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‘Two-weeks-in-the-sun’ clause discovered in Declaration of Human Rights

fundamental human flightA major rethink of the nation’s finances is underway today after UN lawyers discovered a forgotten clause in the Declaration of Human Rights, enshrining forever the entitlement of all to have a two-week holiday abroad irrespective of economic crises threatening their standard of living.

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Posted: Oct 28th, 2010
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Queuing drinkers ‘let down’, says Friday night report

The government’s new Drinking Commission said the law should be changed so anyone queuing when last orders is called could still exercise their right to become inebriated and start a fight in a chip shop or over who was in the taxi queue first.

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Posted: May 24th, 2010
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Amnesty calls for ‘fighting chance’ executions

straps are just about undoableJust turn their backs for a moment.

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Posted: Aug 17th, 2009
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Rosa Parks ‘was victim of superglue prank’

‘Demonstrates the power of practical jokes to change the world’

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Posted: Nov 5th, 2007
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