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Archive for August, 2010

Grass on other side greener due to fewer parking spaces

New research warns employees attracted by the promise of a better workplace elsewhere that while the grass may be up to 18% greener over there, this is often the result of having fewer parking spaces.

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Posted: Aug 27th, 2010
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Pulling string out of own arse is worst part of yo-yo dieting

A poll of yo-yo dieters has reached an unexpected conclusion that took pollsters completely by surprise. A thousand weight watchers were asked ‘What’s the worst thing about yo-yo dieting?’

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Posted: Aug 27th, 2010
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Pakistan sends aid to wheelie bin cat

President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan has started an international fund to provide aid to Lola, the cat that was recently rescued after being shut in a wheelie bin. The people of Pakistan were said to be ‘deeply shocked and moved’ by the plight of the animal.

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Posted: Aug 26th, 2010
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Americans protest church at Hiroshima

American campaigners are mounting a campaign to urge Japanese officials to reject plans to build a church close to the site where an atomic bomb was dropped in the city of Hiroshima in 1945.

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Posted: Aug 26th, 2010
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Cameron’s baby has passed GCSE maths

The new baby daughter of Samantha and David Cameron has passed its CGSE Mathematics with a creditable B grade at the age of one day. Education secretaryMichael Gove has hailed this as an example of everything the coalition is working for.

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Posted: Aug 25th, 2010
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