Dublin's 'godfather' killed in gang war

A SENIOR figure in Ireland's criminal underworld has been chased down the street and shot to death near his Dublin home, two years after surviving a similar assassination bid. 
 
In the latest chapter of a long-running feud involving Irish Republican Army die-hards, Eamon Kelly, a 65-year-old gang chief dubbed "The Godfather" by Dublin's tabloid press, was shot up to six times as he fled from a lone gunman, a police detective told The Associated Press.
The Real IRA paramilitary group was suspected of the hit.

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Vanishing African savannahs threaten lions

AFRICA'S savannahs, and the lions that have found their home there, are disappearing at an alarming rate, plummeting two thirds over the past 50 years, a study has found. 
 
Using new satellite data, Duke University researchers estimated that as few as 32,000 lions now live on the continent's savannahs, down from nearly 100,000 in 1960.

The declines were particularly dire in West Africa, where human populations have doubled over the past three decades, according to the study published in the journal Biodiversity and Conservation. It said fewer than 500 lions remain in the region.

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'World's oldest' person dies aged 116

The woman who was listed as the world's oldest person has died in a US nursing home, aged 116.

Besse Cooper died peacefully on Tuesday afternoon at Monroe, east of Atlanta, Georgia, according to her son Sidney Cooper.

Cooper said his mother had been ill over the weekend with a stomach virus, then felt better on Monday.
On Tuesday he said she had her hair set and watched a Christmas video, but later had trouble breathing.

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Woman's running nose revealed to be leaking brain fluid

For four months, doctors believed one Arizona woman’s running nose was allergies.  The truth turned out to be a much more horrifying scenario – brain fluid was leaking out of her nose.
According to the University of Arizona department of surgery, whenever Aundrea Aragon bent over, clear liquid would run out of her nose.

“I was scared to death and desperate,’’ Aragon said. “I knew it could not be allergies. The fluid would come out like a puddle.’’

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Prince William and Kate announce they are expecting first baby

Palace officials announced Monday that the duchess and Prince William are expecting an heir to the throne.
The recurrent headline had become increasingly persistent in recent months, with the slightest lump in dress fabric or change in hairstyle generating a frenzied round of pregnancy rumors.
This will be the first grandchild for both the royal and Middleton families.

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