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Hundreds of residents evacuated amid flooding in northern England

Hundreds more people have been told to leave their homes in northern England on Dec. 27, one day after several hundred people had been evacuated, as weeks of heavy rainfall continue to cause heavy flooding.

Police in the York area 320 kilometers (200 miles) north of London on Dec. 27 advised more than 300 people to leave their homes because of rising river waters.

Women footballers play wearing just their underwear

“Let the women play in more feminine clothes like they do in volleyball. They could, for example, have tighter shorts. Female players are pretty, if you excuse me for saying so, and they already have some different rules to men – such as playing with a lighter ball.” FIFA President Sepp Blatter had said ten years ago and the world laughed at his gaffe.

Russia shows what it can do in 'warm waters'

The Russian desire to reach the ?warm waters? of the Mediterranean goes back to before the First World War. The copyright belongs to foreign minister Sergei Sazonov of Tsarist Russia. Sazonov was actually the third signatory of the infamous Sykes-Picot agreement of 1916, along with Britain and France, aiming to divide the collapsing Ottoman Empire into zones of control.

Mykonos wind blows Fall sexy moments to the island (vids)

A man proposed to his girlfriend on an easyJet flight from Manchester to Mykonos. Love was in the air as Kevin Christie, aged 41, popped the question to Kamila Maier, a woman more than half his age.
He requested use of the intercom from the flight attendant who introduced Christie at the front of the plane to the amusement of 200 other passengers.

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