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CONVICTED. JOSEPH (Big Joey) MASSINO, 61, the once powerful Bonanno Mob boss; of racketeering, arson, extortion and money laundering; in New York City. The former 400-pounder--dubbed "the Last Don" for evading prison while the heads of New York's other four Mafia families were behind bars--was also found guilty of having a role in the slaying of Dominick (Sonny Black) Napolitano, who let FBI agent Joe Pistone (posing as jewel thief Donnie Brasco) infiltrate the family...
...disco to being passed over for a job - are so common they aren't even reported," Wieviorka says. Crimes that are reported - and draw media attention - are often on a par with some of the worst anti-Semitic attacks. Mosques as well as synagogues have repeatedly been wrecked by arson; Muslim and Jewish cemeteries have become favored sites for neo-Nazi desecration. "Whereas those taking responsibility for anti-Arab attacks previously spoke of punishing 'immigrants,' since 9/11 they claim to be battling the Arab jihad," says one police official. Public opinion may finally be edging toward zero tolerance for such...
Correa turned herself in last Tuesday and was arraigned on charges that included kidnapping, arson and conspiracy. A judge set bail at $1 million; Correa's lawyer says he is considering an insanity defense. The police aren't convinced that Correa acted alone and say their investigation will continue. Meanwhile, some of Correa's relatives are denying they knew anything about the alleged abduction. Evelyn Vera says she never uttered the "she's not your baby" line. "They're just throwing out lies," she says. "What am I going to get out of saying that? Does it make any sense...
...Much of the violence that has occurred in the troubled Muslim south in the past two years has?at least officially?remained a mystery. The government has blamed unknown "bandits" or criminal gangs for the mayhem, which has included more than 50 cop killings, a spate of arson attacks on state schools, numerous bombings, and assaults on military and police posts. But no one in the government is talking about faceless crooks now. The military precision of last week's attack on the army base, which coincided with the burning of 21 schoolhouses in the district, and was followed...
...charred debris. "We were in a very calm place here, a privileged place," says math teacher Michaël Mimoun. "Now we know there is no privileged place." And it seems there is no place in Europe that's immune to hate crimes like the arson attack on the Merkaz Hatorah high school. The Gagny fire made headlines across France, and on the same day, the suicide bombings of two Istanbul synagogues led newscasts around the world. But in the week before the blaze, hundreds of hate crimes were committed throughout Europe against Jews, Muslims, Roma, Pakistanis and Africans...