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Rumours have persisted that Putin is "critically ill" after he became bloated and was trembling and shaking alarmingly. Bombshell spy emails leaked to The Sun confirm he has early-stage Parkinson's disease and pancreatic cancer. Sources also claimed he had emergency surgery last year and was shadowed by a team of top doctors. Kyrylo Budanov, Ukraine's chief of defence intelligence, said last night he is certain Putin does have terminal cancer. He told ABC News: "He has been sick for a long time. "I am sure he has cancer. I think he will die very quickly. I hope very soon." He...

The funeral of a 28 year-old waiter in southern Egypt turned into a celebration when he woke up after being declared dead. Hospital officials had pronounced dead Hamdi Hafez al-Nubi, who came from the village of Naga al-Simman in the southern province of Luxor, after he suffered a heart attack while working. His family says grieving relatives took him home and, according to Islamic tradition, washed his body and prepared him for burial Friday evening. A doctor sent to sign the death certificate found it strange that his body was warm. At closer observation she discovered he was still alive.

I love living in the United States and love political debates! We had an important senate election here and I proudly chose Scott Brown for senate because Martha Coakley was totally clueless and incompetent. I looked at both candidates for president carefully. John McCain is a true military hero and even worked across the aisle on McCain-Feingold, McCain-Lieberman and McCain-Kennedy. Thry were three very good bills. However, McCain is anti-choice, anti-gay and too pro-gun. Barack Obama was short on experience, but I liked his postions on many issues except for the middle east and he's not agressive enough on the...