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New company claims they’ll be able to RESURRECT THE DEAD by 2045

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3378987/posts

France Welcomes New Year With 800 Cars Burnt to a Crisp (Trump Campaign Material)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3378996/posts

[Islamic tradition there.]

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French soldiers open fire on car ‘attempting to ram mosque’...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/french-soldiers-open-fire-on-car-attempting-to-ram-mosque-a6793131.html

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Scientists rediscover snake used by ancient Greeks as weapon of war...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/12076680/Scientists-in-Italy-rediscover-snake-that-was-used-by-ancient-Greeks-as-a-weapon-of-war.html

[I wonder if this was post-Pelopenesian Wars or prior to Sparta’s dominance? The Spartans spoke long and hard about fighting with their sense of honor.]

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Alabama family holds burglary suspects at gunpoint

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3378642/posts

Last week, a surveillance camera at an Alabama family’s home captured burglars stealing Christmas presents and two televisions. On Sunday, the Wyatt family was being interviewed by a local news station about the robbery when they recognized the car used in the crime from the surveillance video. The quick-thinking - and well-armed - family jumped into action and held the burglars at gunpoint until police arrived.

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Cracks appear in Japan-South Korea deal on war-time sex slaves

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3378622/posts

In Tokyo, government officials were saying that the $8.3 million it agreed to put into a fund for the remaining 46 South Korean ‘comfort women,’ who were forced into sexual servitude during World War II, would not be paid until a statue to the women was removed from outside the Japanese embassy in Seoul. Meanwhile in Seoul, supporters of the women said they would put up other statues if...

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Indonesia: Hundreds cheer as unmarried pair are flogged for being ‘too close’

Hundreds of people gathered to cheer as a woman was publicly caned in Indonesia for having affectionate contact with a man who was not her husband. University student Nur Elita was rushed to hospital after receiving five lashes in front of a jubilant crowd. The 20-year-old was forced to kneel as a masked man whipped her repeatedly outside the Baiturrahim Mosque in Aceh, Indonesia’s only province to enact Sharia law. Her companion, 23-year-old Wahyudi Saputra was also caned. Under Sharia law, unmarried men and women are not allowed to get too close to each other due to the ‘khalwat’ offence....

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China has a variety of blinding laser guns which violate the 1998 Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3378396/posts

China has BBQ-905 Laser Dazzler Weapons. China has been updating its home-made blinding laser weapons in recent years to meet the needs of different combat operations. Blinding laser weapons are primarily used to blind its targets with laser in short distance, or interfere and damage the laser and night vision equipment, etc. China has many different types of laser guns, including the BBQ-905 Laser Dazzler Weapon, the WJG-2002 Laser Gun, the PY132A Blinding Laser Weapon, and the PY131A ...

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FBI OFFERS $5,000 REWARD AFTER BACON FOUND AT VEGAS MOSQUE...

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MOSQUE_BACON_VANDALISM?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-12-30-22-41-49

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Fight breaks out at New Jersey anti-violence demonstration...

http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2015/12/brawl_breaks_out_at_newark_anti-violence_rally_pho.html#incart_2box_nj-homepage-featured

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Christmas Nightmare Moment ...

HOLIDAY HORROR: Waterfall of blood pours from elevator after crushes cruise ship worker...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3379131/It-nightmare-Christmas-Waterfall-blood-pours-elevator-crushes-cruise-ship-worker-death.html

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War against feral hogs rages on in Texas...

http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/local/war-against-feral-hogs-rages-on/nprbX/

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