CBS America recently had an all inspiring story about a disabled musical prodigy Derek Paravicini in their news magazine program “60 Minutes”. Derek was born premature, at 25 weeks (A normal pregnancy lasts 40 weeks), and weighing just over half a kilogram. As a result of the oxygen therapy required to save his life,...
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Derek Paravicini, An Inspirational Story
Man Arrested For Providing Links To Uploaded Music Files In Overseas Storage Site
A 46 years old man in Japan was arrested for violation of Copyright Act (Infringement of Public Transmission Rights), that is, putting copyrightable material on the World Wide Web or an FTP server etc, by providing links to uploaded music files in overseas storage site.
He was arrested in connection of personally creating a large...
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Possibly The World Oldest Woman Alive At 117-Year Old Living In Hong Kong
2010 Chinese New Year Day is on February 14, 2010. Chinese New Year Festival spans 15 days and the 7th day is “People’s birthday (人日)” , a birthday for all human. However, a lady in Hong Kong had already quietly celebrated her real 117th birthday a few days earlier on the 4th day of...
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World’s Most Romantic Word
According to a report, the following are the world's most romantic words.
Amour (French) - means "Love" .... And the most unromantic way to say "I Love You" are ...
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Life Expectancy Of Okinawan Is Shortening, Who Is The Culprit? Fast Food.
People on the Japanese islands of Okinawa (沖縄) were not only famous for their long life span but also the health quality of their elderly. Their centenarians are not only very old but most are able to enjoy active and happy life styles.
According to the World Health Organization (2006) and Japan Ministry of Health,...
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Full Funeral Held For A Stuffed Toy Doraemon
Several years a ago, a women in Thailand was seriously ill. A relative who was a monk gave a Doraemon stuffed toy to her and very soon she got completed recovered from the illness. Since then, the Thai woman treated her stuffed toy as a living thing by giving it a name, putting it...
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Somalian Pirates Sets Up A Stock Exchange to Fund Their Hijacking.
Ordinary people can invest in money or weapons.
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World’s Worst Photo-fit Helps Capture Suspected Murderer
A taxi driver, in Bolivia, was murdered. One neighbour came and drew a picture of what she believed the suspect looked like after an appeal from bolivian police.
The picture looked like it was drawn by a school child, was soon dubbed the worst photo-fit.
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Kangaroos Inhabiting In Rural Japan?
For the past 7 years, there has been eyewitness reports of kangaroos appearing in Mayama area, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.
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