Saturday, January 14, 2012

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JOKE: WHAT ABOUT THIS BILL?

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Bill received a bill from the hospital for his recent surgery, and was astonished to see a $900 charge for the anesthesiologist. He called his office to demand an explanation.

"Is this some kind of mistake," he asked when he got the doctor on the phone?

"No, not at all," the doctor said calmly.

"Well," said Bill, "That's awfully costly for just knocking out someone!"

"Not at all," replied the doctor. I knock you out for free. The $900 is for bringing you back around."

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VIDEO: Cruise Ship Costa Concordia

Emergency teams in Italy are racing to rescue those missing after a cruise ship ran aground off the country's west coast with about 4,000 people on board.

Coast guard vessels are combing the waters around the Costa Concordia, which is lying on its side. Divers are searching its submerged decks.

There were scenes of panic as it began listing on Friday. Most people reached land by lifeboats but some swam ashore.

Three people are confirmed dead. About 70 are said to be unaccounted for.

However, local official Giuseppe Linardi told reporters that some of those listed as missing may still be housed in private homes on the small island of Giglio - where those rescued reached land.

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Friday, January 13, 2012

Indian tax evader subjected to a 'load of rubbish'

Civic authorities in India's Bihar state have dumped heaps of stinking garbage outside a shopping complex to penalize its owner for evading taxes. Three truckloads of rubbish were emptied outside the center in the state capital Patna's Kankerbagh locality. Officials said they were forced to take the extreme step as the complex owner had not paid taxes for 12 years. Harishankar Prasad, senior deputy tax collector of Kankerbagh area, said that he had repeatedly asked Avinash Kumar, the proprietor of the JP Market complex, to clear his dues of 164,000 rupees ($3,175; �2,052)

On Tuesday, civic officials dumped the rubbish in front of the market gate, ignoring protests from local shopkeepers. "We had no option left after several reminders to him to pay the tax dues had went unheeded," Mr Prasad said. He said it was done to put pressure on Mr Kumar to clear his dues. Upset by the stench, residents of the nearby area protested by blocking roads against the "unusual way of embarrassing people into paying their tax dues".

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"Why should people, who pay their taxes regularly, have to suffer the stench of garbage on the road?" asked Rajesh Kumar. "The stinking filth is unbearable and it forced us to remain indoors for the whole day on Tuesday." Mr Prasad said the civic authority was not planning to repeat the "unusual" punishment. "We've abandoned the exercise for the time being," he said. After a public outcry, the civic authority removed the garbage from the area where it had been deposited.

It is not the first time Patna civic officials have opted for unusual ways to humiliate tax defaulters. In 2006, municipal corporation officials hired a group of eunuchs to shame tax defaulters into paying their dues. Eunuchs - who are feared and reviled in many parts of India - gathered outside the shops or homes of suspected tax defaulters and sang "to embarrass" them into paying their dues. The scheme, however, was discontinued after some time following public protests.

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