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Monday 29 July 1996 23:02 BST

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Good Day for mud divers, as the "Summer Redneck Games" opened in Dublin, Georgia. The event, which comprises 17 days of gruelling sporting contests such as mudiving and hub-cap hurling, was opened by a runner named "Elbow" lighting the official BBQ Grill with a propane torch.

Bad Day for hens on holiday, as the Belgrade news agency Tanjug issued a report of a Serbian family who took 14 chickens on a camping holiday with them. Complaining that local poultry prices were too high, they lived on eggs for the first few days, then roast chicken.

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