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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:57:01 GMT</pubDate>

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        <title>Floods Close Lourdes Pilgrimage Site in Pyrenees</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[<a href="/pictures/57967" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="picture"><img src="http://pix.avaxnews.com/avaxnews/6f/e2/0000e26f_medium.jpeg" id="external_img_57967" alt="The sanctuary of Lourdes flooded, in Lourdes, southwestern France, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. French rescue services and police are evacuating hundreds of pilgrims from hotels threatened by floodwaters from a rain-swollen river in the Roman Catholic shrine town of Lourdes. (Photo by Bob Edme/AP Photo)"/></a><br/>
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<div class="justify">The sanctuary of Lourdes flooded, in Lourdes, southwestern France, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. French rescue services and police are evacuating hundreds of pilgrims from hotels threatened by floodwaters from a rain-swollen river in the Roman Catholic shrine town of Lourdes. (Photo by Bob Edme/AP Photo)</div>]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:57:01 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Children in Brazil are Preparing for the World Cup</title>
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        <category>Fact</category>
        <description><![CDATA[<a href="/pictures/57961" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="picture"><img src="http://pix.avaxnews.com/avaxnews/69/e2/0000e269_medium.jpeg" id="external_img_57961" alt="Boys play football in a shantytown of Olinda, about 18 km from Recife in northeastern Brazil, on June 18, 2013 as the FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013 football tournament is being held in the country. The historic centre of Olinda is listed as an UNESCO World Heritage Site. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)"/></a><br/>
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<div class="justify">Boys play football in a shantytown of Olinda, about 18 km from Recife in northeastern Brazil, on June 18, 2013 as the FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013 football tournament is being held in the country. The historic centre of Olinda is listed as an UNESCO World Heritage Site. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)</div>]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:53:24 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>The Longest Mustache In The World</title>
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        <category>Fact, Wow, Funny</category>
        <description><![CDATA[<div class="justify"><a href="/pictures/57897" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="picture"><img src="http://pix.avaxnews.com/avaxnews/29/e2/0000e229_medium.jpeg" id="external_img_57897" alt="The Longest Mustache In The World"/></a><br/>
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The world&#x27;s longest moustache (belonging to one Ram Singh Chauhan of Rajasthan, India) measures a staggering 11.5 feet, or nearly 4 metres.</div>]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:02:47 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Taiwan Blue Magpie</title>
        <link>http://avaxnews.me/educative/taiwan_blue_magpie.html</link>
        <category>Wow, Charming, Educative</category>
        <description><![CDATA[<div class="justify"><a href="/pictures/57919" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="picture"><img src="http://pix.avaxnews.com/avaxnews/3f/e2/0000e23f_medium.jpeg" id="external_img_57919" alt="Taiwan Blue Magpie"/></a><br/>
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The Taiwan Blue Magpie (Urocissa caerulea), also called the Taiwan Magpie or Formosan Blue Magpie, is a member of the Crow family. It is an endemic species living in the mountains of Taiwan at elevations of 300 to 1200m.</div>]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:39:11 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Twiggy The Water Skiing Squirrel</title>
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        <category>Fact, Wow, Appealing, Funny</category>
        <description><![CDATA[<div class="justify"><a href="/pictures/57851" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="picture"><img src="http://pix.avaxnews.com/avaxnews/fb/e1/0000e1fb_medium.jpeg" id="external_img_57851" alt="Twiggy The Water Skiing Squirrel"/></a><br/>
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Twiggy the Water-Skiing Squirrel is an animal novelty act, featuring a squirrel who skis around a heated pool. The act began in 1979 by Chuck and Lou Ann Best and started with an appearance on Real People. It has been featured on numerous television shows, newspaper articles, and websites.</div>]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:17:43 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Ring of Life - The Amazing Metal Structure In Fushun China</title>
