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He had his back to me, and was coughing, and I saw that he held a peculiar cigarette with a long cork-tip in his right hand. It's me chubes, he gasped, It's me chubes and I knew that all was not well.

It used to be a funny comic, but lately it has gone off the deep end.

Officials in Pakistan have confirmed that at least 250 schoolchildren between 12 and 18 years old and several teachers were taken hostage by at least seven militants inside a high school in Domail.