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Friday, December 20, 2019

Arsenal appoint Arteta as manager but it's a risk

(Sky Sports)
Emirates Cup

Mikel Arteta Amatriain from San Sebastian
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An ambition, a team*, a risk (*Arsenal first team)
Anagram: Chris Sturdy
Image: DSanchez17

Thursday, December 19, 2019

Trump: 'I don't feel like I'm being impeached'

(The Guardian)
Impeached

"I don't feel like I'm being impeached because it's a hoax - it's a setup." - The US President, Donald Trump
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Please. Does not surprise me to think he'd much attempt a bad lie. Finding pitiable excuses? Adieu!
Anagram: Georghe Missailidis
Image: Jeff Gates

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Woman killed by falling facade

(New York Post)
750 Seventh Ave Tower Building Window Washing 1408

Woman killed by falling facade
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If wall damaged filly bean ... Conk!
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Brecht Bug

Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Harvey Weinstein: ‘My work promoting women has been forgotten’

(The Guardian)
Predators Separated At Birth: Harvey Weinstein and Donald Trump

“I want this city to recognize who I was instead of what I’ve become. It all got eviscerated because of what happened”, the North American film producer Harvey Weinstein said, “My work has been forgotten”
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“Why criticize me how I once harassed, then raped these women in hotel bathrooms? I know I’m perverted, I’ve a vast ego, ugly frog’s face and fat body with a wee wiener but I facilitate thespian contracts, no?”
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Jeff Gates

Giant radioactive clams

(Los Angeles Times)
Baker Day Nuclear Bomb Test Marshall Islands Stamp Operation Crossroads

Giant radioactive clams
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a mad, evil gastric action
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Kelly Michals

Saturday, December 14, 2019

Genocide defence seals Aung San Suu Kyi’s international alienation

(The Guardian)
Aung San Suu Kyi Photos (With Scholars) - 50

Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has denied Rohingya genocide at The Hague
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UN Court see a harsh loathed demagogue and hear usual sickening naysaying testimony
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: McConnell Center

Friday, December 13, 2019

Three-time Olympic champion Sir Peter Snell dies, aged 80

(Newshub)
Peter Snell statue Opunake

The Olympian Sir Peter George Snell has died
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Legendary triple medalist - so he’s gone,eh? RIP
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Te Ara

Orca grandmothers babysit

(The Guardian)
Orca Pod

Orca grandmothers babysit ~ brats; mobs' day or night care.
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Jay Iwasaki

White Island volcano eruption

(Wired)
Embed from Getty Images

White Island volcano eruption ~ active and showerin' pollution
Anagram: Russ Atkinson

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

White Island volcano erupts in Bay of Plenty: 6 dead, 8 missing, 30 in hospital

(The New Zealand Herald)
White Island erupts

White Island’s active marine andesite stratovolcano has tragically erupted by surprise
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Crater spurts anew vile lava, ash, intensely hot acidic steam. Parboiled tourists are dying.
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Chris Sutton

'They' named as Merriam-Webster dictionary's word of the year

(CNN)
Transgender Gender-neutral Pronouns Button

Pronoun 'They' named Merriam-Webster's word of the year
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The non-binary term's award empowers more freed youth.
Anagram: Dharam
Image: Devin Kira Murphy

Axed BBC Christmas tree "to be replaced soon"

(BBC)
IMG_0773

Axed BBC Christmas tree "to be replaced soon"
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Accorded response, "Betcha Brexit's to blame"
Anagram: Robert Jordan
Image: David Jones

Monday, December 9, 2019

Anthony Joshua Can Reverse The Sportswash Effect Of His Saudi Fight

(The Huffington Post)
Anthony Joshua rematch with Wladimir Klitschko pencilled in for October at Principality Stadium Cardiff

The Saudis’ sportswashing exercise
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Aghast such wide repression exists
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: quapan

Sunday, December 8, 2019

British woman survives six-hour cardiac arrest from hypothermia while hiking

(Metro)
Hypothermia

This extremely cold patient suffered prolonged cardiac arrest and she “died” during a heavy snowstorm
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Expert doctors unerringly defrosted and resuscitated said hypothermic woman and salvaged her life
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Popfossa

Friday, December 6, 2019

Chinese gene-edited twins created to be immune to HIV may have 'unintended mutations'

(The Daily Telegraph)
He Jiankui at Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing (cropped).jpg

Dr Urnov tweeted “his delusion and hubris are a tragic lesson – a negative example for the ages.”
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Ah, Dr He’s experimental gene editing violates rules. Ergo, he’s an avowed obscurantist, a fraud!
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Wikimedia Commons

Dollar General opening twenty stores a week

(NBC News)
Dollar General

Dollar General opening twenty stores a week
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Enterprise key agent: no large towns allowed
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Mike Mozart

1000 Protesters killed in Iran

(Politico)
Iranians Regime Change Now Protest

1000 Protesters killed in Iran
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1000 knells rise per tradition
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Geoff Livingston

India's crashed Vikram moon lander

(The Guardian)
Chandrayaan-2

India's crashed Vikram moon lander
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Arrives. Smack! Die! Hard moon landin'.
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Joel Raupe

Italian vinegar makers lose battle over 'balsamic' ownership

(BBC)
Oil and vinegar

Protected geographical indication
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Acetic acid had proper title going on
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: barnimages.com

Uber drivers, riders report assaults

(The Verge)
Uber $20 ride credit gift card

Uber drivers, riders report assaults
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It's us; riders are bad perverts, or ... slur?
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: LA Foodie