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This article features some of the best 25 paranormal phenomenon along with photos of the same. One of the stories featured is about the Myrtle's Ghost:
"This face in the window is of what we believe to be that of past librarian, Myrtle, captured by the hauntedyoudecide team "H.Y.D.R.S." during a late evening investigation of the Onawa Public Library in Onawa, Iowa where the ghost of Myrtle is believed to be haunting the library."

The strain of foot-and-mouth disease found at a Surrey farm has been identified, Defra has said.
The strain detected in infected cattle is identical to that used at the Institute for Animal Health, at Pirbright, three miles from the farm.

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a virus which affects animals - very few human cases have ever been recorded.
It is endemic in animals in many parts of the world including Asia, Africa, the Middle East and South America.

Population levels across many parts of the developed world are declining, but this is particularly noticeable in former Eastern Bloc states where the number of children being born has plummeted within a generation.

A university in Venezuela is using a novel method to take books into remote communities and encourage people to read. As James Ingham reports, the scheme is proving a great success.
Mules are too tough to bother being sweet. They do a hard job which no other animal or human invention can do as well.

Nasa has launched a spacecraft on a nine-month journey to Mars, where it will dig below the surface for clues to the existence of past or present life.

Silicon Valley is the southern part of San Francisco's Bay Area, stretching from the city to San Jose. This is one of the top research and development centres in the world; wherever you look someone is having a good idea.

The duration of heatwaves in Western Europe has doubled since 1880, a study has shown.

The authors of the research also discovered that the frequency of extremely hot days has nearly tripled in the past century.

Slavery is a word which immediately conjures up very specific images in our minds.
It is believed there are nearly nine million children around the world today who are enslaved.

Burundi, one of the world's poorest nations, is emerging from a 12-year, ethnic-based civil war.
Since independence in 1961, it has been plagued by tension between the dominant Tutsi minority and the Hutu majority and has been the scene of one of Africa's most intractable conflicts