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France holds 'Chameleon' impostor: A 31-year-old serial impostor who passed himself off for a whole month as a schoolboy - aged 15 - is being questioned by police in France. Frederic Bourdin, nicknamed "the Chameleon", attended the Jean Monnet school in Pau posing as "Francisco Hernandez-Fernandez", a Spanish orphan. A teacher unmasked him last week after having ...

British charity Oxfam has had to pay the Sri Lankan government $1m in import duty for vehicles used in tsunami reconstruction work. Absolutely abominable. The Sri Lankan government told the BBC News website the aid had been duty-free until the end of April but was now needed to prevent "market distortions".   WTF?! Hello: The Oxfam spokesman said the Indian vehicles were chosen because ...

Orthodox leader demoted to monk. The Orthodox Church has demoted Irineos, its former Patriarch of Jerusalem, to the rank of simple monk. Irineos had refused to resign after being accused of selling Church land in Jerusalem traditionally occupied by Arabs to Jewish investors. Serious issues I know, but I'm just saying: damn, that's some serious bling bro! The good sh*t too; you know they don't ...