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bushSouth African television mistakenly announced that the recently U.S. President George W. Bush died, told the BBC.

Television ETV News three seconds on the screen stood words “George Bush is dead.”

Error occurred because the technician mistakenly pressed button “broadcast live” instead of “test” when his boss asked him to show him how it looks.

- Technician pressed the wrong button. For a second the words appear on the screen, and there were only three seconds – said spokesman Vasile Vass.

He did not want to say whether the technician will be disciplinary punishment.

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garbageBritish eccentric died of thirst after he was lost in the labyrinth of tunnels that was in his house built of garbage, reported today insular media

Investigators believe that the labyrinth was so complicated that its builder Gordon Stewart (74) could not find the exit, and died of dehidratation.

Neighbors called police after him for several days were not seen him. The police last week called help from diving team because the stench that is spreading his house and neighborhood in Broughton was unbearable. In his house, found the whole network of tunnels built from the garbage in putridity. Stewart’s dead body, confined within his own creations, discovered by members of the team’s equipped with bottled oxygen.
Local residents say that it is often sawing him on the bike goes around surrounding streets. One neighbor said that he was eccentric, but very bright. “He is a collector. Returning home with cardboard boxes and lived in his world. ”

Stewart was collecting trash for more than ten years. Through its windows clearly could be seen piles of old furniture, computer parts, boxes and plastic bags. In the garage is a parked car from 1950s and it’s buried within garbage.

Police announced that in his death have not discovered any suspicious circumstances. It is believed that he had no close relatives.

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americanHis wife, with whom he was married 46 years, died a long time ago, 1963 …

After years of life that are even touched three centuries, the oldest resident of the United States, died in California at the age of 112 and a half years, writes in a Monday newspaper Sacramento Bee.

George Rene Francis, was born in New Orleans 6th June 1896., died on Saturday of heart failure. His legacy has left four children, 19 grandsons and 30 great-granddaughter.

His wife, with whom he was married 46 years, died a long time ago, in 1963.

After Francis’s death, the oldest resident of the United States is Walter Breunig, who has 112 years and 98 days.

The oldest woman is 114-year-old Gertrude Baines from Los Angeles.

The oldest person in the world is 115-years Portugesse Maria de Jesus.

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