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DGCTV Real China - SepT - Fishing Shrimps w/ Fong & Charlie
Real China is a segment not about products, tourism, money or political, but about people and living in China. We hope you enjoy it. We want to explore things that Chinese do, not for the world but for themselves, in their living, not about what the world consider a cultural legacy, but about things they like to do and enjoy.Real China was in DongGuan Shrimp Lake(One of many of them in the city). Please enjoy with Fong and Charlie of this fishing trip. Real People, Real China, Real TV... DGCTV
Hey, we are still learning. Real China is a segment not about products, tourism, money or political, but about people and living in China. We hope you enjoy it. W... more -
New bill would tighten rules for DHS border laptop searches
After a public outcry about no-reason-needed searches of laptops and electronic gadgets by Border Patrol and Customs agents, Rep. Loretta Sanchez introduced a bill to slap a few more rules on the process. Also, you'll get a receipt when your laptop is taken away. After a public outcry about no-reason-needed searches of laptops and electronic gadgets by Border Patrol and Customs agents, Rep. Lore... more
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Louisiana finally quits cockfights, last state to ban it
On Friday, Louisiana will become the last state to outlaw the rooster fights, a move that cockfighting enthusiasts say marks the end of a rich rural tradition.
``The culture, the custom of the Cajun people, it's gone,'' said Chris Daughdrill, who breeds fighting roosters in Loranger (lor-AHN-zher), a community about 50 miles north of New Orleans. ``It's another one of the rights that big government has taken away from the people.''
Maybe so, but supporters and opponents agree that the blood sport won't be wiped out entirely. Like bootlegging, cockfights will continue on the sly in remote areas, and getting caught could mean fines or even prison.
``They're still going to fight, they're still going to fight for years to come,'' said Elizabeth Barras, who with husband Dale ran a cockfighting pit in St. Martin Parish for 14 years. ``They've still got cockfighting in every state. They just hide it from the law.''
In banning the fights, Louisiana relented after years of pressure from the U.S. Humane Society and other animal-rights groups. For those willing to travel, cockfighting remains legal on American soil in Puerto Rico, American Samoa and Guam and is popular in Mexico, the Philippines and other foreign countries.
High-profile defenders of cockfighting in Louisiana began softening their stance of the fights after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, seeking to improve the state's backwards reputation.
Then-Gov. Kathleen Blanco - a native of Cajun country, where the fights have deep roots _ signed the ban last year, closing a loophole in state law that excluded chickens from animal cruelty laws. First-time offenders caught participating in cockfights will face maximum $1,000 fines and six-month prison terms.
Though the ban on cockfighting takes effect Friday, it has been illegal since last year to gamble on cockfights - a separate law passed last year as a precursor to the total ban. Wagering is part of cockfighting's appeal, and the threat of state police raids pushed pit owners to close their businesses, Daughdrill said. On Friday, Louisiana will become the last state to outlaw the rooster fights, a move that cockfighting enthusiasts say marks the end o... more -
Laptops may be detained at US border
Seriously, is nothing sacred in the US anymore. It seems that when it comes to hypocrisy, the current administration has no qualms whatsoever. Seriously, is nothing sacred in the US anymore. It seems that when it comes to hypocrisy, the current administration has no qualms wha... more
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92-year-old's marrying a 17!
well, thanks god for the young lady, Egypt Gov refused it, but what a kinky dirty old man
Would like to know what kind of vitamins is taking!!! well, thanks god for the young lady, Egypt Gov refused it, but what a kinky dirty old man ... more -
Green monkey smugglers caught red-handed
Authorities in southern Russia found eight monkeys of an internationally protected species in wooden crates and arrested those trying to smuggle them past a road checkpoint, Russia's Customs Service said on Monday.
Agents caught the two men as they were unloading crates from a Moscow bus into a taxi on the Rostov-Krasnodar regional border, the customs service said in a statement.
Inside were eight Green Monkeys, probably on their way to the Black Sea resort city Sochi, where they would have been made to pose for holiday snaps with paying tourists, it added.
The two men face charges of illegal wildlife commerce for smuggling the monkeys. Authorities in southern Russia found eight monkeys of an internationally protected species in wooden crates and arrested those trying ... more -
Tokyo Customs lost 142 grams of hashish in traveller's luggage
Hope the local officer hasn't make any Hara Kiri for that pathetic exercice...
I wonder what would i have done finding a big stash of hash in my bag !
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Cannabis blunder at Tokyo airport
"An unwitting passenger arriving at Japan's Narita airport has received 142g of cannabis after a customs test went awry, officials say."
Some people have all the luck... sigh. "An unwitting passenger arriving at Japan's Narita airport has received 142g of cannabis after a customs test went awry, off... more -
Dog misses planted drugs in Japan
Hahahaha ... someone at Narita got very very very lucky.
Japanese customs dumped a big wedge of cannabis in an unsuspecting passenger's luggage at Narita airport, in the hope sniffer dogs would grab it. But the dog failed, and no one has come forward to return the drugs.
No surprsie there, really.
"The dog couldn't find it and the officer forgot which bag he put it into," a spokeswoman told journalists in Tokyo. "If by some chance passengers find it in their suitcase, we're asking them to return it."
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Cannabis blunder at Tokyo airport
In a bizarre blunder by airport security officials in Tokyo a unwitting passenger has become the accidental recipient of over 142g of cannabis. A customs official stashed the cannabis in a passengers luggage while testing sniffer dogs. When the dog failed to detect the drugs the officer realised he could not remember which bag he had hidden the $10,000 (£5,000) worth of drugs in.
Using passengers bags for these tests is illegal in Japan . "I knew that using passengers' bags is prohibited, but I did it because I wanted to improve the sniffer dog's ability," the officer was quoted as saying. "The dogs have always been able to find it before... I became overconfident that it would work," In a bizarre blunder by airport security officials in Tokyo a unwitting passenger has become the accidental recipient of over 142g of... more -
Cocainenut Smuggler
East London wide boy, and a millionaire by 22, Andrew Pritchard was arrested in the wake of the UK's largest Customs & Excise seizure of cocaine. His trial was intriguing to say the least. A film by Donal MacIntyre and Dare Films. For other films by the same producers check out: http://current.com/topics/88820309_dare_films East London wide boy, and a millionaire by 22, Andrew Pritchard was arrested in the wake of the UK's largest Customs & Excise... more
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