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        <category>Fact, Wow, Educative</category>
        <description><![CDATA[<div class="justify"><a href="/pictures/57839" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="picture"><img src="http://pix.avaxnews.com/avaxnews/ef/e1/0000e1ef_medium.jpeg" id="external_img_57839" alt="Ring of Life - The Amazing Metal Structure In Fushun China"/></a><br/>
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The Ring of Life is a 515-foot (approximately 157 meters) landmark built in the city of Fushun, China.<br/>
The landmark is built with an observation deck accessible by elevator, as well as 12,000 LED lights. Having abandoned local entertainment projects due to the small local population, urban planners settled on building a sightseeing landmark instead in order to attract a tourist industry to the region. The structure uses approximately 3,000 tons of steel and cost an estimated $16M U.S. dollars.</div>]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:36:14 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>LEGO Sculptures by Nathan Sawaya</title>
        <link>http://avaxnews.me/fact/LEGO_Sculptures_by_Nathan_Sawaya.html</link>
        <category>Fact</category>
        <description><![CDATA[<a href="/pictures/57869" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="picture"><img src="http://pix.avaxnews.com/avaxnews/0d/e2/0000e20d_medium.jpeg" id="external_img_57869" alt="“Blue man sits in chair”. (Photo by Nathan Sawaya/The Art of the Brick)"/></a><br/>
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<div class="justify">Nathan Sawaya is a New York-based artist who creates awe-inspiring works of art out of some of the most unlikely things. His recent global museum exhibitions feature large-scale sculptures using only toy building blocks. LEGO bricks to be exact. Photo: “Blue man sits in chair”. (Photo by Nathan Sawaya/The Art of the Brick)</div>]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:46:31 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Daredevil Stuntman Nik Wallenda</title>
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        <category>Fact</category>
        <description><![CDATA[<a href="/pictures/57863" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="picture"><img src="http://pix.avaxnews.com/avaxnews/07/e2/0000e207_medium.jpeg" id="external_img_57863" alt="Nik Wallenda walks across a tightrope 200 feet above U.S. 41 on January 29, 2013 in Sarasota, Florida. (Photo by Tim Boyles/Getty Images)"/></a><br/>
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<div class="justify">The holder of half a dozen world records will walk across the Grand Canyon on a steel cable with nothing but the Little Colorado River 1,500 feet below on June 23. With no tethers or safety nets, the walk will be the highest tightrope attempt ever for the 34-year-old, at a height taller than the Empire State Building. Last year, Wallenda, a seventh-generation member of the “Flying Wallendas” family of acrobats, became the only person to walk a wire over the brink of Niagara Falls. Photo: Nik Wallenda walks across a tightrope 200 feet above U.S. 41 on January 29, 2013 in Sarasota, Florida. (Photo by Tim Boyles)</div>]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:54:19 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Erin Brady – a New Miss USA</title>
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        <category>Fact</category>
        <description><![CDATA[<a href="/pictures/57822" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="picture"><img src="http://pix.avaxnews.com/avaxnews/de/e1/0000e1de_medium.jpeg" id="external_img_57822" alt="Miss USA 2012 Nana Meriwether crowns Miss Connecticut USA Erin Brady the new Miss USA during the 2013 Miss USA pageant at PH Live at Planet Hollywood Resort &amp; Casino on June 16, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada.  (Photo by Ethan Miller)"/></a><br/>
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<div class="justify">Miss USA 2012 Nana Meriwether crowns Miss Connecticut USA Erin Brady the new Miss USA during the 2013 Miss USA pageant at PH Live at Planet Hollywood Resort &amp; Casino on June 16, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada.  (Photo by Ethan Miller)</div>]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:01:13 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Park Asterix In Paris</title>
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        <category>Fact, Funny</category>
        <description><![CDATA[<div class="justify"><a href="/pictures/57607" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="picture"><img src="http://pix.avaxnews.com/avaxnews/07/e1/0000e107_medium.jpeg" id="external_img_57607" alt="Park Asterix In Paris"/></a><br/>
