What word does this rebus represent?

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I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?

This is a most unusual paragraph. How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so ordinary, you'd think nothing was wrong with it. Actually, nothing IS wrong with it. But it is not as ordinary as you might think. If you think about it for a bit, you will find out why it is truly so unusual. So what is it? What is so unordinary about this paragraph?

I have eight fingers and two thumbs but I do not live. What Am I?

What work can one never finish?

Can you name an animal whose killing cannot be performed without spilling your own blood?

Most people think of me as money. But when they find me in the water, they won’t get any money out of me. What am I?

I get hot but I never sweat,
I cook food but I am not a chef,
I have a door but you can't enter me,
I have a light but I am not a lamp.
Who am I?

Can you complete the sequence?

192, 021, 222, 324, 252, 627, 2__, 9__?

A newspaper is supposed to have 60 pages, but pages 24 and 41 are missing.
Which other pages won't be there?