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A WEALTHY woman who immigrated to the Caribbean from Britain mysteriously starved to death after meeting a new boyfriend. Virginia Owen, 48, moved to the Dominican Republic in 2006 with her £200,000 ($327,500) life savings. […] […]

OTTAWA—Thai authorities have arrested more than 100 Tamil migrants who were probably on their way to Canada, says Immigration Minister Jason Kenney. Thai media reported Friday that 114 Sri Lankans were detained for being illegal […] […]

Suspicious package found at British airport Cargo plane was flying from Yemen to US Planes at two US airports grounded amid fears A SUSPICIOUS package found aboard a cargo flight from Yemen to the United States has […] […]

David Chen, the Chinatown grocer who was arrested after chasing down and apprehending a shoplifter last year, has been found not guilty of assault and forcible confinement. The case became a cause célèbre across the […] […]

KABUL, Afghanistan—A NATO helicopter crew killed more than 20 insurgents in southern Afghanistan after the men fired on the aircraft, the coalition said Friday. The group of fighters shot at the helicopter with small arms […] […]

A CROSS-gender British person who died after allegedly being pushed under a subway train was a leading immigration lawyer, a British court said. The victim was named as Sonia Burgess, who was known to colleagues […] […]

LYNN Scantlebury — the United States citizen who along with her stepfather have been accused of trafficking exotic dancers into the island and forcing them into prostitution — was yesterday denied bail in the Corporate […] […]

THE worst floods to hit parts of Thailand in decades have left at least 94 people dead, officials said. The Emergency Medical Institute of Thailand reported that 26 more people had been killed in the […] […]

An internal police investigation was under way today after CCTV footage emerged which appeared to show officers repeatedly punching a stab victim. Darren Grace, 31, claims he was assaulted by one female and two male […] […]