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Thanks DC for the ping to this article:

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/nz-customs-seize-huge-stash-of-counterfeit-cash/2005/10/20/1129775897065.html
"NZ Customs seize huge stash of counterfeit cash"
October 20, 2005 - 6:34PM


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A smuggler arriving from Sydney has been caught at a New Zealand airport with almost $US1.3 million in counterfeit notes.

Mustafa Yousif Ibrahim was arrested at Auckland International Airport as he came off a flight from Sydney last night.

Ibrahim was born in Sudan but is believed to have been made a New Zealand resident in the early 1990s after arriving as a refugee.

A police summary of facts, presented in the Manukau District Court today, said the counterfeit money was found by customs officers as they searched Ibrahim's bags before he came through the entry gate at the airport.

"On searching the ... bags a large amount of counterfeit American currency was discovered.

"The currency was in 158 separate bundles."

Each of the bundles comprised 80 $US100 notes, with the total amount found coming to $US1.26 million, police said."


3,733 posted on 10/21/2005 10:36:38 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.wsoctv.com/news/5132782/detail.html
"Town Will Pay Lawyer Fees Of Wiccan Woman Who Sued"
POSTED: 11:17 am EDT October 20, 2005

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "GREAT FALLS, S.C. -- The town of Great Falls plans to comply with an order to pay the lawyer of a Wiccan priestess who successfully sued the town over mentioning Jesus Christ's name in council prayers.

The town will not appeal a court order to pay Darla Wynne's lawyer, Herbert Buhl, about $53,000. But town attorney Michael Hemlepp said officials aren't sure where they'll get the money.

Hemlepp said the town can't simply afford to write a check."


3,734 posted on 10/21/2005 10:53:20 PM PDT by Cindy
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