Archive for April, 2008

Maoist election puts things into sharper perspective regarding Bhutanese refugees

As we reported before, the United States has agreed to take 60,000 Bhutanese refugees from camps in Nepal.   The Bhutanese who are of Nepali descent are divided on whether they want to be resettled in the West.  Many are holding out in hopes Bhutan will take them back.  This article adds more clarity …
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More on the Rohingya problem

Here is another article that reports on the demonstrations in Asia the other day.   I was interested in adding this bit of information to our growing Rohingya file. 
Five Western envoys to Bangladesh, including European Commissioner Dr. Stephen Frane, Italian envoy Italla Maria Marta Ochi, Dutch envoy Ria Tan Tushar, Swedish envoy …
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Erie, PA refugee commits suicide

A Ukrainian refugee woman has apparently committed suicide in Erie, PA by walking into the waters of Presque Isle Bay bringing more headaches to the International Institute of Erie which has has a rough year.  The story begins:
The woman who drowned in Presque Isle Bay on Thursday stepped into the …
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Christians in Iraq not doing so well among the Kurds

On April 20 we reported that thousands of Iraqi Christians have found safe haven among the Kurds of northern Iraq. Now the same reporter we got that news from tells us that most Christians in that area are in dire circumstances. Ken Timmerman reports on Newsmax, Christians Face Extinction in …
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British Lottery Scam

Haven’t seen this advanced fees scam for a while. Guess the scammers have brought it back for another run.
From: ruthhills_80@charter.net
Subject: Ref No:BritishL/CN/6654/CP
Date: April 22, 2008 12:08:52 PM EDT (CA)
Reply-To: barristerbiggs.owen@gmail.com
Attn:Winner
Your Email has won the sum of £ 850,000.00 GBP from our monthly sweepstakes Winning Number: …
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Atm Card Direct From Nigeria

I like this one the scammers even mention the “Office Of The Senate House” Nigeria! They may as well write, this is a scam while they are at it.
OFFICE OF THE SENATE HOUSE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
(RESOLUTION PANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT)
IKOYI-LAGOS NIGERIA
Our Ref: FGN /SNT/STB
Your Ref.
ATTENTION BENEFICIARY: …
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Housing Pessimism: Get Over It….

I suppose it is not fair to ask today’s prospective home buyers what all the fuss is about. Given the daily onslaught of negative media coverage of housing and the economy, it is permissible to be concerned about whether or not to take the plunge. However, I don’t understand the …
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Shelbyville, Emporia, Richmond (oops Roanoke), Helsinki, it’s the same story

Thanks to reader ‘Bill’ who has set me straight and it’s not Richmond, it’s Roanoke!
What a coincidence that this story should pop up the day after we reported the conflicts on-going in Richmond Roanoke between Somali refugees and local black American citizens.   This story is from Finland. 
A Finnish family complained …
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New Year Lottery Scam

Readers here is the latest piece of crap from our scammers friends.
THE BRITISH NEW YEAR LOTTERY ANNOUNCEMENT / 2008
which was held on April 21st, 2008. Your e-mail address
attached TICKET NUMBER: 74454774, SERIAL NUMBER: 144-66584,with DREW
LUCKY NUMBERS: 5-21-23-34-61-72 that drewn a prize of 516,778.00 …
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Mr. Terry Smith wants to Scam You, Any Takers?

You got to love these bottom feeders. They went out of their way to contact me and then they ask for my name, gender and age. To top it off the spam is from “pathology”@ hathway.com and the big shot wants me to respond to some yahoo address in the …
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