was unmasked after police
 stopped him for driving without a seatbelt, authorities said Thursday.

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Reuters - A Japanese Buddhist priest who was arrested on suspicion of
 having paid sex with a teenage girl said he was under stress and had
 given in to lust.

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Reuters - The world now has a record 793 billionaires, up 15 percent
 from a year ago, with a rising number in India, Russia, Brazil and the
 Middle East as well as more women, Forbes magazine said on Thursday.

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Reuters - Is the next James Bond too blond for Her Majesty's Secret
 Service? Stricken by heat rash? Licensed to kill but not licensed to
 drive the famous stick-shift Aston Martin sports car?

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AP - James Wells and his 1,200 pounds of rattlesnakes were first in line
 for the annual Rattlesnake Roundup in this small West Texas town.

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Reuters - A lonely killer whale that became the object of a
 well-publicized tug-of-war between biologists and Natives on Canada's
 Pacific Coast was feared dead on Friday.

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AP - If the human body is the last frontier for advertising space, then
 St. Louis resident Asia Francis is helping chart new territory -- the
 big, pregnant belly.

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Reuters - An Alaska high school violated a student's free speech rights
 by suspending him after he unfurled a banner reading "Bong Hits 4
 Jesus" across the street from the school, a federal court ruled on
 Friday.

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AP - It all came down to this: Jason Wood threw a "rock," crushing Erin
 Smith's "scissors" and earning him a trip to Las Vegas.

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Reuters - The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops took aim at "The Da
 Vinci Code" on Friday, launching a Web site that disputes central
 points of the best-selling novel.

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AP - It was a tempting green hedgerow for the hungry young moose.
 Somehow, a child's swingset got in the way. The moose, who was trying
 to snack on a backyard hedge Thursday, got tangled in the swingset's
 chains. The homeowner called police for help.

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Reuters - Nostalgic New Yorkers, film fans and Eloise enthusiasts can
 buy a little piece of history next week when Christie's auction house
 sells select items from The Plaza hotel to the public.

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AP - A retired salesman alleged a stripper and her friend beat and
 robbed him in his home. John Skinner, 54, said he was on his way to
 Bible study on Jan. 23 when exotic dancer Maureen Murphy, 25, knocked
 on his door and offered him a free strip-o-gram.

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Reuters - It started as a prank that tricked the world's media but spoof
 stories about people using their mobile phones to hook up with
 strangers have come true.

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