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Giant turquoise flying rabbit balloon sparks major police alert in UK!

London, Dec 31 (ANI): A giant turquoise flying rabbit led to a major police alert after it broke free from its quay and crashed into a bridge over the River Thames.

After a local resident dialled 999 claiming a man had been riding the rabbit and could be seriously injured, a helicopter, paramedics, fire crews and several police patrols rushed to Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.

The alarm was raised by a woman living near Walton Bridge. She had told the cops that she had spotted the colourful creature drifting past her house and could have sworn it was carrying a passenger on its back.

A spokesman for Surrey Police revealed that many emergency crews arrived at the scene and discovered the peculiar flying object was actually a deflated helium balloon in the shape of a rabbit.

"It was turquoise in colour and was entangled in the trees alongside Walton-on-Thames bridge," The Telegraph quoted a spokesman, as saying.

"Fortunately there was no-one with the balloon which appears to have broken free from its moorings and taken off. We are trying to trace the owner," the spokesman said. (ANI)

Giant bronze sculpture honours Iraqi journalist shoe-thrower

Tikrit (Iraq), Jan. 30 (ANI): A huge bronze shoe sculpture has been erected in tribute to the Iraqi journalist who grabbed instant fame when threw his shoes at former US President George W Bush last year.The shoe, in which a tree has been planted, stands 10 feet high and sits atop a white pedestal in Tikrit, the hometown of executed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, the Telegraph reports.A rose bush is growing next to the monument which was erected.....
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