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Pierce Brosnan tries to board plane with 10-inch knife –
Pierce Brosnan, the former James Bond actor, has been stopped by airport security as he tried to board a plane in America with a large knife. The star had the 10-inch hunting blade confiscated from his hand luggage after it showed up during screening at Burlington International Airport, in Vermont. Brosnan, 62, was reportedly left embarrassed and angry when the knife was taken away by US Transportation Security Administration agents. [Daily Telegraph]
Pierce Brosnan

Mormons reveal Seer Stone for first time –
The Mormon Church released photographs on Tuesday of a so-called “seer stone” that members believe was used by the Utah-based faith’s founder, Joseph Smith, to write the Book of Mormon, its principal sacred text. Photos of the egg-shaped, chocolate-brown rock are in a new publication that also carries images of the first printer’s manuscript of the Book of Mormon, which Smith said was based on ancient records and include an account of a visit to America by Jesus Christ. The LDS Church teaches that Smith found gold plates engraved with ancient Egyptian symbols in upstate New York 185 years ago. [Daily Telegraph]

Natalia Molchanova: Freediving champion feared dead –
Russian freediving champion Natalia Molchanova is feared dead after going missing on Sunday. The 53-year-old was diving for fun off Formentera, a Spanish island near Ibiza, when she failed to surface. Search efforts have been continuing but it is feared she may have been caught up in strong underwater currents. She became “the most decorated competitive freediver in the world”, with 41 world records, said her family and the global freediving federation AIDA in a joint statement. [BBC] See List of the Day. On May 14, 2015 Peter Colat, a Swiss freediver, held his breath underwater for 19 minutes and 21 seconds, smashing the world record.
Natalia Molchanova in 2009

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AIDA recognised freediving records (as of May 15, 2015)

Discipline	Gender	Depth [m]	Distance [m]	Time	Name	Date	Place
Static apnea (STA)	Men	–	–	11 min 35 sec	Stéphane Mifsud (FRA)	2009-06-08	Hyères, Var, France
	Women	–	–	9 min 02 sec	Natalia Molchanova (RUS)	2013-06-29	Belgrade, Serbia
Dynamic apnea with fins (DYN)	Men	–	281	–	Goran Čolak (HRV)	2013-06-28	Belgrade, Serbia
	Women	–	237	–	Natalia Molchanova (RUS)	2014-09-26	Sardinia, Italy
Dynamic apnea without fins (DNF)	Men	–	226	–	Mateusz Malina (POL)	2014-11-09	Brno, Czech Republic
	Women	–	182	–	Natalia Molchanova (RUS)	2013-06-27	Belgrade, Serbia
Constant weight apnea (CWT)	Men	128	–	–	Alexey Molchanov (RUS)	2013-09-19	Kalamata, Greece
	Women	101	–	–	Natalia Molchanova (RUS)	2011-09-22	Kalamata, Greece
Constant weight apnea without fins (CNF)	Men	101	–	–	William Trubridge (NZL)	2010-12-16	Dean’s Blue Hole, Long Island Bahamas
	Women	71	–	–	Natalia Molchanova (RUS)	2015-05-13	Dahab, Egypt
Free immersion apnea (FIM)	Men	121	–	–	William Trubridge (NZL)	2011-04-10	Dean’s Blue Hole, Long Island Bahamas
	Women	91	–	–	Natalia Molchanova (RUS)	2013-09-21	Kalamata, Greece
Variable weight apnea (VWT)	Men	145	–	–	William Winram (CAN)	2013-09-03	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
	Women	127	–	–	Natalia Molchanova (RUS)	2012-06-06	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
No-limits apnea (NLT)	Men	214	–	–	Herbert Nitsch (AUT)	2007-06-14	Spetses, Greece
	Women	160	–	–	Tanya Streeter (GBR)	2002-08-17	Turks and Caicos

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Disasters and accidents

• 2015 Pacific typhoon season
  • Typhoon Soudelor (Hanna) strengthens to the strongest storm of 2015; it is expected to be equivalent to a Category 3 or Category 4 hurricanewhen it hits Taiwan. (The Independent) (Free District)
• Malaysian Airlines Flight 370:
  • Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak confirms that the plane debris recovered from Reunion Island on July 29 is from Flight 370. This is the first direct evidence that the missing March 2014 flight crashed. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the search for MH370 will continue.(BBC), (MSN) (Nine News – Australia)
  • Examination of the part is being carried out, under the direction of a judge, at the Balma, France, aeronautical test facility in the Toulouse area to identify everything they can from the metal: damage, barnacles, etc. (UPI) (Deutsche Welle) (MSN)
• The Italian Corps of the Port Captaincies – Coast Guard and Irish Navy rescue 367 people as a boat carrying migrants founders off the coast ofLibya with 25 people dying. (Associated Press)

Health and medicine

• Researchers based at the University of Helsinki, using data from Statistics Finland, suggests that fathers live longest when having children around the age of 25 to 30, rather than prior. (Tribune)
• The death toll from an outbreak of legionnaires disease in New York City rises to eight with 97 people sick. (NBC New York)

International relations

• The Government of Cambodia claims that the Royal Thai Army has killed five Cambodians since January. (Bangkok Post)

Law and crime

• Police claim a triple murder in Pensacola, Florida is linked to witchcraft and the blue moon. (The Washington Post)

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