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U.K. Canoe Man Reached Hideaway Through Secret Door

A secret door which led to the hideaway of "canoe man" John Darwin during the years he was "missing" was discovered by the current tenant of the former Darwin residence. The passageway was in a cupboard with a fake wall, which opened to a passageway to a small living space.

Police believe that Darwin would go from the bedroom he shared with wife Anne, and go down the passage into the room, whenever Anne would have visitors.

Update: "Dead" Canoeist Charged With Fraud
Update:

Resurrected Briton John Darwin was charged with fraud on Saturday, after he resurfaced a week earlier after a five-year disappearance.

Police thumbed down the canoeist Darwin's claim of amnesia, and decided to sue him for with "offenses of obtaining a money transfer by deception and making an untrue statement... to procure a passport," according to Cleveland Police Detective Sergeant Iain Henderson.

Recent Egyptian College Graduate Tears Passport Up Before European Trip

After a four-year struggle to get a European Union visa, an Egyptian man had a nervous break-down at the Cairo airport and tore apart his passport, minutes before boarding a plan to Milan, Italy. The debacle ended the young man's hope of entering Europe.

Other travelers noticed the young man talking to himself vaguely and then storming off into a breakdown, which caused him to tear his passport apart. The fresh Humanity Studies graduate had gone through a long and hard process to get the visa.

Woman Tries To Smuggle Drugs In The Cast Of Her Leg

Dutch customs police on Friday nabbed a Latin American woman from Suriname as she tried to smuggle 3.3 pounds of cocaine into the country in a plaster cast on her leg.

The woman, whose name is not released, showed anxiety and nervousness when the police officers checked her passport. Also, the thickness of the cast on her leg aroused suspicion after she showed two different letters from a doctor that did not appear genuine.

Man Arrested At Philippine Airport After Making Bomb Joke

An Italian national was placed under arrest by Philippine aviation officials Wednesday after he joked he was carrying three nuclear bombs in his pocket and was a member of a terrorist group responsible for deadly attacks around the world.

Salvini Fabrizio, who was carrying an Italian passport, was held at the final checkpoint of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Manila at 4:14 pm when he told police he was carrying bombs in his pocket.