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The Godfather II First Look

ign.com     Aug 15, 2008   4 related          

Prepare to return to La Cosa Nostra. EA is hoping to change this lack of control with its upcoming release of The Godfather II, a game that lets you run the family business with a mix of action and strategy. At a recent event,...                    

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Collector For Mob Video Poker Company Sentenced

cbs2chicago.com     Aug 14, 2008   2 related          

An employee of the mob's illegal video poker racket in suburban Chicago was sentenced Thursday to 40 months in federal prison. Joseph Venezia, 65, a bit player in the federal government's landmark Operation Family Secrets mob...                    

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Colombian gambling houses allegedly bombed by FARC

xinhuanet.com     Aug 15, 2008          

BOGOTA, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Bomb blasts at two facilities of a Colombian gambling company on Thursday were set off by guerillas in retaliation for unpaid extortion money, the company has alleged. Representatives of the company...                    

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Editor Jailed For Eight Years On Extortion, Drugs Charges

sptimes.ru     Aug 14, 2008          

The St. Petersburg Times MOSCOW — In an unusually harsh ruling, a Moscow court has sentenced a deputy editor of Nezavisimaya Gazeta to eight years in prison in a lawsuit initiated by a deputy agriculture minister. The...                    

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Fake job racket busted, man held

hindu.com     Aug 14, 2008   4 related          

LUCKNOW: The Special Task Force (STF) of the Uttar Pradesh police have arrested a man posing as an Army Major and running a fake job racket. STF sources said on Thursday that Mohammad Yunus Khan of Lucknow was arrested from...                    

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Bangladesh Court Grants Bail to 16 Politicians, Businessmen

redorbit.com     Aug 14, 2008   3 related          

Text of unattributed report headlined "HC grants bail to 16 detained politicos, businessmen" by Bangladeshi newspaper The Daily Star website on 14 August The High Court (HC) yesterday granted ad-interim bail to 16 politicians...                    

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Three years for man who masterminded £1 million fake trainer racket

24dash.com     Aug 14, 2008   4 related          

A Chinese man who masterminded a £1 million fake trainer smuggling racket in the UK was sentenced to three years imprisonment today. Zheng Liang, 32, also known as Feng Lian, pleaded guilty to committing trademark offences...                    

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Obama ticket extortion

blog-city.com     Aug 14, 2008   42 related          

In a comment to Silencing the opposition, I referred tongue-in-cheek to "The Audacity of Control." How about Audacity of Arrogance, or Audacity of Extortion? The Obama campaign isn't just silencing Clinton supporters, it's...                    

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Tougher Sentences for Repeat Offenders

thepetitionsite.com     Aug 14, 2008          

We, the undersigned, are sick and tired of seeing habitual, repeat offenders get away with crime in our communities. We want Canadian judges to do their duty and put these criminals in jail--where they belong. If judges do not...                    

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PPP leader catches impostor

thenews.com.pk     Aug 14, 2008          

Thursday, August 14, 2008 By our correspondent Karachi A deputy-secretary of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) caught an impostor within the North Nazimabad police limits, along with extorted money and fake receipts of the PPP....                    

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