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yesterday was...

Tuesday 23 January 1996 00:02 GMT
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A good day for:

Eamonn McGirr, 55, who set a new world record in New York by singing for 11 consecutive days with a break of only five minutes every hour.

A bad day for:

Amir Hazan, a prisoner in jail in Israel, whose request for an inflatable sex doll in his cell was turned down by the Supreme Court.

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