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by Chuck Shepherd In 2007, News of the Weird highlighted the clothes cults of impoverished Congo: "In [the country that] has lost an estimated 4 million people in the civil wars of the last decade and where many must get by on about 30 cents a day, 'gangs' of designer-clothes-wearing men" have fashion smackdowns in the streets of Kinshasa to prove that Versace and Gucci styles look better on ...

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Pastor says Koran burning still on An obscure pastor from Florida says he is going forward with his plan to burn copies of the Koran to mark this week's anniversary of the 9-11 attacks.

Punters taking over cricket

The orthodox lovers of sport in general and cricket in particular all over the world, brought up in the belief that cricket is a 'gentlemen's game', have reasons to feel greatly disturbed by the 'spot fixing' scandals that have hit the Pakistani cricket team touring England.

500 rapes committed in Congo, despite U.N.

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations reported Tuesday that more than 500 systematic rapes were committed by armed combatants in eastern Congo since late July — more than double the number previously reported — and accepted partial responsibility for not protecting citizens. U.N. Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Atul Khare told the U.N. Security Council that 260 more rapes occurred in ...