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A coach party returning to Athens after a weekend visit to Kefalonia were involved in a fatal accident on the New National Road between Patras - Pyrgos when the coach a car collided, killing the 29 year old driver of the car. Coach occupants said to be (physically) unharmed.
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Black rats may not have been to blame for numerous outbreaks of the bubonic plague across Europe, a study suggests.
Scientists believe repeat epidemics of the Black Death, which arrived in Europe in the mid-14th Century, instead trace back to gerbils from Asia.
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31588671
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A South Korean couple's terrifying ordeal was captured on camera after a sinkhole opened directly underneath their feet - and swallowed them whole.
The pair were later pulled from the hole, which luckily was only 10ft deep, and reportedly escaped with only minor injuries.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/watch-sinkhole-opens-in-south-korea-swallowing-two-people-whole-10066453.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flMlpEOGH20