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Written by Shez
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Tuesday, 26 August 2008 07:11 |
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 Pigeon in custody for smuggling drugs
Bosnian police have impounded a pigeon after discovering prisoners used it to smuggle drugs into one of the country's highest security jails, an official said Thursday. "The guards suspected the animal might be involved in drug smuggling once they noticed four prisoners visibly intoxicated shortly after the pigeon landed on a prison window," Zenica prison official Josip Pojavnik told AFP.
All four inmates had tested positive for heroin, said Pojavnik, adding disciplinary proceedings had been launched against the inmates. The drugs, he added, had probably been stuffed into tiny bags attached to the legs of the carrier pigeon, which one of the prisoners had previously been allowed to keep as a pet in his cell. "We suspect that the pigeon carried the drugs from Tuzla," a town around 70 kilometres (more than 40 miles) northeast of Zenica in central Bosnia, he added. The pigeon had been taken into custody by police, who have launched an investigation aimed at identifying those who had loaded it up with the drugs. "We do not know what to do with the pigeon, but for the time being it will remain behind bars," Pojavnik said. The incident had prompted the prison administration to consider closing down a prisoner pigeon-breeding project established in a ward of the jail as part of a rehabilitation programme, he added. javnik insisted those birds had not been involved in the incident. A similar case of carrier pigeons being used by prisoners was reportedly uncovered earlier this year at a jail in Brazil, where the birds were being used to deliver drugs and even mobile telephones. Full Story |
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Written by Shez
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Tuesday, 26 August 2008 06:54 |
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Written by Shez
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Sunday, 03 August 2008 10:01 |
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 The former Baywatch babe fell in love with the place during a recent trip and the royal family there persuaded her into becoming a hotelier. "I'm building a hotel there. It's environmentally friendly. I went there with the Make a Wish Foundation and met some great people there, and the royal family was really friendly," Contactmusic quoted her as saying.
And the environmentally conscious star insists the hotel is kind to the earth: "It's built with no fossil fuel at all.... in Abu Dhabi |
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Written by Haris
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Wednesday, 02 July 2008 06:45 |
 A war of wills takes place between two men who want to run the same grocery store in this offbeat comedy from writer and director Steven Conrad. Doug (Seann William Scott) is a seemingly ordinary guy who works as the assistant manager of a supermarket near Chicago. When the owners of the market announce they're opening a new branch near Doug's neighborhood, he applies to become manager of the new store, and both he and his wife (Jenna Fischer) assume he's a shoo-in to get the job. But Richard (John C. Reilly), a gregarious recent hire at the store who has relocated to Illinois from Canada, announces he's also applying for the management position, and a keen rivalry develops between Doug and Richard even as they strive to act like friends on the surface. As the competition grows between the two, their personality flaws become increasingly evident -- Doug's short temper, Richard's history of drug abuse -- and when Richard's wife (Lili Taylor) leaves him, the contest starts taking an uncomfortable turn. The Promotion also stars Fred Armisen, Gil Bellows, and Bobby Cannavale. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide |
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Written by Shez
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Saturday, 02 August 2008 18:49 |
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 THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, Maria Bello, Luke Ford
Directed by: Rob Cohen
So let me get this right: Brendan Fraser plays father to a 20-something man, Maria Bello is now Rachel Weisz and action star Jet Li plays a terracotta warrior emperor who's been brought back from the dead -- but can't find a decent stunt sequence. Some movie franchises, it seems, are better left dead. An uneven, brain-addled exercise in tiresome self-reference filled with bad lines, boring special effects and some of the worst acting you'll see this side of daytime soaps, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor makes you feel sorry for the likes of Fraser and his co-stars Li, Bello and Michelle Yeoh.
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