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Author Amy Scobee recounts abuse as Scientology executive
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Saturn moon Enceladus may have salty ocean
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Surgeons reattach boy’s three severed limbs
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Triple limb-reattachment fails – boy loses foot
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Peter Andren, Australian MP dies aged 61
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