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World’s oldest man aged 131 discovered in Brazil (Photos)

A man thought to be the world's oldest man has been discovered by civil servants in Brazil.They say they discovered the 131-year-old dad-of-three living with a wife 69 years his junior. The Guinness Book of Records recognises 112-year-old Yasutaro Koide from Japan as the oldest person alive. And Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment, who died aged 122 in 1997, holds the record for the world’s longest living person. Social security workers in Acre in the north of Brazil today  published photos of OAP Joao Coelho de Souza alongside a birth certificate dated March 10 1884. (more&h

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Three Dead After Avalanche Hits Schoolchildren Skiing In French Alps

At least three people have been killed after an avalanche struck a group of schoolchildren skiing Wednesday in a French Alps resort. According to French officials, a group of 10 high school–age children and their teacher, as well as a Ukrainian man not part of the group, were skiing on a closed run in the Deux Alpes ski resort when they were hit by the wall of snow. Two students, as well as the Ukrainian man, are confirmed to have died in the avalanche, according to officials in the Isère prefecture. Three people were seriously injured, including the teacher, who has

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Al Jazeera America Is Shutting Down

The Al Jazeera America cable news channel will shut down at the end of April, the network announced Wednesday, capping a two-and-a-half-year struggle to find an audience amid extremely low ratings. “The economic landscape of the media environment has driven [Al Jazeera America’s] strategic decision to wind down its operations and conclude its service,” the network said in a statement. The move to shutter the cable news network was announced in a memo to staff by Al Jazeera America CEO Al Anstey that was obtained by the New York Times. (more…)

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RECORD-BREAKING POWERBALL IS Now $1.5 Billion Too Much To Resist Pride Before The Ball

Powerball is just a clear example that if over 10 million greedy human beings (mostly Americans) come together, they can make one person $1.5 billion rich instantly, with hard core painless cool American dollars! With the Powerball jackpot at an all-time record $1.5 billion, even those who hardly gamble found the shot at instant wealth too alluring to resist as they got their tickets hours before the drawing on Wednesday. (more…)

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Read all the charges brought against Tompolo and others

Read all the charges brought against Tompolo...sent in by Festus Keyamo Chambers... 1.0 Count One: That you, Government Ekpemupolo (alias Tompolo), Patrick Akpobolokemi, Global West Vessel Specialist Ltd, in 2012, in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did conspire amongst yourselves to commit an offence, to wit: Conversion of the sums of N601,516.13 and $1,766,428.62, property of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, knowing that the said sums were proceeds of stealing, and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 18(a)

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