On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 4:27 AM, Deepak Misra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Those  on the wodehouse yahoogroup would have seen this
>
> http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/01/stories/2008070152221100.htm

Fascinating!

> I did read the original "news item" on the Times of India and had found it
> to be an obvious fake. What had baffled me then was that whoever had written
> the article did not seem to have done even elementary credibility checks -
> but then nothing from TOI surprises  you.

Interestingly, the upstream "newspapers" have not taken down their
stories or put up retractions:

http://www.indianexpress.com/story/329202.html
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Nazi_mans_capture_stuns_Blore_cops/rssarticleshow/3178643.cms

Thaths
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