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Man’s Suicide Makes Dozens Sick

TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese farmer who committed suicide by drinking pesticide vomited the poison at a hospital before he died, releasing toxic fumes that sickened more than 50 people, the hospital said Thursday.

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Niteshift: May 20, 2008

Director Henry Jaglom and actress Tanna Frederick discuss their 2006 film Hollywood Dreams and the upcoming Irene in Time. Host Mike Sargent reviews  Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

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U.S. has Mandela on terrorist list

Nobel Peace Prize winner and international symbol of freedom Nelson Mandela is flagged on U.S. terrorist watch lists and needs special permission to visit the USA. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice calls the situation “embarrassing,” and some members of Congress vow to fix it.

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Reel World: April 30, 2008

Mike Sargent interviews legendary film composer Lalo Schifrin.

‘Pixie dust’ helps man grow new finger

A man who sliced off the end of his finger in an accident has re-grown the digit thanks to pioneering regenerative medicine. View full article »

Niteshift: April 29, 2008

Mike Sargent interviews Robert Downey Jr. and Jeff Bridges, stars of the upcoming film “Iron Man”.

Penis theft panic hits city

Police in Congo have arrested 13 suspected sorcerers accused of using black magic to steal or shrink men’s penises after a wave of panic and attempted lynchings triggered by the alleged witchcraft.

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‘Tree man’ Dede Koswara almost died from his disease

The 37 yearold entered an Indonesian hospital because of the huge tree-like growths that had encased his limbs for 20 years.

But an X-ray quickly revealed that the immune deficiency stopping him fighting the warts had also allowed a potentially deadly TB infection to take hold.

Dr Rachmat Dinata, leading the team treating Dede at the Hasan Sadikin Hospital in Bandung, West Java, said: “Five years from now, he would have been dead.


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