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King Kong boat sent to watery grave
09 Feb 2010, 4:29PM
The boat that featured in Peter Jackson's blockbuster film King Kong has been scuttled after rotting at a Wellington wharf for years.Reality TV show fined for rat killing
09 Feb 2010, 8:09AM
A British TV company has been convicted of animal cruelty, after a rat was killed and eaten on its Australian-set reality show I'm a Celebrity... Get me out of here.
A tough act to swallow
08 Feb 2010, 10:38AM
An Australian stuntman says he is "stoked" - not choked - after setting a new world record by swallowing 18 swords at the same time.
Wedding planning 'tough as peace talks'
08 Feb 2010, 8:28AM
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says helping to plan her daughter Chelsea's upcoming wedding is 'about as tough' as Middle East peace talks.
Teenage matador kills six bulls in a day
07 Feb 2010, 1:30PM
A 16-year-old Spanish matador killed six bulls in one day, displaying the ears from animals he had slain, in a feat normally attempted only by veterans.
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Sword artist sets world record that's hard to swallow
08 Feb 2010, 7:16PM
SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian performance artist set a new Guinness World Record on Monday by simultaneously swallowing 18 swords, each nearly as long as two and a half rulers.
Japanese monk gets down with the beat for Buddhism
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