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A martial arts enthusiast pulls a vehicle with a rope connected to his eye sockets during a performance in Hefei, Anhui province November 30, 2009. Picture taken November 30, 2009. REUTERS/China Daily

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    Falling icicles kill six

    MOSCOW
    Tue Feb 26, 2008 10:00am EST
    Icicles hang from the roof of a building in Gulmarg, 55km (34 miles) west of Srinagar January 30, 2008. Six people have been killed in three days by icicles falling from buildings in a central Russian region, ITAR-TASS news agency reported Tuesday. REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli

    MOSCOW (Reuters) - Six people have been killed in three days by icicles falling from buildings in a central Russian region, ITAR-TASS news agency reported Tuesday.

    Oddly Enough

    Plummeting chunks of ice is an annual hazard for pedestrians in Russia during the spring when the sun finally melts thick layers of ice and snow which build up on roofs over months of freezing temperatures and darkness.

    Medical authorities in the region of Samara told ITAR-TASS that five people died in the city of Samara and another person died in the nearby town of Otradny between February 23 and February 25.

    (Writing by James Kilner; Editing by Matthew Jones)
    Oddly Enough


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