Top 10 world news events in 2007

The following are the top 10 world news events in the year 2007
1. US troops suffer heavy losses in Iraq

US President George W. Bush embraced a major tactical shift in the war in Iraq on January 10, when he declared that more American troops would be deployed to Iraq.

However, the additional 30,000 US forces in Iraq did not bring peace to the country, which is still plagued by rampant violence and bloodshed.

The year 2007 has been the deadliest year for the US troops in Iraq since the US-led invasion in 2003, with around 900 soldiers died so far.

Iraq also reported a civilian death toll of at least 17,000 in various violent activities.
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The half ton mum: Tragic story of world’s heaviest woman

Renee Williams became the largest person ever to have gastric bypass surgery earlier this year after ballooning to nearly seventy stone ? but died 12 days later.

The bedridden 29-year-old begged doctors to perform the operation when she became so large that she couldn’t hug her two children.

Her astonishing size meant that the operating table had to be specially widened for the procedure.

Larger than life: Renee Williams weight balloned from 40 to 70 stone after a car crash

The operation was successful and Renee lost four stone due to her reduced stomach capacity before dying of a sudden heart attack less than two weeks later. Her story is told in a Channel 4 programme next week.
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Paris Hilton

Paris Whitney Hilton (born February 17, 1981) is an American socialite, singer, actress, fashion model, and author. She is an heiress to the Hilton Hotel fortune, as well as her father, Richard Hilton’s, real estate fortune.

A videotape of her having sex with her boyfriend helped skyrocket her into the public eye, and that drew attention to her then-new participation in a reality series, The Simple Life.
In addition to being a socialite in both Manhattan and Los Angeles, Hilton has gained an international reputation from her work in the entertainment and fashion industries. She has been described as a “celebutante”, a portmanteau of “celebrity” and “debutante”. However, in August 2006 she launched a serious bid at a music career, with her debut pop album Paris.
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Adriana Macias

Adriana Macias live without meter hands

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Diana, Princess of Wales

Diana, Princess of Wales (Diana Frances Mountbatten-Windsor, n?e Spencer) (July 1, 1961?August 31, 1997) was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales. Her two sons, Prince William of Wales and Prince Henry of Wales (called Prince Harry), are, respectively, second and third in line to the British throne

From her marriage in 1981 to her divorce in 1996, she was styled Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales. After her divorce from the Prince of Wales in 1996, Diana ceased to be The Princess of Wales and lost the resulting Royal Highness style.[1] As the former wife of the heir to the throne she received a title based on the format used for the ex-wives of peers, namely her personal name, followed by her title.
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The Simpsons

The Simpsons is the longest-running animated television series in American television history, with 17 seasons and 356 episodes since it debuted on December 17, 1989 on FOX, and is a spin-off of The Tracey Ullman Show. The television series is produced by Gracie Films for 20th Century Fox.

Highly satirical, the show lampoons many aspects of the human condition, but primarily parodies the “Middle American” lifestyle, its titular family exhibits, and more generally American culture, society, and even television itself.
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Lesson in life and death: pupils build dying teacher’s coffin

Lesson in life and death: pupils build dying teacher’s coffin

A DUTCH primary school teacher dying of cancer is overseeing one last class project: her pupils are making her coffin.

Eri van den Biggelaar, 40, has just a few weeks to live after being diagnosed last year with an aggressive form of cervical cancer.

She asked the woodwork teacher, a friend, to build a coffin for her. “Why don’t you let the children make it?” replied Erik van Dijk.

Now pupils of the school in Someren, who normally plane wood for baskets and placemats, have been helping with the finishing touches.
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