Paedophile jailed
Phnom Penh: The Court of Appeal in Cambodia jailed a Dutchman for ten years for sexually abusing six boys aged 11 to 15, overturning a lower court’s dismissal of the case. René Aubel, 48, was found by police in May last year with two naked 13-year-olds. (AFP)
Heatwave deaths
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Delhi: Four men died at a railway station in the northern city of Kanpur from a heat wave that has killed more than 200 people across India and dozens in Bangladesh. Temperatures rose to more than 50C (122F). Monsoon rains brought some relief. (AP)
Cardinal Sin dies
Manila: Cardinal Jaime Sin, the influential spiritual leader who helped to topple the dictator Ferdinand Marcos, died in hospital aged 76. He died of multiple organ failure after a struggle with kidney problems and diabetes. (AFP)
Roaring success
Addis Ababa: Three lions rescued a 12-year-old girl in southwestern Ethiopia from seven men who kidnapped and beat her and planned to force her into marriage, police said. The lions guarded the girl until police and her family located her. (AP)
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Army plans ‘peace zone’
Delhi: The Indian Army said that it is preparing for the withdrawal of troops from the Siachen glacier, between Pakistan-held Kashmir and the Aksai Chin region of China, and has prepared plans to turn the area into a demilitarised zone. (AFP)
Poll inquiry begins
Manila: The start of an inquiry by the Philippine Congress into claims that Gloria Arroyo, the President, rigged the presidential election last year sparked scuffles in the visitors’ gallery and sent the country’s financial markets reeling. (AFP)
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Crocodile rescue
Delhi: India has donated 40 marsh crocodiles to Bangladesh to save the species from extinction there. Only one marsh crocodile, or mugger, had remained in the country after the species was hunted for its skin, used leather goods