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A Viking galley is set on fire during the Up Helly Aa Viking festival, in Lerwick on the Shetland Isles Danny Lawson/PA Wire/Press Association Images

The Daily Fix: Wednesday

In tonight’s Fix: Body discovered in Rudo Mawere case; computer-guided bullets; and Ray D’Arcy gets a new job…

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Walker the three-year-old polar bear as he dives into his pond after a hard hat at the Highland Wildlife Park at Kincraig, Scotland (Andrew Milligan/PA Wire/Press Association Images)

  • A new four-inch-long, self-guided bullet can hit its target from a mile away using a tiny interior computer.
  • Today FM DJ Ray D’Arcy has become an official ambassador for the county of Kildare. Here he is at his first official engagement.
  • A body has been found in the search for missing kayaker Nealie O’Connor, 38, who went missing on a lake near Dingle, Kerry last week.
  • Long-lost audio tapes recorded aboard Air Force One in the wake of JFK’s assassination have surfaced after almost 50 years. They include recordings of a call vice-president Lyndon B Johnson made to Kennedy’s mother.
  • And finally: does anyone, anywhere, love table tennis as much as this dog does?

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    Mute Fiona
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    Feb 2nd 2012, 12:49 AM

    That dog video is absolutely brilliant, the enthusiasm, seriously like! Hilarious!

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    Feb 1st 2012, 10:10 PM

    Great pic of the longboat being set ablaze in Shetland. Mate of mine was in the Jarl Squad this year. Some get up they get kitted out in. Downside is that they have to grow out the beards for a month in advance at least. Am definitely, even if it kills me, making it up there for Up Helly Aa 2013. Have been meaning to go for years now.

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