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From The Associated Press

SANTIAGO, Chile - A Finnish tourist who chipped an earlobe off an ancient Moai on Easter Island is being allowed to go home after paying a US$17,000 fine and agreeing not to return for three years, police said Tuesday.

Marko Kulju, 26, deposited the money into a bank account overseen by the court that handled his case, the Easter Island prosecutor’s office said in a statement.

At prosecutors’ request, Kulju also wrote a public apology for damaging the figure, one of 400 statues carved out of volcanic rock between 400 and 1,000 years ago to represent deceased ancestors. The statues are protected by Chilean law.

Kulju was taken into custody after being caught by a local Rapanui woman two weeks ago trying to steal a piece of the Moai’s ear as a souvenir. The woman reported him to police on the South Pacific island.

Kulju called his attempted theft “the worst mistake of my life,” in comments published by the Santiago daily newspaper La Tercera in its online edition Tuesday.

It was not clear exactly when he planned to leave the island, a Chilean territory.

WEIVER SITROM SUNMINA

ANIMUS MORTIS – ATRABILIS (RESIDUES FROM VERB AND FLESH)
Some labels release too much, too often. Why is this any sort of issue, you ask? Well why is it a benefit, I ask? You can blindly release crap just for the sake of releasing crap with no motivation other than to amass releases all you want, but there’s no way I can help but find it disreputable and downright trying. Labels of this nature won’t be named, but they’re out there, and they know who they are. Heck, I’d swear some of them aren’t even shy about it! Luckily Debemur Morti seems to really have their act together and thus have a knack for only releasing more obscure bands and very few at that, all the while making sure that their material is exceptional. It’s quite a cesspool out there in black metal land these days for a number of reasons, and if they need to be explained, then you just must not be paying attention. Enter Animus Mortis from Chile, a nation while not as well known as other for its black metal “scene” (ugh, that word!) has definitely produced killer acts over the years. Moody, dark, and fine tuned with stellar production and a mix of speeds (leaning mostly toward mid-paced), Animus Mortis have what it takes to make skins crawl and stomachs churn. Any fanciness must have never even been a consideration. Just look at that simple yet wicked album cover. Eight tracks, none over five minutes, and all as addictive as that choking game that strikes fear into the heart of parents. Hey kids, wanna really rebel against society and get into black metal? Play the choking game and listen to this. That’ll teach everybody to not pay enough attention to you! (FA)
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