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LIMA, Peru—Peru’s justice minister on Thursday accused American activist Lori Berenson of using her 15-month-old son to try to win sympathy as she was taken back to prison after an appeals court struck down a […] […]

The number of migrant women trafficked into Britain to work as prostitutes is far lower than previously thought, a report says. But charities have questioned the finding, saying the report identified only the “minimum number […] […]

A Hawke’s Bay woman was assaulted in front of her child in an unprovoked attack by two men she did not know, police say. The incident occurred just outside the entrance to the Waterworld Indoor […] […]

Initial loneliness is far better than losing your dignity Question: I’m 26, male, in a one-year relationship with a terrific woman, 30. I never had so much feeling for anyone before her. However, her ex-boyfriend […] […]

MONTREAL—A man plans to file a human-rights complaint against an amusement park after security guards told him to cover up his Bob Marley T-shirt or leave the premises. But Montreal’s La Ronde insists it didn’t […] […]

A PERTH judge has ordered that a Muslim woman must remove a full burqa while giving evidence before a jury in a fraud case. Judge Shauna Deane today ruled that the witness must remove her […] […]

US television star Kelsey Grammer’s third wife, Camille Donatacci, is demanding $71.5 million in her divorce filing. Donatacci, 41, is “livid” over the revelation the former Frasier star and his British air stewardess girlfriend, 29-year-old […] […]

BAD parenting can harm a child’s potential more than poverty, UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said as he suggested there were better ways than benefits to help children from poor backgrounds. Mr Clegg, the […] […]

A 13-year-old boy and 12-year-old girl face murder charges after allegedly carrying out a double shooting in Texas. Forty-six-year-old Darlene Nevil was killed in the shootings in Garland, northeast of Dallas, yesterday, while her husband, […] […]

MONTERREY, Mexico—The kidnapped mayor of a northern Mexican town was found dead Wednesday, extending a rash of deadly attacks on political figures in an area besieged by drug gang battles. Santiago Mayor Edelmiro Cavazos’ body […] […]