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This picture was taken at a Virgin Megastore in Qatar. Note the recommendation on the right. Elder of Ziyon points out that this isn't just a Qatari phenomenon - he found this blog post from Bahrain that Virgin recommends Mein Kampf there too. Mein Kampf has been a best seller in Arabic for years - Lisa Goldman described it as being the first book she saw for sale at Amman's Queen Alia airport in 2007 (she didn't mention the name of the bookshop, but she does mention Virgin in the same post when discussing the bookshop at Rafik al-Hariri airport...

Portland, Maine (AP) -- A husband and wife accused of kidnapping their daughter to force her to have an abortion last year have reached a plea agreement in which they will serve no time behind bars, the couple's lawyer said Wednesday. Nicholas and Lola Kampf have agreed to plead guilty Friday to misdemeanor assault and disorderly conduct charges to resolve the case, said Thomas Hallett, Nicholas Kampf's attorney. Under the agreement, the couple will avoid jail time and the assault charge will be dropped once they complete counseling, Hallett said. "The reality is this was a family matter from the...

SALEM – A Maine couple faces felony charges after allegedly kidnapping their pregnant daughter and driving her across state lines in an attempt to force an abortion on her.The North Yarmouth couple - Nicholas Kampf, 54, and Lola Kampf, 53 - were arrested by Salem police Friday after their daughter, Katelyn, called 911 saying she had been kidnapped, police said.Nicholas Kampf, 54, and Lola Kampf, 53 Sgt. Ron Peddle said the daughter persuaded her parents to untie her so she could use the restroom at a South Broadway shopping plaza."While she was in the ladies' room, her father went into...

From WorldNetDaily:The parents of a pregnant 19-year-old have been arrested after she told police that they kidnapped her and tied and gagged her, and were taking her to New York for a forced abortion.Authorities in Maine said federal investigators may get involved in the case since it allegedly involved kidnapping someone to take them across a state line. According to a report in the Manchester Union-Leader, arrested were Nicholas Kampf, 54, and Lola Kampf, 53. They were arrested by Salem, N.H., police Friday after a 911 call came in to police from the couple's daughter, Katelyn, when she reported she...

SALEM, N.H. -- A Maine couple are accused of abducting their daughter and attempting to force her to get an abortion in New York after learning the father is black, their hometown sheriff said yesterday. Sheriff Mark Dion of Cumberland County, Maine, where the alleged kidnapping occurred, said 19-year-old Katelyn Kampf, who is white, told him yesterday that her parents were upset about the interracial relationship. ``She clearly is still traumatized by the event," Dion said. ``It is difficult for her to appreciate that her parents did what they did, although it's not a surprise to her, based on other...

A Maine couple was ordered held Monday on $100,000 bond each after police said they became so infuriated their 19-year-old daughter was pregnant, they tied her up, loaded her into their Lexus and headed to New York to force her to get an abortion. Real estate developer Nicholas Kampf, 54, and his wife, Lola, 53, of North Yarmouth, Maine, were arrested at a shopping center in Salem on Friday after their daughter, Katelyn, escaped by persuading her parents she needed to use the restroom and called police. They were arraigned Monday on kidnapping charges. The alleged abduction began with an...

A Maine couple is expected to be arraigned today after they allegedly bound their pregnant, 19-year-old daughter with rope at her wrists and ankles and started to drive her to New York for an emergency abortion, police said. “Kidnapping your adult child for the purpose of her submitting to what should be a voluntary medical procedure . . . is unusual and it’s what distinguishes this case,” said Sheriff Mark Dion of Cumberland County, Maine. The Herald yesterday incorrectly reported that the teen’s parents, Nicholas Kampf, 54, and his wife, Lola, 53, were trying to prevent their daughter, Katelyn, from...

19-Year-Old Recently Told Parents She Was Pregnant After disclosing to her parents that she was pregnant, a 19-year-old Maine girl was allegedly bound with rope and duct tape by the parents, who then allegedly attempted to drive the girl to an abortion clinic in New York on Friday for an emergency abortion, police said. Katelyn Kampf, 19, was able to escape from her parents’ custody when they stopped to use a restroom in Salem, New Hampshire. Police said the girl fled to a local department store where she was able to call police. Police found her behind a shopping mall...

German officials have made diplomatic protests and threatened legal action after learning Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf is being illegally printed and sold again abroad. The book, published as My Struggle in English, is on its way to becoming a best seller in some countries, but is still banned in Germany. Last month it was revealed that in Turkey it sold out in all the shops where it was on sale and that new copies could not be printed fast enough. Experts estimate that up to 100,000 copies of the work have been printed so far in Turkish, although no official...