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Man kicked off flight for tweeting about 'rude' airline staff

Be careful… you’re being watched.

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Jul 27th 2014, 11:42 AM

Notorious Somali pirate 'Big Mouth' nabbed in undercover operation

The pirate, Mohamed Abdi Hassan, was arrested after going to sign what he thought was a movie contract.

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Oct 14th 2013, 6:00 PM

BBC receives more than 20,000 complaints over Jeremy Clarkson 'joke'

The controversial ‘Top Gear’ presenter joked that striking public sector workers should be shot in front of their families.

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Dec 2nd 2011, 7:58 PM

Child benefit is ‘subsidising people to have sex’ – Michael O’Leary

The Ryanair CEO said that he thinks child benefit should be abolished, calling it an “absurdity”.

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