Court fines Finnish PM’s ex-girlfriend for explicit book

October 5th, 2009 Costa Rican court: Ex-president embezzled fundsSAN JOSE, Costa Rica — A former Costa Rican president was convicted and sentenced to five years in prison Monday for embezzling funds from a Finnish loan intended for medical equipment for public hospitals. Rafael Calderon, who was president from 1990-1994, was accused of receiving $520,000 from a 2004 Finnish government loan to Costa Rica's social security system.

September 24th, 2009 Police: Pilot stalked ex-girlfriend with planeCONCORD, Calif. — Police have arrested a California pilot who they say stalked his ex-girlfriend by repeatedly flying his plane low over her house.

July 6th, 2009 Authorities remove 42 tons of trash from propertyMASTIC BEACH, N.Y. — A father and son are facing almost $20,000 in fees and fines after New York authorities said they removed about 42 tons of trash from their property.

June 13th, 2009 Finnish millionaire's daughter freed by kidnapperHELSINKI — Police say they have captured a kidnapper who won a large ransom by taking the daughter of a millionaire hostage. Until the police announcement late Saturday, the public had not been told that 26-year-old Minna Nurminen had been missing since May 27 and kidnapped.

June 12th, 2009 Finnish railway unions plan 1-day strikeHELSINKI — Finnish railway workers say they will halt all passenger and cargo traffic on Monday to protest the state-owned railway company's personnel policies and layoffs. Finnish rail VR says the one-day strike will affect some 200,000 passengers, including those traveling by rail to Russia and commuters in the capital region.

June 8th, 2009 Finland wants more details of Baltic gas pipelineHELSINKI — Finland says it needs more details of the environmental effects of a Baltic Sea gas pipeline planned between Russia and Germany before it can approve its construction. The Environment Ministry says it wants information about how the pipeline would affect fishing, toxic chemicals and unexploded ammunition on the seabed and nature reserves in Finnish territory.

May 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The girlfriend or mistress of a married man cannot be tried for harassing his wife for dowry because the law provides for prosecution of only the relatives of the husband and girlfriends are not relatives, the Supreme Court has ruled. In a ruling delivered last Wednesday, a bench of Justice S.B.

May 1st, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actor Mel Gibson's former girlfriend has offered to help his wife, Robyn, win the divorce battle because she still hasn't forgiven him for two-timing her. Comedian Diana Alouise insists she would never have dated the 'Mad Max' star if he had been honest about his marital status when they met in the late 1980s.

April 29th, 2009 HONG KONG - A computer technician was Wednesday found guilty of stealing explicit photos from Hong Kong pop star Edison Chen, triggering a massive scandal involving a number of young starlets. Sze Ho-chun, 24, downloaded explicit images from the laptop computer of the singer-actor that showed Chen engaging in sex acts with a number of well-known women, a Hong Kong court found.

April 28th, 2009 NEW YORK - Rocker John Mayer has denied reports suggesting he is dating aspiring actress Scheana Marie Jancan. The singer specified that he doesn't have a girlfriend at the moment and is single, reported aceshowbiz.com 'If I had a girlfriend, she would be incredibly offended by me saying, 'I don't have a girlfriend',' he said.

April 28th, 2009 Bird convicted of recklessly wounding girlfriendSYDNEY — Australia rugby league international Greg Bird has been convicted of recklessly wounding his girlfriend and of lying to police. The 25-year-old Bird, who now plays for the France-based Super League club Catalans, denied hitting Katie Milligan in the face with a glass during an argument in their Sydney apartment last August.

April 2nd, 2009 HONG KONG - A former banker and his girlfriend have become the first people in Hong Kong to be jailed for insider share trading, a media report said Thursday. Ma Hon-yeung, a former BNP Paribas vice president, was sent to prison for 26 months and fined 230,000 Hong Kong dollars ($29,500), while his girlfriend, Ivy Lo was imprisoned for 12 months and fined 210,000 Hong Kong dollars, the South China Morning Post said.

March 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Stealing a motorcycle to impress his girlfriend turned out costly for a 22-year-old man in the capital as he landed in the police net the very next day, police said Thursday. Kailash Kumar, who worked as a painter, was arrested Wednesday by the police for stealing a bike from New Friends Colony in the capital, a police officer said.

February 10th, 2009 HELSINKI - A court has fined an ex-girlfriend of Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen for writing an explicit book on their relationship. The Helsinki Appeals Court Tuesday ruled that Susan Ruusunen violated his right to privacy by publishing the book.

February 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Reserve Bank of India (RBI) should take calibrated measures to boost the economy, Commerce Minister Kamal Nath said here Friday, adding that the third stimulus package was still under formulation. 'Some sectors are in difficulty, the RBI should take measures but the government also has limitations, we are still looking at formulating the new stimulus package,' Kamal Nath told reporters after meeting with a Finnish business delegation.