Ellen Sohus, the victim's sister, said later that she was unsure if the verdict brought closure after so many years of uncertainty about the fate of her brother and his wife.

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Danish goods endured the same fate a few years later, after a newspaper in Denmark published cartoons of the Prophet that upset many Muslims.

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Four years later, after Katrina, the FBI found 4, 000 bogus websites, many operated by criminals overseas who stole the personal information of givers and their money, Berger said.

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