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Stampede during Loveparade claims 19 lifes

A press conference been held in Duisburg on Sunday morning about the yesterday's tragic accident during Loveparade festival. Number of death been increased to 19 from previously announced 15 and number of...

created by Giedre Sarkunaite | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Loveparade claims victims in Duisburg

According to the news agencies 15 people been killed during the electronic music festival Loveparade in Duisburg, Germany. Police been trying to stop people entering the over-crowded site. But people panicked in...

created by Giedre Sarkunaite | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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cows point to the north

"New weird news related to cows: Researchers discovered that cattle have a good sense of direction and tend to point in a northerly direction. It has long been observed that cows appear to have a talent for weather forecasting and are able to predict when rain is on the way,...

created by sangu992002 | 3 years ago
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Cattle shown to align north-south

"Have you ever noticed that herds of grazing animals all face the same way? Images from Google Earth have confirmed that cattle tend to align their bodies in a north-south direction. Wild deer also display this behaviour - a phenomenon that has apparently gone unnoticed by...

created by Babel-Fish | 3 years ago
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Cows know how to point themselves north, researchers say

Scientists don't seem to know why exactly, but cows may have an internal compass similar to that of honeybees. A team of German and Czech researchers were startled to make the discovery, the first of its kind...

created by Rob Peters | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Six people shot dead in Germany

"Six men have been shot dead in the west German city of Duisburg, police say. Five bodies were found in two cars parked near the city's train station and the sixth man died as he was being taken to hospital in an ambulance. The bodies were discovered around 0230 (0030 GMT). A...