January 2008
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THE dome
Max, my new desk plant.
The new Fiat 500
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BBC: Man saved from croc shot in error
A man has been accidentally shot by a rescuer who was trying to free him from the jaws of a crocodile in northern Australia.
The victim, in his late 20s, was attacked by the reptile near a popular tourist spot on the Mary River south-east of Darwin.
He was flown to hospital by helicopter for emergency surgery for bite and bullet wounds.
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BBC: Lions devour man at SA game lodge
A South African man has been killed and eaten by lions at a game lodge where he worked 150km (90 miles) west of Johannesburg, police say.
Samuel Boosen, 36, was attacked after entering the enclosure on Tuesday where an estimated nine lions were kept.
“Only his spine and skull remained,” police spokesman Lesego Metsi told the South Africa Press Association
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