The Italian national anthem, better known as the Fratelli d’Italia, was the subject of a heated debate this week. Two lesser known artists displayed their object d’art at the Bolzano Museum of Modern Art which was promptly confiscated. The toilet flushes to the anthem in question, raising such questions as ‘is the anthem a national symbol’ and ‘is it unpatriotic to play it in a context in which it could be ridiculed’. The prosecution point to a decree that was issued earlier this year by the former government of Silvio Berlusconi which defined the national anthem as an emblem and the property of the state and argued that flushing this particular toilet is an offence to the nation. We are awaiting the verdict with bated breath and not a little trepidation.

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Lynn Ellingson walked in on Robert Pickton, the 58 year old Vancouver pig farmer, when he was covered in blood and had Georgina Papin hanging from a chain in the farm’s slaughterhouse. Parts of women’s bodies were discovered in the dustbin, the pig pen and buried in manure. The prosecutor argued that the evidence, though circumstantial, was more than enough to prove that Pickton was the murderer. Under Canadian law, a murder conviction leads to an automatic life sentence. He is charged with killing 26 women, picked up from a seedy Vancouver neighbourhood.

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Lucy Swinton, a track rider and stable hand, was almost trampled to death after falling from her horse during a 1,000 metre ‘jump out’. She is reported as being in a serious but stable condition. She has suffered from multiple broken ribs, a broken right leg and damage to her lung. She has been kept in intensive care for 3 days. Her mounts name is Very Fast.

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Shafilea Ahmed was either strangled or smothered and her decomposing body found near the Kent River, 5 months after she was found missing from her home. Her fears were that her parents were going to force her into an arranged marriage and friends say that ‘she didn’t have much of a life’. After returning from Pakistan where she was introduced to a potential husband, she allegedly ‘drank bleach’ and was hospitalized on her return to the UK.

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Will Smith was introduced to Scientology by Tom Cruise and admits to being a student of world religion. He was raised in a Baptist household, went to a Catholic school and believes that the ideas of the bible, Hinduism and Buddhism are 9% the same. He thinks that the ideas behind Scientology are brilliant and revolutionary. Smith was reported as distributing Scientology ‘personality test’ cards to his film crew which seek to identify personality flaws. The organization then profits from the results by offering to repair these ‘flaws’.

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If Jack Jordan, 36, sees Uma Thurman with another man he claims that he will kill himself. He has been stalking the actress for over 2 years and is scheduled for trial on February 5^th. Judge Gregory Carro has ruled that “if you would like to kill yourself, that is not chargeable”. Jordan’s lawyer, George Vomvolakis has told reporters that his client is eager to go to trial and that Uma Thurman is likely to appear to testify. Vomvolakis is quoted as saying that his client has a bright future and wants to be a teacher. If he has a criminal record, he won’t be able to do that.

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4 month old Danny Luong, 1 yr old Lindsey Luong, Hannah Luong, 2 yrs old and 3 year old Ryan Phan were thrown out of the car belonging to Lam Luong, 37, as they crossed the 24 metre bridge which connects the Alabama mainland to Dauphin Island. Lam had had an argument with his wife and is now being held in the Alabam County Jail. His bond hearing is scheduled for Thursday. Police are involved in an extensive search for the bodies.

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32 horses have been found dead and piled up against fences. RSPCA officers have described the scene as being ‘horrific’ and amongst the worst that they have ever seen or come across. Nicola Markwell, the manager of the Redwings Sanctuary Communications Branch, is reported as saying that this was the largest rescue in one day by the organization, which was founded in 1984. “It is quite unprecedented”, she said. She was called in on Tuesday morning with 30 staff and 8 horse boxes.

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Jeff Stewart simply didn’t cope with being the longest running star on the popular TV series, The Bill, and being sacked. He has played PC Reg Hollis since 1984 and is the only original cast member. He slashed his wrists in his dressing room at the South London studios but then telephoned for help. He is recovering in hospital. The decision to finalise Stewart’s contract came after an angry outburst on set.

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Our controversial, ‘change the world’, chef, Jamie Oliver has done it again. This time he isn’t electrocuting school children, no matter how much he was tempted, its chickens. He is trying to show the world the horrors of the animal butchering industry and how it is no longer done by farmers who have raised them since they were babies, but rather it is now an unpleasant & uncaring industry. Oliver simply imitates the industry & shows how they are electrocuted and suffocated. He does this on his show and is quoted as saying, ‘if this stops just 5% of people from eating chickens killed this way, it has been worth it’.

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