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Woman fakes kidnapping to help lover The Star/Asia News Network Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 A woman in Tamil Nadu staged her own kidnapping to help her lover financially without the knowledge of her husband. Malaysia Nanban reported that the Chennai police let her off with a warning on Monday...

Clinton gets accountability report on Benghazi attacks By Andrew Quinn WASHINGTON | Mon Dec 17, 2012 3:17pm EST (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday received an official review of the September attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, setting the stage for...

9 arrested for gaming offences AsiaOne Wednesday, Nov 21, 2012 SINGAPORE - 8 men and 1 woman, aged between 46 to 75 years old, have been arrested for gaming offences in two separate cases. At about 7.30pm yesterday, officers from Ang Mo Kio Police Division arrested a 47-year-old man in the...

Man jailed for bribing Singapore navy officer with $8,400 Published on Nov 19, 2012 By Elena Chong A man who bribed a naval officer to close an eye on boats bringing in contraband cigarettes from Batam was jailed for 32 months on Monday. Mazlan Musa, 40, had admitted to three charges of...

Milan fashion week: a carnival of stripes, flowers and dungarees Next season's trends take shape as Milan enjoys its turn in the fashion spotlight after New York and London

Shark 'saves' Toakai Teitoi after 4 months at sea AFP September 16, 201210:03PM A DAY after watching a film about being lost at sea, Toakai Teitoi was trapped in his own nightmare, drifting in a wooden boat for 15 weeks - before a shark helped to rescue him. The 41-year-old Kiribati...

Rebels step up attacks on Colombia energy targets By VIVIAN SEQUERA Associated Press Published: Sunday, Sep. 16, 2012 - 11:20 am FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 13, 2012 file photo, members of the Colombian rebel group National Liberation Army, or ELN, escort Gina Paola Uribe Villamizar, 32...

Kidnapped prostitute was gagged, shackled and raped in 'mobile dungeon' during ordeal judge described as 'the stuff of nightmares' Jailed tormentor on bail for downloading child pornography at the time 24-year-old victim said ordeal 'ruined her life' By DAILY MAIL REPORTER PUBLISHED: 16:39...

Electrician tasered with 50,000 volts for carrying a screwdriver in his pocket Armed police were called after Chris Thomas was spotted with a screwdriver Case against Mr Thomas thrown out over inconsistent evidence By SARA MALM PUBLISHED: 09:13 GMT, 16 September 2012 | UPDATED: 09:27 GMT...

Italian magazine has TWO HUNDRED pictures of topless Kate... and plans to use 50 of them in a 26-page special edition Chi to follow French magazine and Irish Daily Star in printing naked images Front cover unveiled with headline: 'Court Scandal: The Queen is Nude!' Comes as furious Prince...

Sony, Olympus to agree to capital tie-up this month: NHK TOKYO | Fri Sep 14, 2012 5:48am EDT (Reuters) - Sony Corp (6758.T) is in the final stages of talks to invest 50 billion yen ($646 million) in cash-strapped Olympus Corp (7733.T), with an agreement expected by the end of September...

Tripoli air controllers end strike, flights to resume TRIPOLI | Sun Sep 16, 2012 3:14pm EDT (Reuters) - Air traffic controllers at Tripoli's international airport have agreed to end a strike that halted most flights in and out of Libya on Sunday, officials said. Airport staff gave differing...

Fugitive Congo opposition figure heads to France: lawyer By Patrick Nduwimana BUJUMBURA | Sun Sep 16, 2012 2:25pm EDT (Reuters) - An opposition figure wanted in the Democratic Republic of Congo on treason charges has left neighboring Burundi, where he had taken refuge, and has gone to...

Panetta seeks closer Sino-U.S. ties as China military expands By David Alexander TOKYO | Sun Sep 16, 2012 3:31pm EDT (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will look for ways to deepen military relations with China during a visit to Asia this week, even as he works to bolster U.S...

Six die in weekend "insider" attacks in Afghanistan By Jessica Donati KABUL | Sun Sep 16, 2012 12:34pm EDT (Reuters) - Four U.S. troops fighting with the NATO-led alliance were killed in another suspected "insider" attack in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, bringing the total number of deaths...

Anti-Islam filmmaker Nakoula Basseley Nakoula quizzed by police AP September 15, 201210:25PM Journalists gathered outside the home of a 55-year-old Coptic Christian, Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, after reports he had directed the movie that AFP PHOTO/ David McNew Source: AFP A SOUTHERN...

Huge rallies in Portugal as anger over tax hikes grows By Andrei Khalip LISBON | Sat Sep 15, 2012 2:25pm EDT (Reuters) - Over 100,000 protesters marched in Lisbon and many thousands in other Portuguese cities on Saturday against new tax hikes that have shattered the political consensus behind...

Anti-Japan protests erupt in China over islands row By Sui-Lee Wee and Maxim Duncan BEIJING | Sat Sep 15, 2012 10:50am EDT (Reuters) - Thousands of Chinese besieged the Japanese embassy in Beijing on Saturday, hurling rocks, eggs and bottles, and protests broke out in other Chinese cities in...

Afghan policeman kills two NATO soldiers KABUL | Sat Sep 15, 2012 1:05pm EDT An Afghan policeman walks behind a US soldier during a joint patrol in Kandahar province. Two NATO soldiers were shot dead on Saturday by a man believed to be a member of a controversial Afghan police force in...

Berlusconi keeps Italy guessing over political comeback By Roberto Landucci ROME | Fri Sep 14, 2012 2:40pm EDT (Reuters) - Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Friday dashed supporters' hopes that he would at last announce his candidacy for coming elections and remove one element in...