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Colombia's robot soccer team gets some fine tuning as they prepare to take on the United States and China in the RoboCup world championships. .
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Tributes have poured in for James Gandolfini, the American actor best known for his role as the mob boss in The Sopranos, who died on Wednesday at the age of 51.
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Fans were injured in an apparent stampede in Shanghai during a visit by soccer star David Beckham to Tongji University. Credit: Xinmin.cn/Storyful
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Rugby being the national sport of New Zealand, it’s not surprising that even some of the schools rugby is played at an incredibly intense level. This video gives an example of that intensity with a massive hit by Wanganui Collegiate player Ruslan Casey on Kip Fawcett from St. Pauls Collegiate. The hit is so hard it is met with gasps from the crowd. Credit: YouTube/BenSutherland.
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Two brothers, Ben and Andrew Donegan, and their friend Joel Ryan had a chance encounter with a rogue great white shark off the coast of Portland, Australia, on January 27. The friends were out on a routine fishing trip when the 5-meter shark began to circle their boat. As the shark circled the men decided to try and pet it. The animal suddenly became aggressive and tried to take a bite out of the boat, according to news reports. Credit: YouTube/Joel Ryan
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This month Bing UK has handed over their Homepage to the British Hen Welfare Trust, a national charity that re-homes commercial laying hens, educates the public on how to make a difference to Hen Welfare and encourages support for the British egg industry. #HelpYourBritain http://www.discoverbing.co.uk/HelpYourBritain
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This month Bing UK has handed their homepage over to Wilton Music Hall, a charity run by a small and dedicated team, who work with a selection of artists.
Bing helps Bournemouth man create an all singing and dancing marriage proposal!
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As part Microsoft’s Bing is for Doing campaign, Andrew Hall, a local security guard from Bournemouth, got in touch with the Bing team and asked them if they would help him create an extra special wedding proposal for his girlfriend, Katie Paton. The Bing team thought it was a fantastic idea and last week helped him to create an all singing and dancing marriage proposal in Bournemouth’s town centre.
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As part of their on-going charity initiative, Bing is featuring the Kent Surrey & Sussex Ambulance Trust this month.
It is a registered charity established to help sick and injured people in South East England and surrounding areas by providing a Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS). Responding swiftly to 999 calls, the Air Ambulance can deliver a highly skilled team of Specialist Doctors and Critical Care Paramedics to the patient at the scene. It costs £5 million per year to keep the service running; this money is raised almost entirely via voluntary donations.
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This time round Bing UK has handed their homepage over to The Pluto Appeal, a charity very close to the heart of Mr Jason Bradbury, host of the Gadget show U.K. The appeal’s mission is to raise £1 million to buy Pluto, a surgical robot, with a special technique.
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This month Bing UK has handed over their Homepage to The Chawton House Library, a charity that concentrates on education and heritage, holding a unique collection of early women’s writing circa 1600-1830. They offer readers the chance to research and engage with a wealth of texts, in a historic and tranquil surroundings.