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1. Brazil Carnival Contest Ends In Samba Punch-Up
   Brazil's Sao Paulo carnival parade contest ended in riots after a man stole and destroyed the judges' results.
2. Ice To See You: 30,000-Year-Old Flower Revived
   Fruit and seeds hidden in an Ice Age squirrel's burrow in Siberian permafrost have been resurrected into a flower by Russian scientists.
3. Dolphins 'Deserve Same Rights As Humans'
   A team of experts has said dolphins should be given the same rights to life and liberty as humans because of their high levels of intelligence and self-awareness.
4. Man Survives On Nothing But Snow For Months
   A man has been pulled alive from a snowed-in car in Sweden - after apparently being stranded without food in freezing temperatures for two months.
5. $6trn Of Fake US Bonds Found In Bank Vault
   Anti-mafia investigators have found fake US treasury bonds with a face value of $6trn (£3.8trn) hidden in a Swiss bank vault.
6. MI5 Investigated Chaplin Birthplace Mystery
   The mystery over Charlie Chaplin's country of birth has deepened after newly-released files shed fresh light on MI5's investigations into his alleged communist sympathies.
7. Monster Star's Eruption Observed By Scientists
   Space scientists have caught a delayed glimpse of a cosmic blast that dazzled observers when it was seen from Earth more than 150 years ago.
8. Tightrope Daredevil Will Walk Niagara Falls
   A daredevil will become the first in more than a century to attempt to cross the gorge at Niagara Falls on a tightrope.
9. Wills And Kate In A Barbie World Of Their Own
   The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are to be immortalised as a pair of Barbie dolls.
10. Man In Pants Crawls Across Ice To Save Dog
    This is the astonishing moment a man is snapped crawling across an icy river in just his underpants to rescue his dog.