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Blaine to balance on flagpole

Magician David Blaine is to spend two full days and nights balanced on top of a 100ft flagpole for his latest stunt.

The 29-year-old will stand on the pole, which has the diameter of a football, without a harness or safety net.

The stunt is expected to take place next month in his native New York at the General Motors building on Fifth Avenue.

It’s the latest in a line of death-defying stunts for the magician which have included being buried alive for five days and being locked inside a huge block of ice for 62 hours.

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