You have to love a news story that starts like this:

KINSHASA - Police in Congo have arrested 13 suspected sorcerers accused of using black magic to steal or shrink men's penises after a wave of panic and attempted lynchings triggered by the alleged witchcraft.

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Purported victims, 14 of whom were also detained by police, claimed that sorcerers simply touched them to make their genitals shrink or disappear, in what some residents said was an attempt to extort cash with the promise of a cure.

I... well... I'm kinda speechless. This is a real news story. (Thanks to Doug in our office for the heads up.)

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written by Scott Rose on April 24, 2008

While it's sadly true that sorcerers are stealing and/or shrinking penises in Kinshasa, elsewhere in the Democratic Republic of Congo, for example, in Bandundu, dicks are normal, and the local tourist board urges you not to cancel your travel plans.

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written by TT on April 25, 2008

Are they selling the dicks they steal? How much? Do bigger ones cost more, or have they all been shrunk down to keychain size? I wouldn't mind having a dick on my keychain.

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written by Alex on April 28, 2008

Keychain dicks? I think I smell a new market opening up...

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