Woman reportedly locked in cabin in Sweden for 9 years

A 58-year-old man suspected of keeping a woman locked up in a tiny cabin in southern Sweden for nine years has been ordered by a court to be held in custody, local media reported. The man, who denied all charges, was suspected of having kept his common-law wife imprisoned since 1999 in a cabin measuring 15 square metres in a small community near the town of Eksjo. The woman...

A woman may be next Pak President, says Zardari

Pakistan's next President might be a woman though a decision in this regard will be made after evolving consensus in the ruling coalition, PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari said and ruled himself out as a contender for the top post.In an interview with the ARY news channel, Zardari also hinted at changes in the system...

Found... the peasant woman whose anguish told the world of the horror of Georgia's war

It is the unforgettable image that has come to symbolise the brutality of Russias bloody invasion of Georgia a middle-aged woman slumped, wounded and screaming among the rubble and flames of a bombing raid. Immediately behind her are the blasted remains of a tenement building in the northern town of Gori, destroyed by Russian bombers last Saturday as they missed their intended target...

Germany's Merkel voted most powerful woman again

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is the world's most powerful woman for the third straight year, topping Forbes magazine's 2008 list of the top 100 women based on their career, economic impact and media coverage. Sheila Bair, who chairs the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp that insures bank deposits, debuts at No. 2 due to her increased prominence amid a stumbling U.S. economy. U.S.

Pakistani Woman Allegedly Had List of NYC Targets

We Report. You Decide. U.S. July 17: Aafia Siddiqui, a possible Al Qaeda associate, is seen in the custody of Counter Terrrorism Department of Ghazni province, Afghanistan. NEW YORK An MIT-educated Pakistani woman charged with trying to kill U.S. agents and military officers in Afghanistan allegedly carried a list of New York City targets -- including the Statue of Liberty...

Mugger Beats Woman, 85, in Elevator for Purse, Cane

We Report. You Decide. U.S. Security camera footage shows an unidentified suspect attacking 85-year-old Lillian France in an elevator in New York City. An 85-year-old New York City woman was viciously beaten in an elevator and the attack was caught on camera. The mugger jumped Lillian France, grabbed her by the throat and lifted her off the ground before running off with her purse and cane...

R.I. Murderer to Be Paroled, Despite Sex With Guard

Woman who became the youngest person ever convicted of murder as an adult in Rhode Island will be paroled this month, despite having sexual relationship with her work-release job supervisor.

Chinese Characters

Often in China a phone call wakes me: a voice from the provinces wondering how things are in the capital. Is the weather fine? Hows work? Did the puppy smuggler pass through, toting his squirming sack? Have you heard about that lumberjack who impregnated the extraterrestrial? Or the woman whose teacher was visited by a raccoon spirit in her dreams?

Dog Clone Owner Wanted in Tenn. on Burglary Charge

The woman who had her pet dog cloned by South Korean scientists flatly denied early Thursday that she was a bail jumper accused of sexually assaulting and kidnapping a male Mormon missionary more than 30 years ago in Surrey...

Judgement day for the African state that is getting rich quick

In the central square, a group of teenagers compare quad bikes. Couples hold hands by a fountain. Children sit in wonderment beneath images on a giant television screen. A woman contemplates four brightly coloured plastic recycling bins...

Bittersweet return for Olympic star

The most celebrated woman in Kenya is not a politician, nor a pop star. She is a humble 18-year-old with a devastating sprint and a million dollars in the bank. In the two weeks since returning home from a season where she not only won the 800m Olympic title but also scooped all the lucrative Golden League athletics jackpot...

Con Artist Steals Identity to Go to Ivy League School

Esther Elizabeth Reed admitted Tuesday to stealing the identity of a missing South Carolina woman to get into an Ivy League school and pleaded guilty to fraud charges.

Feds: Pa. Medical Student Sought 'Society' of Sex Slaves

A Pennsylvania medical student told a classmate he was trying to recruit a New Zealand woman and her 4-year-old daughter to be his sex slaves and an FBI search found him to be in possession of child pornography, authorities said.

Fatal car explosion hits Bangkok protests

More than 20 protesters were seriously injured including two who lost parts of their legs after being hit by what police said were exploding teargas canisters. About a mile away from the fighting, a woman was killed when a Jeep exploded near the headquarters of the Chart Thai Party, one of the six parties in the governing coalition. The chaos prompted the resignation of the deputy prime minister...

10 Petitioners Still Detained After Arrest in Beijing

BEIJING Ten people who came to Beijing last week to protest property losses involving local governments, one with a 4-month-old in tow, are still being held by the police in or around their hometown, and some had been beaten by the police, a relative of several detainees said Wednesday. The detainees, including a 79-year-old woman...

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