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News stories I found this lunchtime ...

Birth control for giraffe: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4746462.stm

Ten baby crocodiles: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4745976.stm

Metric cr@p: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4741894.stm
It makes the Department of Transport sound quite sensible.

We're not the only ones who suddenly find they're listening to something familiar being played on TV: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/4745096.stm

There was this too:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4744942.stm

And since I got home I also found:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4746822.stm
and
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4741340.stm

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