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Posted by Darren | Posted in News | Posted on 09-18-2007

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Someone tries to sell Belgium on eBay
A teacher, Gerrit Six, making a statement about his disapproval of the state of political crisis his country is in.
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“Dead” man wakes up under autopsy knife
He woke up in “excruciating pain” as the mortician began the autopsy.
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Man dies after head-butt by armless man
Snellville, GA – The man died from a heart attack and not the head-butt.

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game 'til you drop

Posted by Darren | Posted in Life in General | Posted on 09-17-2007

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China web-user dies after three-day online binge [slashdot]
BEIJING (AFP) – A man in southern China collapsed and died after a three-day marathon online session at a cybercafe, state media reported on Monday.  The web-user, estimated to be 30 years old, suddenly collapsed in front of his computer terminal in Guangdong province, and emergency personnel were unable to revive him, the Beijing News reported.  “According to preliminary findings, the length of time this man spent online might have triggered heart problems,” the paper quoted a local hospital emergency medic in the city of Zhongshan as saying.  The paper did not provide the man’s name or the online activities he was engaged in.  Worried about growing Internet addiction, China’s government has taken steps to combat the problem, including forcing online gaming sites to dock the points of gamers who stay online too long.

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South Korean dies after games session
A South Korean man has died after reportedly playing an online computer game for 50 hours with few breaks.  The 28-year-old man collapsed after playing the game Starcraft at an internet cafe in the city of Taegu, according to South Korean authorities.  The man had not slept properly, and had eaten very little during his marathon session, said police….  The man, identified by his family name, Lee, started playing Starcraft on 3 August. He only paused playing to go to the toilet and for short periods of sleep, said the police.  “We presume the cause of death was heart failure stemming from exhaustion,” a Taegu provincial police official told the Reuters news agency.  He was taken to hospital following his collapse, but died shortly after, according to the police. It is not known whether he suffered from any previous health conditions.  They added that he had recently been fired from his job because he kept missing work to play computer games.

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