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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 16:30:59 EDT


Inmate earns top Duke of Edinburgh award
Australian Broadcasting Corporation | A 25-year-old Tasmanian is the first
Australian to receive a top-level Duke of Edinburgh award whilst in prison.
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Bizarre Laws
KENTUCKY

Bees entering Kentucky must have a certificate of health.

Any person who displays, handles or uses any kind of reptile
in connection with any religious service or gathering shall
be fined not less than fifty dollars.

Any person who appears on a highway, or the street of any
city that has no police protection, when clothed only in
ordinary bathing garb, shall be fined not less than five
dollars.(how much is that in Loonies?)

No person shall sell, exchange or possess living baby chicks,
ducklings, or other fowl or rabbits which have been dyed or
colored; nor sell or exchange baby chicks or other fowl under
two months of age in any quantity less than six, except that
any rabbit weighing three pounds or more may be sold at an
age of six weeks.
(Well, now that we have that cleared up....................)

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Easter Floggings Come Early This Year -----------

GUATEMALA CITY - Lent no longer tops the list for Easter
hardships. The annual Easter witch hunt began seven days prior
to Holy Week this year for Guatemalan students. The ritual
consists of 15,000 hooded students (mostly male) who publicly
strip suspected criminals, and beat them. This vigilante
pummeling, and the accompanying parade, are a sanctioned
tradition where last year more than 108 lynching attempts
took place.
(They did this at a Frat house regularly........................)
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Imposter Hoodwinks Medical Authorities

BONN, Germany - In one of the countries biggest medical
scandals, authorities are scratching their heads trying to
figure out how a post office messenger with no formal
education could impersonate a psychiatrist for two years
and commit 34 "patients" to mental hospitals across the
country. The culprit, Gert Postel got away with impersonating
a psychiatrist by using a lot of psycho babble that made him a convincing
con man.
( Would he be available for the Quebec
list???????????.............................)
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Dutch Research Into Flatulence

AMSTERDAM, Holland - Bizarre News is always on the lookout
examining how countries spanning the globe do research.
Recently, researchers at the University of Amsterdam have
been delving into the hazards of flatulence. Apparently,
prolonged exposure of four hours a day to humans "passing
gas" can weaken the immune system. The doctor heading this
piece of vital research, Dr. Hans Sholten, was quoted as
saying, "It would behoove anyone who cares about his or her
health to avoid people with chronic flatulence." (Really?)
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Breaking news from CBC News Online:


Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden appeared in a new taped message aired on an
Arabic television station Friday evening, just four days before the American
presidential election. In the message, played on Qatar-based Al-Jazeera, bin
Laden threatens new attacks against the American people and attacked the Bush
administration as corrupt.
(I thought his cave was bombed??????????........................)





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