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Italian don arrested in mafia butter scam
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of the director of Naples 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ¡¯s food science department for allegedly helping the Neapolitan mafia with a bogus butter scam. Francesco Addeo advised the Camorra on how to manufacture the fake butter with petroleum products and pigs¡¯ fat. He allegedly certified its quality for a payment of 2,716 euros (?1,700) a month.

US academic 'confesses' to crime in China
Chinese authorities say that a United States-based academic detained for nearly six weeks has confessed to endangering state security. Gao Zhan, a political science researcher at the American 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ in Washington DC, was detained last month in Beijing.

Students arrested raising cash for detained journalists
Security troops have stormed the 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Liberia in Monrovia. They arrested students taking part in a rally to raise legal fees for four journalists detained on spying charges.

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