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''They love it'' he said.''Mice are built to surf and skate because their centre of gravity is so low...
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...when they do fall they want to get straight back on board.''
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One of the mice checks out the ramp before his jump
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The fire started in the immigration section of the departure lounge
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A birdseye view of floods in Herne Hill. The picture was taken from the MPS helicopter. Around 20 properties were flooded in south London following a burst water main near Herne Hill station. London Fire Brigade was alerted to the incident at 5am this morning and attended the scene with Thames Water. The burst is affecting three roads with Dulwich Road, Herne Hill and Norwood Road all partially closed
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A baby panda, the first born in Taiwan, is checked by staff at Taipei Zoo
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Missy (Rt) walks around her enclosure at a Gloucestershire sanctuary. Missy is thought to be one of the oldest penguins in the world at the ripe old age of 36 which works out to 108 in human years
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An inquisitive owl tilts her head to the side to pose for the camera. The young female burrowing owl took a shine to photographer Leonardo Casadei, 35, from her perch in a palm tree in Brazil.Mr Casadei watched as the light brown-and-white bird turned her head back and forth to get a better look at him
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A handout picture from the Marine Nationale (French Navy) shows a French navy helicopter hovering over the fishing trawler, Zun Yang 26 which capsized 30 miles off the coast of Rapa island in French Polynesia
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Host Jay Leno talks with President Barack Obama during The Tonight show with Jay leno
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An man carries a life size stuffed tiger during the monsoon festival at Saputara in India. The month long monsoon festival promotes Saputara, the only hill station of Gujarat state
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Bangladeshi people leave for their hometowns by train for the upcoming religious festival at the Airport Station in Dhaka
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Yvette Dardenne walks among hundreds of vintage lithographed tin boxes which are part of a huge collection on display at her house in Grand-Hallet, eastern Belgium. Dardenne, who currently possesses about 56,800 boxes from around the world said her passion started 22 years ago when her aunt gave her a decorated chocolate box from the late 1950s
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An anti-government protester during a march against an amnesty bill in Bangkok, Thailand. Thai lawmakers began debating a controversial bill that many people feel could pave the way for an ousted prime minister to return
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Four men lift a pig up to stop it from running away after a van carrying 12 pigs overturned on a highway in Fuzhou, China
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Firemen stand in the debris caused by a gas explosion that has severely damaged a multi-story apartment building in Argentina. The explosion ripped off the building’s facade
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An Indian boy dangles from a power line before diving into the floodwaters of an overflowing Ganges river in Allahabad. The monsoon, which covers the subcontinent from June to September and usually brings flooding, accounts for about 80 percent of India's annual rainfall
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Tunisian anti-government protesters shout slogans during a demonstration near the parliament building in Tunis, Tunisia. The rally comes after the assassination of secular opposition figure Mohammed Brahmi in July. The demonstrators are demanding the dissolution of the assembly
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Washington Nationals shortstop Ian Desmond flies through the air after completing a double play against the Atlanta Braves in the eighth inning of their MLB National League baseball game in Washington
Herne Hill flooding
About 20 properties have been flooded in south London following a burst water main near Herne Hill station, with water up to a metre deep in some places.
Firefighters were alerted at 5am on Wednesday and were at the scene with Thames Water. The burst main has affected three roads with Dulwich Road, Herne Hill and Norwood Road all partially closed
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A Pakistani mother mourns the death of her son who was killed in a bomb explosion, in Karachi, Pakistan, this morning. A bomb blast that appeared to be targeting a provincial government minister killed many people before dawn at a soccer field
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An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man blows a whistle as he protests against Jewish female activists from the Women of the Wall prayer rights group who were holding a monthly prayer session near the Western Wall plaza in Jerusalem's Old City.
