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Buried man found alive: Brazil landslides
Landslides in Brazil have taken about 700 lives, and displaced more than 14000 people. However, for Marcelo Fonseca, there was light for Marcelo, as he was unburied from under 13 feet of mud earlier today.

Almost 35,000 deaths after four short years
Over the past four years Mexico’s drug wars have taken the lives of 34,600 innocent bystanders, drug cartel members, and government soldiers. Statistics show a decrease in deaths in the last quarter of 2010 but its significance is uncertain.

German wine country under 7 meters of water
Records amount of snow during December covered the western part of Germany. Post snowstorm temperatures rose sharply causing rapid thawing, inundating 30 small villages in as much as seven meters of water.

Two women arrested for protesting the humiliation of a beaten woman, Sudan
A shocking video of a Muslim woman being beaten was published on Youtube, enraging two other Muslim women in Sudan. They protested against the humiliation of this woman and were arrested for doing so.

New chip implant developed to help the paralyzed
A more modern chip implant has been developed to help paralyzed people carry out controlled exercises like rowing and cycling. It operates by sending electrical impulses directly into the spine, which is more effective than sending them through the skin.

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