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Parc Astérix is a theme amusement park in France, based on the stories of Asterix (by Albert Uderzo and René Goscinny). Situated approximately 35 km (22 mi) north of Paris and 32 km (20 mi) from Disneyland Resort Paris, in Plailly in the département of Oise, it opened in 1989. The park is operated by Compagnie des Alpes.</div>]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:43:02 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>The &#x27;Famous Political Figures&#x27; By Ahmad Kushha</title>
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        <category>Wow, Charming, Funny</category>
        <description><![CDATA[<div class="justify"><a href="/pictures/57814" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="picture"><img src="http://pix.avaxnews.com/avaxnews/d6/e1/0000e1d6_medium.jpeg" id="external_img_57814" alt="The &#x27;Famous Political Figures&#x27; by Ahmad Kushha"/></a><br/>
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Famous Political Figures by Ahmad Kushha is a series of illustrations that feature world leaders that have been shrunken down to look like cartoon characters with huge eyes.</div>]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:37:56 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Google Tests Balloons to Beam Internet from Near Space</title>
        <link>http://avaxnews.me/appealing/Google_Tests_Balloons_to_Beam_Internet_from_Near_Space.html</link>
        <category>Appealing</category>
        <description><![CDATA[<a href="/pictures/57809" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="picture"><img src="http://pix.avaxnews.com/avaxnews/d1/e1/0000e1d1_medium.jpeg" id="external_img_57809" alt="A Google balloon sails through the air with the Southern Alps mountains in the background, in Tekapo, New Zealand. (Photo by Jon Shenk/Associated Press)"/></a><br/>
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<div class="justify">“Google is launching balloons into near space to provide internet access to buildings below on the ground. About 30 of the superpressure balloons are being launched from New Zealand from where they will drift around the world on a controlled path. Attached equipment will offer 3G-like speeds to 50 testers in the country”. – BBC News. Photo: A Google balloon sails through the air with the Southern Alps mountains in the background, in Tekapo, New Zealand. (Photo by Jon Shenk/Associated Press)</div>]]></description>
        <pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 08:04:22 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Pakistan&#x27;s Female Top Gun</title>
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        <category>Appealing</category>
        <description><![CDATA[<a href="/pictures/57795" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="picture"><img src="http://pix.avaxnews.com/avaxnews/c3/e1/0000e1c3_medium.jpeg" id="external_img_57795" alt="Ayesha Farooq, 26, Pakistan&#x27;s only female war-ready fighter pilot watches an airforce jet about to take off at Mushaf base in Sargodha, north Pakistan June 7, 2013. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)"/></a><br/>
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<div class="justify">Ayesha Farooq, 26, Pakistan&#x27;s only female war-ready fighter pilot watches an airforce jet about to take off at Mushaf base in Sargodha, north Pakistan June 7, 2013. Farooq, from Punjab province&#x27;s historic city of Bahawalpur, is one of 19 women who have become pilots in the Pakistan Air Force over the last decade – there are five other female fighter pilots, but they have yet to take the final tests to qualify for combat. A growing number of women have joined Pakistan&#x27;s defence forces in recent years as attitudes towards women change. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)</div>]]></description>
        <pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 07:12:34 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Beautiful Clay Creatures By Ellen Jewett</title>
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        <category>Wow, Charming, Appealing, Touching, Funny</category>
        <description><![CDATA[<div class="justify"><a href="/pictures/57661" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="picture"><img src="http://pix.avaxnews.com/avaxnews/3d/e1/0000e13d_medium.jpeg" id="external_img_57661" alt="Beautiful Clay Creatures By Ellen Jewett"/></a><br/>
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Canadian artist Ellen Jewett makes extremely detailed animal sculptures that combine realism with curious elements of fantasy. </div>]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:40:42 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>“Sensuous Steel”</title>
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        <category>Appealing</category>
        <description><![CDATA[<a href="/pictures/57789" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="picture"><img src="http://pix.avaxnews.com/avaxnews/bd/e1/0000e1bd_medium.jpeg" id="external_img_57789" alt="1930 KJ Henderson Streamline. Collection of Frank Westfall. (Photo by Peter Harholdt)"/></a><br/>
