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Bhutto arrested then freed

Benazir Bhutto PAKISTANI opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has been freed from house arrest, hours after she was stopped from leaving her Islamabad home to lead a rally against President Pervez Musharraf's imposition of emergency rule.

Swedish teens arrested

TWO Scandinavian teenagers, allegedly inspired by the recent school shooting in Finland, have been arrested for conspiring to murder their school principal and a janitor.

Canada's oil: black gold with a black heart

oil You've only got to stroll down Hardin Street to the main drag, then hang a left and walk a couple more short blocks, to see what Fort McMurray is about. It wouldn't be the whole story, but you would catch the drift.

Virgin ad criticised

ANIMAL rights campaigners called on Virgin Media to pull one of its adverts after a terrapin was attached to a firework and fired into the air in Wrexham, north Wales, possibly mimicking an ad used by the British cable operator.

Man faces jail for infecting 250,000 computers

US man admits infecting 250,000 computers and stealing the identities of thousands of people.

Teacher not allowed gun in school

A US judge ruled today that school officials can forbid a teacher from carrying a gun on school grounds.

No, Miss, they don't teach this in school

Jun Sakurai TSUKASA SAKURAKOUJI beams childishly, throws his arms open and exclaims: "Welcome to Edelstein boarding school for boys! You must be tired after your journey; let me help you relax."

Rainbow nation's grim times

An assault on press freedom has tarnished South Africa's once-shining democracy, writes Stephen Bevan.

A home never to be revisited

On the eve of Remembrance Day, Ray Black recalls his meeting with the man who helped unearth the Zonnebeke Five in the fields of Flanders.