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Briton may get 15 years in jail for pinching woman's butt

A Briton in Dubai faces the prospect of up to 15 years jail for allegedly pinching a woman's butt, as cops have charged him on counts of sexual assault and being drunk.

Steven Sherriff, 43, insists

America has no interest in Assange, says US envoy to Australia

America has no interest in Wikileaks' Julian Assange, the country's ambassador to Australia said in a statement.

On Wednesday, Assange lost his final appeal in the Supreme Court of Britain and will

Nazi parents lose custody of kids named Adolf Hitler and Aryan Nation

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A self-proclaimed Nazi father and his wife cannot have back their four children, three of whom have Nazi-inspired names, a court has ruled.

Adolf Hitler Campbell, six, and his younger sisters Joycely

Indian engineer's challenge fails to overthrow Duckworth/Lewis rule for rain-hit matches

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The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Friday it was sticking with the Duckworth/Lewis rule for deciding rain-affected matches after an Indian engineer put forward a replacement method.

Terry Pratchett receives comic Wodehouse prize

BRITISH WRITER Terry Pratchett has won this year’s Wodehouse book prize for comic fiction for his novel Snuff.

Tyeb work may fetch £1.2-1.8m

Mahishasura

THE SEASON of auctions in contemporary Indian art starts in London in June and the three main auction houses, Christie’s Sotheby’s and Bonhams, have major sales coming up in the first half of the mont

Only few bowlers can get balls to swing

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Contrary to what cricket fanatics may have you believe, the swing in swing bowling is not enhanced by humidity over the pitch, according to experimentation by scientists in England and New Zealand.

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Britain's Supreme Court to rule on WikiLeaks chief

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Britain's Supreme Court is expected to rule on Wednesday on whether to approve the extradition of WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange to Sweden, a potential turning point in the Internet activist's controv

Assange can be extradited to Sweden: UK Supreme Court

Britain's Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited to Sweden over alleged sex crimes, closing his final legal avenue of appeal in Britain.

"The request

Chilling pic shows bottleneck on Mt Everest as many try to reach summit

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The extraordinary image of the crowd on Mount Everest, which is a far cry from the splendid isolation that Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Norgay Tenzing experienced when they became the first to reach the

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.