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UHLDINGEN, Germany, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- German police said a 126-pound python clasped onto the head of a keeper at a Uhldingen zoo while she was cleaning the reptile's cage.
A police spokesman said Renate Klosse tried to loosen the female python's grip by pushing on its mouth with her thumbs while her coworkers disoriented the animal by spraying it with hoses until it dropped Klosse and slithered away, The Mirror reported Monday.
"The jaws of the snake opened so wide that, with one lunge, she was able to completely cover the woman's face," the police spokesman said. "She feared that with a few more gulps her head would be inside."
Klosse was treated at a local hospital for bites and shock.
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DETROIT, Feb. 14 (UPI) --
The Nigerian who tried to blow up a Detroit-bound jetliner on Christmas Day 2009 shouldn't receive life in prison for the failed attack, his legal adviser said.
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NEWARK, N.J., Feb. 14 (UPI) --
Dozens of fans stood in freezing temperatures along the sidewalks of Newark, N.J., to bear witness to the body of pop singer Whitney Houston being brought home.
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BAGHDAD, Feb. 14 (UPI) --
U.S. supermajor Exxon Mobil won't be able to take part in an oil and natural gas licensing auction scheduled for May in Iraq, a spokesman said.
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