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Radio's Top 10 Turkey Moments of 2005

By Corey Deitz, About.com

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#6: Radio DJ Arrested For Bomb Hoax

In Indonesia, the cops arrested a former DJ after he called a radio station and reported a bogus car bombing.

Dedi Hartono admits to making up the story because he was "bored" with the news of the day and just wanted to spice things up a little.

Hartono called "Elshinta", a Jakarta news station, and told someone a car bomb had exploded near a disco in the town of Cirebon killing two and damaging some cars.

Obviously, this guy is suffering from a case of "TNT" - Total Nitwit Takeover

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