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Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Associated Press World News Rescue Mission Saves All 12 Boys and Soccer Coach From Thai Cave

(Snopes.com)
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The Wild Boars team is rescued from cave = Divers focus, embrace more wet Thai lads.
Anagram: Rosie Perera

Monday, July 9, 2018

Blood Moon 2018: Lunar eclipse means 'END OF WORLD is near' warns Christian pastor

(The Daily Express)

Lunar eclipse means the 'end of world is near' = Preacher in news: Deadliest full moon nears
Anagram: Jason Lofts

Semi-finalists of FIFA World Cup 2018

(Wion)
2018 FIFA World Cup

The International Football World Cup Semi-finalists in Russia include:
1. France
2. Belgium
3. England
4. Croatia
= All dining on:
1. Grenouilles
2. Waffles
3. Pints of Oriental tea 'n biscuit crumbs
4. Dalmatian charcuterie and oil
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: IIP Photo Archive

Sunday, July 8, 2018

Four Thai Boys are saved

(Reuters)
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Four Thai Boys are saved ~ aforesaid youths brave
Anagram: Russ Atkinson

Belgium Advances to W.C. Semi-finals

(USA Today)
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Belgium Advances to W.C. Semi-finals = Side's win magic! Club fans love team
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Miguel Discart

Saturday, July 7, 2018

Cave expert: Why it's so hard to get the kids in Thailand out of the cave

(CNN)
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Cave expert: Why it's so hard to get the kids in Thailand out of the cave = Hitches to halt evacuation: depth of water, diver's death, oxygen kits.
Anagram: Dharam

President Trump, Melania to meet Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle during UK visit

(USA Today)
Mrs May - appeasement doesn't work with tyrants.  Demonstrator at the anti-trump protest in central London.

POTUS is to meet the Queen = He puts on some etiquette
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Alisdare Hickson

Friday, July 6, 2018

Tokyo Sarin attack: Aum Shinrikyo cult leaders executed

(BBC)
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The Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult leader in Tokyo's sarin gas attack has been hanged = Oho, I sigh today, Shoko Asahara's nutty sect killed many and sickened a great number
Anagram: Julian Lofts

Hangry: a stupid, made-up word for being hungry and angry at the same time?

(The Guardian)
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Hangry: a stupid, made-up word for being hungry and angry at the same time? = A brain part gets grumpy and you may hit or damage things when underfed
Anagram: Dharam

Japan executes sarin gas attack cult leader Shoko Asahara and six members

(The Guardian)
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The sarin gas attack cult leader = Cruel attacker is hanged at last
Anagram: Julian Lofts

Angela Ponce Is The First Trans Woman To Compete In The Global Miss Universe Pageant

(Huffington Post)
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Trans woman Angela Ponce = Parents: once man a gal now
Anagram: Pinchas Aronas

Thursday, July 5, 2018

How 'Jurassic Park' technology could bring back extinct Tasmanian tiger

(Yahoo!)
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The Tasmanian Tiger could come back from extinction = Foremost in luck might create exact DNA combination
Anagram: Rosie Perera
Image: Biodiversity Heritage Library

Neymar's embarrassing play-acting overshadows superb Brazil victory over Mexico

(The Daily Telegraph)
Neymar - Street Art

Neymar da Silva Santos Junior isn't Pele = Loves inept sensational injury dramas
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Thibault Houspic

Our ancient dogs are extinct

(Gizmodo)
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Our ancient dogs are extinct ~ (I got turned into a sex cancer!)
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Mike Gifford

Rare southern right whale spotted in Wellington Harbour

(The New Zealand Herald)
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Big indolent southern right whale ~ sighted in the Wellington harbour
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: robdownunder

GOP House candidate went on neo-Nazi podcast to promote Holocaust denial

(Think Progress)
Yom HaShoah Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration - April 12, 2018

GOP congressional candidate John Fitzgerald = God help, cold gangster or fanatic joined Nazis!
Anagram: Pinchas Aronas
Image: WehoCity

Monday, July 2, 2018

Thailand cave rescue: How can rescuers free the boys?

(BBC)
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Thailand cave rescue ~ as children evacuate
Anagram: Julian Lofts

Police Dash Cam Shows the Moment Tornado Struck the City of Eureka

(Yahoo!)

Tornado Struck the City of Eureka = Nature set for touch, ready to kick
Anagram: Pinchas Aronas

Australian supermarkets work to prevent 'bag rage' as plastics ban takes effect

(The Daily Telegraph)
Dump Trench

"Bag rage" = Garbage
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Travis

Model Marisa Papen sparks fury posing NAKED in front of Jerusalem's Wailing Wall a year after being jailed for nude Egyptian temple photoshoot

(The Sun)
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Marisa Papen, the model from Belgium, strips naked
=
I'd bet smug tramp risked a melanoma of her nipples
=
Mmm - to leer at images of her nipples and dark pubis
Anagram: Julian Lofts