f gullibility was a crime, then 2 500 people who handed over money for a “magic pen” in a bid to win the Lotto would have been guilty without a shred of doubt.
The “magic-pen” scam emerged in court papers in the Durban High Court recently during an application to seize the assets of the four [...]

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A paid FBI informant was the man behind a neo-Nazi march through the streets of Parramore that stirred up anxiety in Orlando’s black community and fears of racial unrest that triggered a major police mobilization.
That revelation came Wednesday in an unrelated federal court hearing and has prompted outrage from black leaders, some of whom [...]

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A German Holocaust denier who regularly lavished praise on Adolf Hitler has been sentenced to five years in jail by a German court.
Ernst Zuendel was convicted of 14 counts of inciting racial hatred and for denying that the Nazis killed six million Jews during World War II.
He received the maximum sentence under German law which [...]

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[Why he not living in Iraq? Some Iraqi Nationalist he is-ed]
Berlin: Germany authorities have charged a 37-year-old Iraqi with supporting an Al Qaida-linked group in Iraq, federal prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Burhan B. was arrested at Frankfurt airport in June 2006. He is accused of transferring 22,000 euros to the Ansar Al Islam group between [...]

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[When will they learn not to bite the hand that feeds them? When will they start to starve-ed]
Johannesburg: South Africa, under pressure to redress land ownership imbalances left by apartheid, has expropriated its first farm in a reform drive aimed at returning land to the black majority, officials said yesterday.
The state-ordered sale of a [...]

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Bhopal: With right wing groups opposing Valentine’s Day celebrations and women’s organisations vowing to protect young lovers, police yesterday warned trouble makers of stringent action.
The Madhya Pradesh police issued notices to leaders of the Hindu right-wing Bajrang Dal, National Students Union of India, Savarna Samaj Party and the women’s wing of the Nationalist Congress Party.
The [...]

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Paris: From church roofs and grand statues to drain covers and even the humble tweezer, objects made of metal are being targeted by thieves in France looking to cash in on a surge in raw material prices, the police have said.
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Kuala Lumpur: Couples in the primarily Muslim countries of Malaysia and Brunei are being urged to shun Valentine’s Day by religious officials, who say it conflicts with Islamic principles and causes moral erosion.
While there no laws banning Wednesday’s celebrations in either country, some officials noted that Saint Valentine was a Christian and feared that festivities [...]

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INFLATION in Zimbabwe has reached such proportions that it destroyed the value of a new national currency before a single one of its banknotes had been spent. The largest note, $Z1000 ($A5), buys just one tomato.
The world’s highest inflation rate, which rose to a record 1594 per cent on Monday, rendered the new money worthless [...]

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The mayor of the Dutch city of Amsterdam has changed his mind about letting under 16s take part in the Gay Pride festival.
A 14-year-old boy, Danny Hoekzema, devised the plan to include a boat for LGBT teens in the parade along the city’s famous canals.
Last month mayor Job Cohen blocked the idea, as he thought [...]

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