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The Kremlin says it is "disappointed" boys strangled by python • the Australian Greens have filled mosques & public spaces to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan • TV's most offensive snake tanks • the US has cancelled the 25th anniversary of a pro-democracy uprising crushed by the country's military leaders • best death-defying stunts under threat with bid to make radiotherapy safer • a Taiwanese fisherman who was shot to death by Manila's coast guard in disputed waters three months ago has offered an official apology for the warming planet • the National Heart Foundation has been diagnosed with measles.