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April 2, 2008
Authorities arrested the mayor of a small town in Chile after the man disrupted the shoot of the next James Bond film. The mayor, Carlos Lopez of Sierra Gorda, allegedly drove a Jeep into the shoot demanding for filming to halt, as his permission was not asked. His vehicle was followed by about 200 people.
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February 19, 2008
A man discovered to have taken up residence at London's Gatwick Airport for three years was taken in by authorities for disobeying a previous order restricting him from entering the facility. Anthoney Delaney, a former chef who had been unemployed since 2004, had reportedly lived at the airport ever since he lost his job as a Buckinghamshire chef. He then moved to Sussex, but had trouble supporting himself, due to his failure to land a job and acquire a permanent residence.
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February 4, 2008
Officers apprehended a man who was charged with impersonating a state police in order to get a free train ride. Saying that he was a State Police sergeant and that he needed to ride the train for official business, 32-year old Paul Rumery requested to ride the train for free, from Saco to Boston.
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January 31, 2008
A park in Manchester has opened up a playground designed strictly for pensioners. At a cost of $30,000, he Dam Head Residents' Association (DHRA) put up the Older People's Play Area in Blackley, equipped with facilities designed to strengthen hips, tone legs and train the upper body.
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January 24, 2008
Travelers using long-distance buses are being warned to take extra caution after Swedish police said cases of thieves using midgets in robbing long-distance coaches is on the rise. Police said the thieves are able to steal from the unsuspecting bus passengers by sneaking the dwarves into the luggage holds in sports bags and once they are inside, the midgets out from the bags and sift through the luggage of the train passengers.
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