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Full title: "Did a pork-coated bullet kill Bin Laden? Yes, says firm who claim its pig fat gun oil is bought by U.S. military personnel" Was Osama bin Laden shot with a bullet soaked in pork fat, denying him a place in paradise? Yes, if one rather shady website, that peddles gun oil containing liquefied pig fat, is to be believed. The makers of Silver Bullet Gun Oil claim it contains 13 per cent USDA liquefied pig fat thus making the product 'a highly effective counter-Islamic terrorist force multiplier.'

VC medal to go under the hammer The first Victoria Cross to be won by a soldier from Leeds is to go up for auction in London. The medal was originally won by John Pearson of the 8th Hussars during the Indian Mutiny in 1858. Despite heavy fire from two sides, Mr Pearson took part in a charge through a rebel camp in Gwalior, where he seized guns from the opposition. His medal for extreme valour is expected to sell for over £70,000 at the auction on Tuesday. PEARSON, John Private, 8th Hussars (The King's Royal Irish), British Army Campaign...