Maarten Wolterink
31 October 2020
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Not blue pill.. but laughter's best medicine
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Maarten Wolterink
31 October 2020
VOTE HIM OUT
Do we really care what Joe Biden has to offer? As long as it gets Donald Trump out it’s okay.
Indian doctor duped into buying 'Aladdin's lamp' after genie show
The men promised that the lamp would bring health, wealth and good fortune.PHOTO: AFP
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Two men who allegedly duped a doctor into buying an "Aladdin's lamp" for 7 million rupees (S$128,000) - and even conjured up a fake genie - have been arrested in India, an official said on Sunday (Nov 1).
Laeek Khan filed a report with police in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh after he realised the lamp did not have any magical powers, as described in the popular folk tale about Aladdin and his wish-granting genie that appears when the lamp is rubbed.
"The cheats had struck a deal for much more, but the doctor had paid about seven million rupees," Amit Rai, a senior officer told AFP.
He said the men were arrested on Thursday and were remanded in custody ahead of charges being filed.
"The wife of one of these men was also involved in the fraud. She is on the run," Rai added.
In his complaint filed last Sunday, Khan said one of the men pretended to be an occultist and made a "jinn" - a supernatural figure - appear from the lamp, local media reported.
But when Khan asked if he could touch the genie or take the lamp home, they refused, saying it might cause him harm, the complaint stated.
Eventually they sold the lamp to him, promising it would bring health, wealth and good fortune.
Khan stated that he later realised the "genie" was actually just one of the men in disguise.
"The men have also cheated other families using the same modus operandi. The total amount of money involved runs into several million rupees," Rai said.
The men promised that the lamp would bring health, wealth and good fortune.PHOTO: AFP
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NOV 1, 2020, 6:05 PM SGT
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Two men who allegedly duped a doctor into buying an "Aladdin's lamp" for 7 million rupees (S$128,000) - and even conjured up a fake genie - have been arrested in India, an official said on Sunday (Nov 1).
Laeek Khan filed a report with police in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh after he realised the lamp did not have any magical powers, as described in the popular folk tale about Aladdin and his wish-granting genie that appears when the lamp is rubbed.
"The cheats had struck a deal for much more, but the doctor had paid about seven million rupees," Amit Rai, a senior officer told AFP.
He said the men were arrested on Thursday and were remanded in custody ahead of charges being filed.
"The wife of one of these men was also involved in the fraud. She is on the run," Rai added.
In his complaint filed last Sunday, Khan said one of the men pretended to be an occultist and made a "jinn" - a supernatural figure - appear from the lamp, local media reported.
But when Khan asked if he could touch the genie or take the lamp home, they refused, saying it might cause him harm, the complaint stated.
Eventually they sold the lamp to him, promising it would bring health, wealth and good fortune.
Khan stated that he later realised the "genie" was actually just one of the men in disguise.
"The men have also cheated other families using the same modus operandi. The total amount of money involved runs into several million rupees," Rai said.
Rodrigo de Matos
2 November 2020
Monopolizing sin
Google’s payments to Apple to promote its search engine in iPhones, iPads and Mac computers are at the center an antitrust lawsuit against the tech giant. The suit alleges this creates a “continuous and self-reinforcing cycle of monopolization” by limiting which search engines consumers can use
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