Miracle child Sophie recovering from 2nd accident

Sophie is one incredible little girl. First she “suffered horrific burns when a car crashed into the Roundhouse Childcare Centre at Fairlight, on Sydney’s northern beaches, in December 2003. She lost both feet and suffered burns to 85 per cent of her body in that accident.”
Then she was badly injured when her stroller was hit [...]

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North Koreans arrested in Laos

How would the defectors have gotten to Laos? Overland? Via boat?
The Korea Times : North Korean Defectors Arrested in Laos:
Several North Korean defectors and two South Korean missionaries helping them are in police custody in Laos, an activist claimed Thursday.
Tim Peters of Helping Hands Korea, a Seoul-based organization that helps defectors, said Laotian [...]

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Elephants’ travel thwarted yet again.

Activists have once more delayed the departure of the 8 Thai elephants going to Sydeny and Melbourne zoos. I don’t quite see why it’s a problem. The zoos are great places and their lives are likely to be much better than they are here in Thailand. I fail to see the logic of the argument [...]

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Heart attack and yet lands plane…

What superhuman effort must have been required to stay alive long enough to land his plane and thus save the lives of his passengers. Amazing!
Heart attack pilot pulls off perfect landing on highway:
A pilot who suffered a heart attack managed to make an emergency landing on a highway in Utah, saving the lives of [...]

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