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SRINAGAR, India 鈥?One video showed a young Kashmiri man strapped to a
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Provincial officials say dry Christmas trees caused two recent fatal fires in Ontario.A spokeswoman with the Office of the Fire Marshal says most recently, four people were killed south of Ottawa after a dry tree caught fire on Jan. 10.Kristy Denette says the homeowners had two friends o
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stanley cup She says the home was too badly damaged to determine what lit the tree ablaze, but that faulty Christmas lights are often to blame in such situations.Earlier, on Dec. 28, she says a dry Christmas tree caught fire in Halton
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