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And here are some of the members of the Women of the Wall prayer rights group, wearing prayer shawls and Tefillins, a set of leather straps and boxes containing sacred parchments that Orthodox tradition reserves solely for men to wear
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A custom officer with a leopard skin. Hong Kong customs seized an illegal shipment of ivory tusks, rhino horns and leopard skins worth more than $5M, officials said, the second seizure of endangered species parts in a month in the port city
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Another custom officer carries one of the 1,120 seized ivory tusks
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If he had a hammer: London's Mayor Boris Johnson, wields a huge mallet, before placing a pavement stone of the soon-to-be completed King's Cross Square. The square is the final part of the 500 million pound sterling King's Cross station redevelopment
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A Barcelona fan at the exhibition football match between FC Barcelona and Thailand's national football team at the Rajamangala football stadium in Bangkok
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Motorists queue at the border crossing between Spain and Gibraltar in La Linea de la Concepcion
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Japanese warships JDS Shirayuki and JDS Isoyuki are moored in Gdynia, Poland. Three Japanese warships, from the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force Training Squadron (JMSDF), have arrived in Gdynia for a first ever visit to Poland
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The warships have provoked much interest among the citizens of Gdynia, who queue to get on board
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Baghdadi al-Mahmudi, centre, former Libyan Prime Minister in Gaddafi's government, sits behind bars during a hearing in Tripoli
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People release balloons as Ariel Castro's home starts getting demolish in Cleveland, Ohio. Castro held Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight captive for nearly a decade at this property
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People suspected of violating immigration rules are detained by police in Moscow. Russian police had conducted sweeping raids on Moscow street markets
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The picture desk always enjoys a bit of star gazing, especially when the photograph is as starry as this handout from the European Southern Observatory, showing a detail of the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of the satellite galaxies of Milky Way
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The father and daughter African roadshow arrives in Pretoria, South Africa. Bill Clinton and his daughter Chelsea are touring "Embrace Tomorrow - A Conversation Without Borders" programme through Africa to address health issues including HIV testing, decontamination of drinking water and education on Malaria
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A woman sits on a balcony asking for help after an explosion, caused by a gas leak, in an apartment building in Rosario city in the province of Santa Fe August 6, 2013. According to local authorities, six people died and at least 50 were injured as firefighters and rescue workers continued to search for people who are trapped in the area.
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Indian army soldiers stand near the coffins of their colleagues during a wreath laying ceremony in Poonch district, northwest of Jammu August 6, 2013. India said a group of militants from Pakistan killed five of its soldiers in an ambush along the disputed border in Kashmir on Tuesday, an accusation that threatens to derail efforts to resume peace talks.
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Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's helicopter destroyer DDH183 Izumo, the largest surface combatants of the Japanese navy, is seen during its launching ceremony in Yokohama, south of Tokyo August 6, 2013.
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Tibetan Buddhists and tourists view a giant thangka, a religious silk embroidery or painting displaying the Buddha portrait, during the Shoton Festival at Drepung Monastery in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region August 6, 2013
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Ding Shilu (L) tests the engine of his home-made aircraft before conducting a test flight on the outskirts of Shenyang, Liaoning province, August 6. 2013. Ding, a 65-year-old migrant worker, spent around 2,000 yuan ($327) to build this 5-metre-long, 4.5-metre-high plane using components from motorcycles and electric bicycles. Ding failed his fourth test flight on Tuesday since he started his project four years ago, local media reported
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Police examine one of the cars on the Glasgow to London mail train near Bridego Railway Bridge in Buckinghamshire, England, the morning after the train was attacked and robbed on Aug. 8, 1963. The 2.6 million pound heist became known as the "Great Train Robbery."
Fifty years ago a criminal gang pulled off one of the most notorious heists in British history — the "Great Train Robbery."
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A photo issued by Scotland Yard of Bruce Reynolds, the mastermind behind the heist, in 1963.
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The equivalent of about $71 million was stolen from the mail train in 1963.
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Ronald "Ronnie" Biggs leaves Aylesbury Police Station under heavy guard on Oct. 7, 1965
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Train driver Jack Mills, who was deemed a hero, rests at home after the robbery, in 1963
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Three of the suspects arrested in connection with the "Great Train Robbery" leave a courthouse with blankets over their heads.
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Police stand guard outside Leatherslade Farm at Oakley in Buckinghamshire on Aug. 13, 1963. The farm was used as a hideout by the Great Train Robbers after the heist
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The police found 35,000 pounds in banknotes hidden in the walls of a caravan owned by James White, one of the robbers
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A street entertainer performs on Edinburgh's Royal Mile during the city's Festival Fringe on Aug, 7 in Edinburgh, Scotland
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The Royal Scots Borderers (1 Scots) march through the gates to Balmoral before being inspected by Queen Elizabeth II
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Queen Elizabeth II inspects the Royal Scots Borderers as she takes up summer residence at Balmoral
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Judge Pauline Scott looks at an untitled artwork by Arleen McPadden which forms part of a student art exhibition during the 140th Discover Ireland Dublin Horse Show
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Flanked by dolphins, an albino humpback whale swims north off Green Island, Queensland, on the annual migration from Antarctica to the Great Barrier Reef
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A female polar bear stalks her prey in Norway. Wildlife photographer Paul Goldstein captured the extraordinary efforts of the hungry polar bear hoping to grab guillemots and kittiwakes from the side of a cliff
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Brandon Sanchez found what he thought was a shark left abandoned at Canal Street station in New York. It was later identified as a smooth dogfish
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A man pulls a lantern built to look like a robot a in Yogyakarta, Indonesia