Modern 'Witch Hunts'


	Modern 'Witch Hunts'

Deepti

5-31-2008 11:56 PM

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killing, women, witch, hunt, asia, africa

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6-1-2008 7:09 AM

Antara

screams

6-1-2008 7:18 AM

Socratoad

Inconceivably. horrendous

6-1-2008 10:12 PM

runwa

bloody hell! Barbadians

6-1-2008 10:14 PM

digitalsistere

Terrible story but great clip Deepti!

6-2-2008 2:41 AM

stopsmokingtoday

Oh boy, and mankind is suppose to be civilized and intelligent and animals are savage?

6-2-2008 5:53 PM

aklimento

That's because they don't know, what the democracy is it.

This is aggravated crime and all participants must be punished after throughout investigation.

6-3-2008 10:06 PM

sohil

That's because they don't know, what the democracy is it.

Err...how does democracy fit into this again?

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