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Teenaged Daughter of Judge Found Dead at Home

Isobel Narayan, teen-aged daughter of a judge was found dead in her home. The 16-year-old was found by her parents in the bedroom of her family's £400,000 four-bedroom home in Didsbury, Greater Manchester, last Sunday, reports Mirror. The cause of the death is not known and the circumstances also do not seem to be suspicious. However, tests are being carried out to see if her life has been claimed by Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS).

Queen's Christmas Speech 2011: Elizabeth On Tragedy, Hope and Family [VIDEO]

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As Prince Philip recovers from emergency heart surgery this Christmas, it's unsurprising that Queen's Elizabeth II's 59th annual holiday message is a poignant one of family, strength and community spirit. Read a full text of her Christmas message, watch her video here, and find links to all her Christmas broadcasts since 1952.

70-Year-Old Fruitcake Auctioned for $525 in Ohio

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A 1941 fruit-cake was sold to a lucky online bidder in Arizona for $525 on Thursday, the proceeds of which will be sent to the homeless in the region. Made 70-years ago by The Kroger Co, the cake returned unopened back to the company store in the year 1971.
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UK government says Iran blocked its website

Britain, which closed its embassy in Tehran last month after it was ransacked by protesters, said on Thursday that Iranian authorities had blocked its website aimed at Iran.
Some 300,000 PIP implants, which are used in cosmetic surgery to enhance breast size or replace lost breast tissue, were sold worldwide before PIP went bust last year.

French Breast Implant Fears Spread Around World

Fears over the safety of silicone breast implants made by a now defunct French firm spread to Australia, South America and across Europe on Thursday as French officials prepared to decide if thousands of women should have their implants surgically removed.
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Wave of Panic with Breast Implant Scare from France

The French government is still deciding whether or not to order women to get rid of defective breast implants, made from industrial grade silicone. However, senior officials told Libération newspaper that all French women given prosthetics supplied by the company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) will be ordered this week to remove the implants.
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Apple iPhone market share slips in Europe: research firm

The long-awaited launch of the iPhone 4S has helped Apple win market share in the United States and Britain, although it is losing ground in the rest of Europe, data from research firm Kantar Worldpanel ComTech showed on Thursday.
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Australian Transition Gives India an Opening

India, even if you won't hear them say it, have never had a better chance of clinching their first test series triumph in Australia than over the next month against a host nation in the turmoil of transition.
Director Woody Allen walks on the set during the shooting of his next movie ''The Bop Decameron'' in downtown Rome

Sony Classics nabs Woody Allen's Nero Fiddled

Coming off the success of Midnight in Paris, Sony Pictures Classics has acquired North American and UK rights to Woody Allen's next picture, Nero Fiddled, the company said Wednesday.

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