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Prisoner diets his way to freedom

A prisoner dieted his way to freedom in Australia when he squeezed through a narrow gap after losing more than 3st.
Robert Cole, 36, escaped through a gap he had chiselled between the wall and the bars on his cell window.
Cole, a sex offender and armed robber, weighed 12st when he was jailed two years ago but had slimmed down to 8st 10lb.
"The security has let us down badly here," said Ian McLean, the deputy commissioner of New South Wales corrective services.
"The department is obviously very embarrassed by this. Cole is cunning and he is a great threat to the public."
Cole, described as mentally ill and possibly carrying a knife, escaped from the hospital of Long Bay maximum security prison in Sydney.
After squeezing through, he climbed a fence lined with razor wire, walked along a wall and jumped to freedom. Drops of blood on the ground indicated that he had cut himself on the razor wire.
There were no guards in a watchtower because the authorities relied on cameras and sensors. The security chief has been suspended.


Pigs glow in the dark

Scientists have created pigs that glow in the dark.
Scientists in Taiwan have used jellyfish genes to help create the animals.
The move is designed to help research into stem cell treatments for disease.
"There are partially fluorescent green pigs elsewhere," said Wu Shinn-Chih, assistant professor of animal science at the National Taiwan University.
"But ours are the only ones in the world that are green from inside out."
He added: "Even their hearts and internal organs are green."
Prof Wu said the fluorescent cells would show up during stem cell treatment of diseased organs, allowing physicians to monitor the healing progress.
"We hope it can help with future stem cell research by cutting down on the time researchers expend," he said.



Burglar pretended to be a dog

Police are hunting two thieves after one stole a purse from an elderly woman while his accomplice pretended to be a dog.
Police in Stockton-on-Tees say it was one of the most unusual distraction burglaries they've ever encountered.
The two men barged into a house owned by a brother and sister in their nineties just after midday on Saturday, reports local ITV news.
One of the thieves then dropped to his knees and started to bark like a dog and crawl around on all fours.
Police say while the shocked 90-year-old woman and her brother, 93, looked on in disbelief, the second man grabbed the woman's purse and the pair ran off.

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