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'Barefoot Gen' Author Dead at 73
Offbeat  (tags: world, war, Hiroshima, atomic bombing, died, Keiji Nakazawa, sufferings, story, comic, Hadashi no Gen, Barefoot Gen, anti-war, Japan, peace )

Naoko
- 146 days ago - japantimes.co.jp
HIROSHIMA - Keiji Nakazawa, author of "Hadashi no Gen" ("Barefoot Gen"), an iconic comic about the 1945 Hiroshima atomic bombing, has died of lung cancer at a hospotal in the city.
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Reigning 'World's Ugliest Dog' Dies in California
Offbeat  (tags: dogs, died, World's Ungliest Dog, Yoda )

Naoko
- 431 days ago - mdn.mainichi.jp
Yoda won the 2011 World's Ugliest Dog contest at the Sonoma Marine Fair for her short tufts of hair, protruding tongue, and long, seemingly hairless legs. The Chinese crested and Chihuahua mix died in her sleep Saturday. She was 15.
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Remembering a Significant Otter: She Helped Save Her Species
Offbeat  (tags: animals, otter, special, died, endangered, species, pictures, police, wildlife, interesting )

Lindsey
- 440 days ago - animaltracks.today.msnbc.msn.com
Her name was Toola, and she died March 3, aged about 15 or 16. She was the first sea otter ever to raise pups that were successfully reintegrated to the wild. She also inspired legislation to protect sea otters, which are endangered.
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Hero Pet Rabbit Saves Family From House Fire ... Then Dies of Smoke Inhalation
Offbeat  (tags: pet rabbit, bravery, courageous little fellow, awaken family, saved family, house fire, died, sadness )

Simone
- 613 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
A pet rabbit is being credited for saving its owners from a house fire in south eastern Alaska before it died of smoke inhalation. The rabbit woke up the homeowner in Anchorage, Alaska, early on Tuesday morning by scratching on her chest.
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Newborn Died Due to Staff Shortage, Doctor Claims
Offbeat  (tags: risk, pregnant, newborn, died, doctor )

Agnes
- 643 days ago - cbc.ca
A shortage of anesthesiologists at Victoria General Hospital may have contributed to the death of a newborn being delivered by caesarean section, a doctor claims.
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Shot Soldier's Explosives Search Dog Died of Broken Heart‎
Offbeat  (tags: mystery, young soldier, killed, search dog, companion, bonding, died, broken heart )

Simone
- 676 days ago - mirror.co.uk
A SOLDIER'S devoted search dog died from a broken heart just hours after his owner was killed by Taliban, an inquest heard yesterday.
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Man Dies After Collapsing During Fukushima Plant Work
Offbeat  (tags: Fukushima No1. nuclear power plant, crisis-fighting, died, subcontractor, TEPCO )

Naoko
- 737 days ago - mdn.mainichi.jp
A worker at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant died Saturday after collapsing while carrying materials as part of crisis-fighting operations, the operator said.
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World's Oldest Captive Orangutan Dies at Tokyo's Tama Zoo
Offbeat  (tags: orangutan, oldest, died, Tama Zoo, 59 years old, Molly, draw pictures )

Naoko
- 752 days ago - mdn.mainichi.jp
The world's oldest orangutan in captivity, named Molly, died Saturday of old age at Tama Zoological Park in suburban Tokyo, the zoo said. Her estimated age was 59 years and four months.
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Discarded Cigarette Behind Six Horse Deaths
Offbeat  (tags: horrific, driver, discarded cigarette, six thoroughbreds, died, horrific )

Simone
- 761 days ago - horsetalk.co.nz
A cigarette tossed carelessly from a car is being blamed for a fire in a horse trailer which killed six two-year-old thoroughbreds.
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GREEN CANOPY GOES!
Offbeat  (tags: Trees, diseases, died )

Tarequl
- 797 days ago - daily-sun.com
As many as 12 trees have died because of some unknown diseases in the residential area of Telephone Shilpa Sangstha at Tongi. A rise in heavy metallic and acidic substances in the air, problems in topsoil and lack of proper environment are ...
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Kangaroo Death at Clarion Hotel Party Probed By Authorities
Offbeat  (tags: dublin, ireland, investigation, outrage, party, kangaroo, mistreated, died )

Simone
- 945 days ago - joe.ie
Gardai have launched an investigation into the reported death of a kangaroo at a 30th birthday party at the Clarion Hotel in Dublin over the weekend. The Dublin Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (DSPCA) is also probing the claims that a
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Saola Caught Alive in Laos, First Sighting for 11 Years
Offbeat  (tags: rare endangered, saola, captured alive, died, tragedy, sightings )

Simone
- 977 days ago - wildlifeextra.com.au
Asian 'Unicorn' sighted for first time in over ten years September 2010. For the first time in more than ten years, there has been a confirmed sighting of one of the rarest and most enigmatic animals in the world, the Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis)
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Long-Dead Shut-In's Corpse Found; Kin Probed for Fraud
Offbeat  (tags: unusual, bizarre, fraud, Tokyo, 111 years old?, died, shut-in, pension, corpse )

Naoko
- 1026 days ago - search.japantimes.co.jp
The mummified corpse appearently of a man born in 1899 who may have died more than 30 years ago was found in his home in Adachi Ward, Tokyo, after relatives barred repeated attempts to determine if he was still alive, investigative sources said Thursday.
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Aleya's Fight for Life Ends
Offbeat  (tags: crime, women, burnt, died, Dhaka, Bangladesh )

Naoko
- 1086 days ago - thedailystar.net
Aleya Akhter died late last night at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital six days after she was torched by stalkers at the city's Pallabi.
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Split Lake First Nation Teenage Girl Killed in House Fire
Offbeat  (tags: housefire, TEENAGE GIRL, died, sadness )

Lone
- 1190 days ago - cbc.ca
A teenage girl was killed in a fire Monday in the remote northern Manitoba community of Split Lake Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2010/02/15 /mb-fire-girl-fatal-split-lake-manitoba.html#ixzz0 fktdnCNK
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