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To: Krowbar who wrote (52078)	8/19/1999 2:02:00 AM
From: Father Terrence	Respond to of 108807

DOG-GONE A dog sentenced to death by a Tanzanian court for having an offensive name, was shot in the province of Rukwa on 27 February after an appeal was rejected. The dog, named Immigration by its owner, John Kachela, died because its name was deemed insulting to a "highly respected and law-abiding government department". [R] 3 Mar 1998. SPEECH DEFECT Robert Woof, Labour MP for Blaydon on Tyneside for 23 years, died in November aged 86. He was one of the least-known members of the House of Commons because his speeches were virtually unreportable. "We are passing so rapidly through so many moving events," he once stated, "that it is impossible to avoid a haunting sense of meaning, because we seem to be in the throe of conditions which are inexorable." D.Telegraph, 1 Dec 1997. BEAN COUNTER A Kenyan doctor at a clinic north of Nairobi removed a bean that Jacqueline Wambui, six, had accidentally stuck in her ear while playing. He demanded £3.50, but the girl's father, Stephan Muchina, offered the £2.70 he had on him and asked to pay 80p later. The doctor refused and pushed the bean back in the girl's ear. Mr Muchina reported the incident to the local police station and the doctor was arrested on unspecified charges. [R] 19 Feb 1998. OLD AGE PANDA One of China's giant pandas has died at the age of 30, exceeding the average panda life expectancy by 10 years. Qiang Qiang expired on 28 January in Chengdu, Sichuan province, where she had been moved to receive medical treatment. She had lived for 22 years at a zoo in Shenyang, but showed signs of senility about 10 years ago. Hong Kong Standard, 21 Feb 1998. OUT OF THEIR SKULLS Thieves have made off with the skulls of St Philbert and St Lazare from cathedral display cases in Burgundy. Sun, 28 Jan 1998. CUCKOO CROCK At the end of January, residents in the Northstead area of Scarborough claimed to have heard the first cuckoo. But Hezakiah Johnson, a corporation road cleaner, said: "I wait until a crowd gathers at the Northstead bus stop and then I go into the park nearby and do the cuckoo. They are all taken in. I used to do the nightingale when I had me teeth in." Times, 6 Feb 1998. HAIRY TALE A bearded woman was shot dead in Portland, Oregon, after she was mistaken for a man. Jacqueline Anderson, 29, who had a full beard, was talking to a woman friend whose lover saw her and thought she was a rival. D.Telegraph, 27 Feb 1998.