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Thousands of Bolivian Catholics break rocks to change fortunes
Every year, on the third week of August, thousands of Bolivian Catholics gather on the outskirts of capital La Paz to take a swing at fortune by breaking rocks. The rite is performed to call for the blessing of the Virgin of Urkupina.
Con artist posing as cop bilks elderly Swiss woman of 45,000 francs
A fraudster persuaded a 75-year-old Swiss woman to transfer 45,000 francs ($46,225) to him as a "police officer" supposedly taking part in a nationwide program to guard elderly people against telephone scams. Last week's incident in the eastern canton of Graubuenden was a new twist on the old trick of getting elderly people to send money to a supposed favorite grandchild in trouble, police said on Monday.
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