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Gypsy dead on beach don’t put off Italian sunbathers

The highly bigoted and callous attitude of many Italians to their Roma minority was revealed over the weekend after photographs were published of sunbathers continuing as normal with a day at the beach despite the bodies of two drowned Gypsy girls being laid out on the sand nearby just outside Naples, where a Roma encampment was burned to the ground this year after its inhabitants had been evacuated for their own safety. One of the deceased was 14, the other 16.

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Monday, July 21st, 2008

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The funniest thing I’ve read this year

You know, when crazy emails get passed around the world, it’s impossible to tell if they’re genuine or made-up, isn’t it? Most of the time, anyway. Of course, the giggles you can get from some of them don’t rely on whether they’re real or fictional. But the email I’m about to provide you with an anonymised transcript of (Jane is not really Jane, John is not really John) is, most definitely, real.

It arrived in my inbox yesterday from my local Freecycle mailing list.

Is this reply genuine or just a filthy mind? Can’t make it out – Jane

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Thursday, July 17th, 2008

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I'm saddened to learn that Big Finish has not only lost the right to produce new The Tomorrow People audio plays, but did so halfway through completing a sixth season! They don't even have the right to sell seasons 1-5 anymore, but can sell the original TV shows on DVD.

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