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Hundreds pose nude on Australian beach to raise awareness for skin cancer

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Video Rhode Island Halloween display aiming to raise donations for cancer research Tim Perry, a Cranston, Rhode Island resident whose wife is battling cancer, speaks about his ‘House of 1,000 Pumpkins’ Halloween display.  Some 2,500 people took off their clothes on Saturday to pose for U.S. photographic artist Spencer Tunick at  Sydney's Bondi Beach  in an effort to raise awareness about skin cancer. Tunick, known for staging mass nude photo shoots at world landmarks, used a megaphone to direct attendees into several poses on the beach before many took a naked dip in the ocean. The New York-based artist  collaborated with a charity on the naked art installation in a bid to raise awareness about melanoma, Australia's fourth most common form of cancer.  Australia's federal government estimates that this year 17,756 new cases of skin cancer will be diagnosed in Australia, and 1,281 Australians will die from the disease. Participants pose nude during sunrise on Sydney's Bon

World Cup: Saudi players gifted luxury cars after upsetting Argentina

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Video Fox News Flash top sports headlines for November 25 Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. After Argentina became the victim of maybe the biggest upset in  World Cup  history in losing to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, star player Lionel Messi said his team felt "dead." That makes one of them, because the  Saudis sure weren't . CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Saudi Arabia's Salem Al-Dawsari is congratulated after scoring his team's second goal during their World Cup Group C match against Argentina at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, on Tuesday.   (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz) In fact, the Saudi government made the next day a national holiday to celebrate the victory, but the players got the gift of a lifetime. Each player was reportedly gifted a  Rolls Royce Phantom  for the upset. It was the first time Saudi Arabia has won an opening match at the  World Cup  and their second win in their last fi

Three British foreign secretaries have failed to call for the release of a British national being held in Nigeria

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Three British foreign secretaries have failed to call for the release of a British national being held in   Nigeria   after falling victim to a “brazen and violent” act of extraordinary rendition, the high court has heard. Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob), a prominent separatist movement proscribed in Nigeria,  was abducted , unlawfully detained and tortured in Kenya in June last year before being flown blindfolded on a private plane to Nigeria, the court was told on Monday. Charlotte Kilroy KC, representing Kanu’s brother, Kingsley Kanu, said the independence leader had been held in Nigeria ever since, largely in solitary confinement, in poor conditions and without access to medical treatment for a heart condition, which had put his life at risk. She said successive foreign secretaries – first  Liz Truss , then  Dominic Raab  and now James Cleverly – had unlawfully failed to act despite “clear and overwhelming” evidence of extraordinary rendition, includin

Carnival cruise ship passenger rescued by Coast Guard hours after falling overboard

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video Carnival cruise ship passenger rescued by Coast Guard after falling overboard Video released by the Coast Guard shows the moment a Carnival cruise ship passenger was spotted and later rescued from the Gulf of Mexico after falling overboard Thursday.  A missing  passenger from the Carnival Valor cruise ship  was rescued hours later Thursday by the U.S. Coast Guard.  The 28-year-old was discovered about 20 miles south of Southwest Pass, a channel south of Louisiana at the mouth of the Mississippi River.  He had been reported missing at around 2:30 p.m. local time on the same day and was located at around 8:25 p.m. by a Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew.  The passenger was hoisted out of the water and up onto a helicopter before being given medical attention at the New Orleans Lakefront Airport. A Carnival cruise ship passenger was spotted by the Coast Guard before being rescued Thursday.  (Coast Guard / Fox News) The Coast Guard airlifted a Carnival cruise s