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Patna, India- India officials are investigating reports that villagers stopped a school lunch program when two Yadavs of a cow herding caste forced a government school to stop serving federally mandated lunches after they found out Dalit women had been hired to make the rice puddings, local newspapers said.

Although caste discrimination is outlawed, some Indians regard Dalits which comprise more than 16 percent of the country's one billion plus people- as less than human, and abuse and even murder are still common.

In Bihar state, hundreds of people have died in caste wars in recent decades.

Dar Es Salaam- Tanzanian police arrested two men accused of killing a 9 year old boy and selling his skin for 20,000 shillings ($18) to make sorcerers' get rich quick charms, a senior official said.

During interrogation one of the men confessed that they were both skinners and that they skinned a boy in Mbozi six months ago. They threw his body into the Jianga river.

Suleiman Kova, police commander for the southern Mbeya region told Reuters that these cases are few, but are very shocking. Kova said the pair are expected to be charged once they have completed investigations into the identity of the victim. The police are still making inquiries.

Human skins are used by witch doctors to make charms or potions designed to make their users rich especially in southern Tanzania, renowned as a center of traditional sorcery.

Redmond- Microsoft plans to launch a computer subscription service that would include anti-virus and security updates for personal computers for a subscription fee! This is for a product that is supposed to be secure and is used by a vast majority of the public!

Microsoft should not charge the public for this service.

Colombus, Georgia- A high school student was suspended for 10 days for refusing to end a cell phone call from his mom who is serving in Iraq.

"The 10 day suspension was issued because Kevin Francois was 'defiant and disorderly' and was imposed in lieu of an arrest, Spencer High School assistant principal Alfred Parham said."

His mother, Sgt. 1st class Monique Bates left for a one year tour of duty with the 203rd Forward Support Battalion.

Cell phones may not be used during school hours. When a teacher told him to hang up, he refused. He said he told the teacher, "This is my mom in Iraq. I'm not about to hang up on my mom".

Parham said the teen's suspension was based on his reaction to the teacher's request. He said the teen used profanity when taken to the office.

10 days suspension, because you used profanity when they told you to get off the cell phone as you were talking to your mom who is serving in Iraq.

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