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Facebook logo in eye
Guyana leader in Facebook 'scam'
Guyana's president asks police to investigate who is impersonating him on Facebook, the social networking website, reports say.

Smoking Resolutions 'bad for your health'
Deciding to turn over a new leaf in the new year could do more harm than good, a mental health charity warns.

Watercliffe Meadow School title decision questioned
MP Richard Caborn queries the decision to drop the word 'school' from a primary school in Sheffield.

Bugatti Type 57S Car worth £3m is found in garage
A vintage Bugatti car, which gathered dust in a Tyneside garage for 47 years could fetch £3m at auction.

Lalan Singh, 40, a doorman for the Legend of India restaurant, poses with his stylised moustache India moustaches 'face the chop'
The famous beards and moustaches of India are under threat, a new book says.

Naples sex strike over fireworks
Hundreds of women in Naples pledge to withhold sex from their men unless they stay away from illegal fireworks at new year.

US alligator found far from home
An investigation is launched into how an alligator native to North America was found wandering around a campsite in Australia.

Argentine builders 'strike oil'
Construction workers in Argentina find oil - of the olive variety - as they unearth a colonial-era Spanish ship.

Germans pioneer hotel heaven
German scientists give the hotel room a 21st-Century makeover, studding it with digital innovations.

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Guy Bagley building Lego models Lego living
The man who gets his 'kicks from plastic bricks'
Liquorice Allsorts So long Woolies
What do people actually buy in Woolworths?
Underwear model Karolina Kurkova No belly button?
Is a barely-there navel for cosmetic or medical reasons?
Beaming American smile US v UK teeth
Why is there a transatlantic dental divide?
Christina Aguilera Style crime?
Can fake tan ever be seen as sophisticated?
The remains of the two reptiles 'Gator gobbler
Python explodes after swallowing 6ft alligator
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