This is life

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  Man rides Ferris wheel for 48 hours to set new world record

  First Ferris wheel was built in 1893 in Chicago

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  Manager to knock-out MD at UAE fight

  Two teachers will go head-to-head in all-women’s bout

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  World's smallest monkey seen on video eating noodle

  It is just five to six inches tall

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  Winning ticket for $590.5 million Powerball lottery sold

  No immediate word about who won

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  3-day weekend starts from June 6 in UAE

  Isra wal Miraj holiday to fall on June 6 – a Thursday

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  Million-Riyal Dress unveiled: Saudi designer makes outfit using SR500 currency notes

  Rania Gamrawi says dress is intended to mark the Gulf country’s national day

• US lottery winner scoops $590.5-million jackpot

  One ticket-holder won a record Powerball lottery jackpot of more than $590 million, organizers said Sunday, ending a

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  Taxi driver cleared over 6 cent overcharge

  Cabbie had to endure 6-month lawsuit

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  Number of Syrian refugees tops 1.5 million - UNHCR

  'The actual number is much higher'

• 5.9-magnitude quake off Solomon Islands

  A 5.9-magnitude quake struck off a remote area of the Solomons Islands Friday, but no tsunami warning was issued for

• Bangladesh garment hub reopens after unrest

  Hundreds of garment factories in a Bangladesh manufacturing hub reopened Friday, days after they were closed down due

• Thousands at risk after gunmen ransack Sudan hospital

  Uniformed gunmen in South Sudan went on a rampage in a key hospital, destroying drug supplies and ransacking wards,

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  Bangladesh cyclone wrecks thousands of homes

  Cyclone Mahasen kills 14

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  Plane overshoots runway in Myanmar

  Break failure suspected; Two hurt

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  Owner hires men to smash his Maserati

  Some expressed scepticism about car owner's motives

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  Coca-Cola 'recipe' finds teen buyer - at $15 million

  Formula is a closely-held trade secret for generations

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  Deer crashes through windscreen of moving bus

  Confused deer then exited through the front doors

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  LA tops in dog attacks on US letter carriers

  National Dog Bite Prevention Week starts on Monday

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  First music video shot in space: 'Space Oddity'

  A music video shot aboard the International Space Station went viral on Monday, turning an astronaut into an overnight

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  Officer tries to help cat in tree, gets stuck

  Cop needed assistance to get back on the ground

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  Bieber robbed at his own concert

  Robbers target Bieber's South Africa concert, steal $330,000

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  Sophia top baby name for US girls

  Messiah and King on the rise for boys

• Police say 2 Russian trekkers missing in Nepal mountains, 2 others rescued

  Police say two Russian trekkers are missing in Nepal's northern mountains and rescuers are scouring the area in an

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  Official's daughter gets restaurant closed after she didn't get table she wanted

  Dad issues statement apologizing for 'inappropriate behaviour'

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  Puppy survives nearly a month in impounded car

  12-week-old puppy now in Kansas City animal shelter

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  Lamborghini hits road on anniversary tour of Italy

  350 sleek roadsters have 190,000hp combined

• Man returns Dh75,000 sent to him by mistake

  An Arab man checking his bank account found that he had received SR76,000 (Dh75,000) by mistake. Instead of accepting

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  Baby born in metro station gets to ride free for life

  Who says there's no such thing as a free ride?

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  Crazy World: Teacher fired for relieving in class

  Man fired for his behaviour

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  School blunder: All dressed up but no prom

  Students not informed about change of date

• Feathers fly over statue in London square

  Plans to erect a statue of a giant, electric blue French cockerel in the shadow of Nelson's Column in London's

• Turkmen president falls from horse, media silent

  Turkmenistan's equestrian-mad President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov suffered a spectacular fall from his horse after a

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  Smart pajamas read bedtime stories to kids

  The Smart Pajamas require downloading a free app

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  Mother forced girl, 14, to get pregnant

  Mother wanted another baby but could not have one

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  Wanted: one sous chef for Britain's Queen Elizabeth

  Salary offered not too exciting

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  NY college crew team finds giant floating 'head'

  The object turned out to be a 7-foot-tall replica of a man's head

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  UK school uses domes to silence airport noise

  The domes were originally designed for earthquake and emergency zones

• India PM:border dispute with China 'can be solved'

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  First Japan tsunami debris confirmed in California

  The 20-ft skiff belonged to Takata High School in the Japanese city of Rikuzentakata

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  Huge elephant bird egg gets $101,813 at auction

  Fossilized egg sells for more than double its estimate

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  Obama threatens daughters with 'family tattoo'

  America's first couple try their best to keep their daughters from getting tattoos

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  Saudi dies at 120; leaves behind 447 progeny

  Tribe chief leaves behind 447 children and grand children…

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  Tea still supreme as Britain's queen of drinks

  Comfortably holds off the challenge of coffee

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  Vietnam police seize 53 king cobras from car

  King cobras are the world's longest venomous snake

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  Woman meets circus tiger in bathroom

  Her 3-year-old daughter wanted to know if it had washed its hands

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  Pup named Huckleberry crowned 'Beautiful Bulldog'

  He had to walk away empty-pawed in 2010

• Moderate earthquake strikes western Mexico

  A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck western Mexico on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said.   The quake, initially

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  'No frills' hospitals offer $800 heart surgery

  ‘As you do more numbers, your cost goes down’

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  Illusion? Dancing with my shadow baby?

  Dancing with my baby-me

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  Exotic snakes stuck in the basement after fire

  Trick now is to get them out of there to a new home