âScorpion queenâ breaks world record
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KUANTAN: Malaysiaâs âscorpion queenâ Nur Malena Hassan has broken the world record after staying in a glass enclosure at the Kuantan Parade here with 6,060 scorpions for 32 days.
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OSTRAVA, Czech Republic  - Twice Olympic 10,000 meters champion Haile Gebrselassie broke the world one-hour and 20 kilometers marks at the "Golden Spike" grand prix athletics meeting on Wednesday.
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Ethiopian Meseret Defar shattered the women's world indoor record for the two-mile run at the Boston Indoor Games on Saturday.
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INDIANAPOLIS - Australia set a world record in winning the 400-meter medley relay at the Short Course World Championships on Saturday night.
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U.S. astronaut Sunita Williams has now spent more time spacewalking than any other woman, setting the record on Sunday as she and a crew mate upgraded the international space station's cooling system.
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The United States has shattered a 17-year-old world record in the women&#39;s Olympic 800-meter freestyle relay.
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U.S. speedskater Shani Davis breaks his own world record at 1,500 meters Sunday at the World Cup final in Calgary, Alberta.
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Sarah Ulmer of New Zealand won women&#39;s 3,000m individual pursuit with a new world record of 3 minutes 24.537 seconds on Sunday, beating Australian strong rival Katie Mactier, who clocked 3:27.
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Queen Elizabeth II becomes Britain's oldest-ever monarch on Thursday, beating the record of Queen Victoria.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Meseret Defar set a world record in the women's 2-mile at the Van Damme Memorial meet Friday, smashing her own mark by almost 12 seconds.
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Lagat, the World Indoor 3000m champion clocked 3:52.87 to break the all-time mile record of over the 160-yard banked oval to the roar of a crowd of 13,519. Lagat's mark eclipsed Irishman's Eamonn Coghlan's meet ...
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South Korea's Lee Kang-Seok set a world record of 34.25 seconds to win the 500m title here Friday at the World Speedskating Championships.
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And another lined up for Thursday Sunita Williams has taken the women's world record for the most time spacewalking, after completing a seven hour excursion outside the International Space Station (ISS).â¦
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Pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia and steeplechaser Saif Saaeed Shaheen of Qatar set world records at the Van Damme Memorial meet yesterday in Brussels, Belgium.
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TURIN, Italy  - Irina Slutskaya skated into the  history books on Saturday by capturing a record-equaling sixth  European women's crown.
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Thousands of people dressed as Santa Claus took part in the English city of Liverpool's annual &quot;Santa Dash&quot;, setting a new world record in the process, organisers of the event said.
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Jamaican Asafa Powell breaks the world 100m record by clocking 9.74 secs at the IAAF Grand Prix in Rieti.