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June 13, 2013

Thursday Morning Spice

Woman finds razor blade in Burger King burger. Mob hit video sold. Shuttleworth says we shouldn't have to leave the country. Edward Snowden speaks. Mandela update. Oldest man in history dies at 116. Facebook gets hashtags.

Woman Finds Razor Blade In Burger King Burger – A woman got a nasty surprise after she bit into a Burger King hamburger recently and found a razor blade inside. [dailymail]

Shuttleworth Says He Shouldn’t Have To Leave The Country To Work In A Modern Fashion – South Africa’s exchange control system is “long past its sell-by date”, mainly because nobody has questioned its justification. [techcentral]

Hong Kong Will Decide My Fate, Edward Snowden Tells South China Morning Post – In an exclusive interview with The South China Morning Post, Edward Snowden, the 29-year-old government contractor who leaked secret NSA documents to The Guardian and The Washington Post, said he is leaving the “courts and people of Hong Kong to decide my fate.” [time]

Edward Snowden Is In A Safe House – Today, just over three weeks later, he is the world’s most famous spy, whistleblower and fugitive, responsible for the biggest intelligence breach in recent US history. [guardian]

Oldest Man In History Jiroemon Kimura Dies At 116 – A Japanese man recognised as the world’s oldest living person, and the oldest man recorded in history, has died aged 116, local officials say. [bbc]

Mandela “Responding Better To Treatment” – Former South African leader Nelson Mandela was “responding better to treatment” on Wednesday, President Jacob Zuma told the country’s Parliament. [cnn]

Malema: Zuma Told Me Mbeki Must Go – Julius Malema says he had a talk with Jacob Zuma in which the president said former leader Thabo Mbeki “must go”, according to a report. [mail&guardian]

Brazilian Journalist Slain In Apparent Effort To Silence Coverage – The head of a newspaper renowned for reporting on crime and corruption was shot to death Tuesday in a town outside Rio de Janeiro, the latest in a string of apparent assassinations of Brazilian journalists. [latimes]

“Gasoline On Everything!” – Brutal Mob Killing Video Sold in Southern Mexico – Police said Wednesday they are investigating the recording and sale in local markets of a grisly video that shows a mob beating and burning to death three men suspected of raping and killing an Indian woman in southern Mexico. [abc]

Facebook Adds Hashtags to Organize Public Conversations – Facebook has joined the hashtag revolution, introducing a tool on Wednesday that allows users to add the # symbol before a word to signify its topic. The topic would then be easily searchable by other users of the social network. [newyorktimes]

Japan Tests 4K Television Streams Over The Internet – A Japanese telecoms company is carrying out tests to try to prove 4K-resolution video can be streamed over the internet to television set-top boxes. [bbc]

Strange Photos That Appear To Show A Young Edward Snowden Have Been Found Online – Internet sleuths have begun digging — and they appear to be finding a trail that Snowden may have hoped to hide. [busins]

Shit’s About To Get Real In Turkey – Turkey’s prime minister defied a growing wave of international criticism on Wednesday and issued a chilling warning to the protesters who have captured central Istanbul for a fortnight, declaring that the demonstrations against his rule would be over within 24 hours. [guardian]

Thousands Of Anti-Putin Protesters March In Moscow – Thousands of Russian opposition activists marched through Moscow on Wednesday, decrying President Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian rule and calling for the release of people they consider political prisoners. [associated]

British Tabloid Spent R2.3 Million In Plot To Catch Pop Star In Cocaine Scandal – The Sun is rumored to have spent as much as £150,000 ($230,000) on an elaborate sting involving private jets and Bollywood stars to catch a b-list pop star in a cocaine plot. [busins]

Gwyneth Paltrow Warns Pals Not To Talk To Vanity Fair About Her – Gwyneth Paltrow has been warning friends and business associates not to participate in a Vanity Fair article about her. [nypost]

Mystery Prude Staples Dresses Onto Scantily Clad Rihanna Posters [Photo] – A mystery prude with a sense of humor has been stapling dresses onto posters of a nearly naked Rihanna plastered all over Dublin for her “Diamonds” tour. [msn]

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