USA: black man survives stop-and-search-operation unwounded

Greensboro (dpo) – In the US, there has been a sensational incident again between a Police Officer and an Afro-American citizen. In a stop-and-search operation in Greensboro, North Carolina, 29-year-old Dwayne Harris was apparently neither killed nor brutally beaten up. The American public are puzzled about the Officer’s motives, who idly allowed several opportunities for use of violence to lapse.
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Man falls asleep on recumbent bicycle, wakes up in Bulgaria

Leipzig, Plovdiv (dpo) - This morning, a cyclist from the eastern German city of Leipzig was in for a rude awakening: on an outing on his recumbent bike, the 43-year-old man had fallen asleep and only when he awoke did he realise that he was actually in Bulgaria.
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Breaking news: USA withdraws from Earth

Washington (dpo) - It was the next logical step. Having previously not only withdrawn from the Paris Climate Agreement, Unesco and the UN Human Rights Committee but also having stopped payments for the WHO, the USA has now gone a step further. This afternoon, the USA withdrew from Earth with immediate effect on orders from President Trump. For the first time in its history, the country is no longer a part of Earth.
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Update out soon: Bill Gates announces COVID-20

Seattle (dpo) - Finally! Mulitbillionaire Bill Gates has announced plans to release a new version of the coronavirus. COVID-20 is set to offer several new features and fix some of the bugs in the current version. It will also be free to access, just like COVID-19 and the previous versions, COVID-2000, COVID-XP and COVID-Vista.
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Rescued: missing woman found in walk-in closet after 48 hours

Baden-Baden, Germany (dpo) - It was a close call but Baden-Baden’s fire brigade managed to save the life of a 32-year-old missing woman at the last minute. The wife of a millionaire had got lost in her walk-in closet and endured hunger and thirst for 48 hours until she was found by a search party. According to a spokesperson for the fire brigade, the woman was “totally emaciated and utterly exhausted”.
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Sensational invention: first smoke alarm with snooze function

Hanover (dpo) - Finally! Now you can simply roll over and go back to sleep when there is a fire. Safety equipment manufacturer Bebus has developed a new kind smoke detector especially for the bedroom and it comes with a snooze function.
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Yeti sights UFO

Himalayas (dpo) - Once again, the Yeti is causing a stir: in an interview with the Postillon, the legendary Abominable Snowman claimed he had not only caught sight of a UFO, but had also managed to take a photo of it with his mobile phone. He then went on to produce a blurred photograph showing some kind of flying saucer.
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