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1930 KJ Henderson Streamline. Collection of Frank Westfall. (Photo by Peter Harholdt)]]></description>
        <pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 06:44:53 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Simply – Two Pleasant Korean Videoclips</title>
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        <category>Appealing</category>
        <description><![CDATA[<a href="/pictures/57772" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="picture"><img src="http://pix.avaxnews.com/avaxnews/ac/e1/0000e1ac_medium.jpeg" id="external_img_57772"/></a><br/>
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<div class="justify">Simply – two pleasant Korean videoclips by Davichi (다비치), SeeYa (씨야) and T-ara (티아라). Have a nice week-end!<br/>
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P.S. Hint: You want even more music? Use a <a href="http://avaxnews.me/tags/music%20video/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><b>music video</b></a> tag!</div>]]></description>
        <pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:32:59 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>The Week in Pictures Animals, June 7 – June 14, 2013</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[<a href="/pictures/57750" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="picture"><img src="http://pix.avaxnews.com/avaxnews/96/e1/0000e196_medium.jpeg" id="external_img_57750" alt="A wild macaque monkey eats fruit dropped by pedestrians in a suburb of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on June 11, 2013. (Photo by Mohd Rasfan/AFP Photo)"/></a><br/>
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<div class="justify">A wild macaque monkey eats fruit dropped by pedestrians in a suburb of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on June 11, 2013. (Photo by Mohd Rasfan/AFP Photo)</div>]]></description>
        <pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2013 11:44:07 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>The Week in Pictures June 7 – June 14, 2013 (60 Photos)</title>
        <link>http://avaxnews.me/fact/The_Week_in_Pictures_June_7-June_14_2013.html</link>
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        <description><![CDATA[<a href="/pictures/57699" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="picture"><img src="http://pix.avaxnews.com/avaxnews/63/e1/0000e163_medium.jpeg" id="external_img_57699" alt="Women perform a pole dancing routine during the national day celebration of “Urban Pole” dance along a street in Monterrey, Mexico, on June 9, 2013. (Photo by Daniel Becerril/Reuters)"/></a><br/>
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<div class="justify">Women perform a pole dancing routine during the national day celebration of “Urban Pole” dance along a street in Monterrey, Mexico, on June 9, 2013. (Photo by Daniel Becerril/Reuters)</div>]]></description>
        <pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2013 11:36:48 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Surreal Art</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[<a href="/pictures/57671" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="picture"><img src="http://pix.avaxnews.com/avaxnews/47/e1/0000e147_medium.jpeg" id="external_img_57671" alt="Two sculputures at the waterfront in Marseille – Ever feel like youve forgotten something? No its not a mind trick – these are the amazing photos of sculptures done by a French artist. The sculptures are the work of Bruno Catalano and might look like theyre missing vital organs but the invisible bodies represent a world citizen according to their creator. (Photo by Caters News Agency)"/></a><br/>
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<div class="justify">Two sculputures at the waterfront in Marseille – Ever feel like youve forgotten something? No its not a mind trick – these are the amazing photos of sculptures done by a French artist. The sculptures are the work of Bruno Catalano and might look like theyre missing vital organs but the invisible bodies represent a world citizen according to their creator. (Photo by Caters News Agency)</div>]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:39:23 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Photographer and his Cats</title>
        <link>http://avaxnews.me/appealing/Photographer_and_his_Cats.html</link>
        <category>Appealing</category>
        <description><![CDATA[<a href="/pictures/57641" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="picture"><img src="http://pix.avaxnews.com/avaxnews/29/e1/0000e129_medium.jpeg" id="external_img_57641" alt="“Catch a drop!”. (Photo and caption by memberx)"/></a><br/>
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“Catch a drop!”. (Photo and caption by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/memberx/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">memberx</a>)]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:39:52 GMT</pubDate>
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