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A Norwegian politician has said she will not seek re-election after running up a large phone bill ringing fortune-tellers at parliament's expense.

Saera Khan, an MP for the ruling Labour Party, admits calling pay-per-minute fortune-tellers 793 times in one nine-month period, for a total of 133 hours.

In one three-month period, she spent 48,000 kroner (£4,590; $7,750), the daily Verdens Gang newspaper reported.

Ms Khan, 29, who is on sick leave, has said she has paid the money back.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Oct 10th, 2008 at 02:31:15 PM EST
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Can we gat the same comittment from those politicians who have been consulting fortune tellers of the Chicago school?


Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.
by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Fri Oct 10th, 2008 at 03:18:04 PM EST
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"If you like the private sector so much...why aren't you in it?"

"The basis of optimism is sheer terror" - Oscar Wilde
by NordicStorm (michael<-at->sturmbaum.net) on Sat Oct 11th, 2008 at 07:52:22 AM EST
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I like it!

The music's over. I've turned out the lights. Bye Bye.
by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Sat Oct 11th, 2008 at 09:22:28 AM EST
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