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Exclusive San Francisco street auctioned for £70,000 after wealthy residents ‘failed to pay $14 property tax’
The wealthy residents of an exclusive San Francisco street have threatened legal action after learning that the communal areas outside their homes have been sold to a private investor for a combined total of just £70,000. Despite the street’s mansions selling for millions of dollars, an unpaid tax bill saw the carefully manicured lawns and pristine pavements of Presidio Terrace auctioned for a mere $90,000. Michael Cheng and his wife Tina Lam bought the gated street and now own the road, footpaths and other areas of "common ground" in the private development.
Hong Kong closes 13 beaches as stinking, congealed palm oil washes ashore
Hong Kong has closed more than a dozen beaches after a palm oil spill washed foul-smelling, Styrofoam-like clumps ashore, the latest major environmental disaster to blight the territory's waters. The Chinese-controlled city closed two more beaches in the south of Hong Kong island on Tuesday, bringing to 13 the total shut since two vessels collided in the Pearl River estuary. It took two days for mainland Chinese authorities to inform Hong Kong about the collision, the government said.
Walmart Stores Turn Haven For Sex Offenders?
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A 25-year-old Florida man was arrested Aug. 4 after he touched two girls inappropriately at a Walmart store. Several such incidents have been reported at the Walmart stores across U.S. in the last few years.
Coming to you from a Cairo village: Egypt's first minicar
KERDASA, Egypt (AP) — In Egypt, where many suffer under economic hardship, 35-year-old entrepreneur Ahmed Saeed el-Feki has been working hard to make something of himself. He has launched his own business building a minicar in a country that relies heavily on imports of small automobiles.
Venezuela army hunts rebels behind raid on military base
Venezuela's military was on Monday hunting an ex-officer and a lieutenant who led uniformed rebels on a weekend raid to grab weapons from an army base, fueling fears the country's worsening crisis could tip into armed conflict. The defense minister and head of the armed forces, General Vladimir Padrino, said the ex-National Guard captain, Juan Carlos Caguaripano, and the lieutenant, Jefferson Gabriel Garcia, were behind Sunday's attack on the base in the northwestern city of Valencia by 20 men in uniform.
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