Journalism Research and Random Meanderings

Wednesday, June 30, 2004

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iranian woman 'gives birth to frog' 

I don't normally just repeat news but this was too good to pass up.

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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iranian woman 'gives birth to frog'

"Iranian woman 'gives birth to frog'

An Iranian newspaper has reported the controversial story of a woman who claims to have given birth to a frog. The Iranian daily Etemaad says the creature is believed to have grown from larva to an adult frog inside her body."



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