7 dead, 60 hurt in Thailand train mishapOctober 5th, 2009 BANGKOK - A train derailed Monday in Thailand's Hua Hin district, killing seven people and injuring over 60, a media report said. The accident took place at about 4.45 a.m.
Five killed, 20 injured in suicide attack on police station in NWFPSeptember 26th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least five persons were killed and 20 others injured in a suicide strike in Bannu on Saturday. According to television reports, the attackers targeted a police station.
Nude blonde woman scares builders into running for safety!September 17th, 2009 MELBOURNE - A blonde woman is said to have scared a bunch of builders into running for safety, after she rushed up to a construction site in the nude saying "Who wants me?"
But instead of taking her up on her offer, the builders ran for cover and called up the police. "We like to chat up girls as they walk past - it's a tradition," the Daily Telegraph quoted one builder on the site in Vienna, Austria, as saying.
90-year-old woman walks 2km to collect ID card!September 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A 90-year-old old Chinese woman reportedly walked 2 kilometers to reach a police station to collect her ID card. Zhang, who resides in Qingzhou, Shandong province, said her son had no time to drop in to the police station to collect the document.
Two injured in Pak train mishapSeptember 10th, 2009 KARACHI - Two people were injured and 28 bogies were overturned when two goods train collided with each other near Kotri Railway Station on Thursday. According to the Dawn, a freight train coming from Karachi hit another train in the Bhalori area near the station.
Oz mile-high club member charged with assaulting a womanAugust 26th, 2009 MELBOURNE - A member of the most notorious "mile high" club Down Under has been charged with assaulting a woman. Lisa Robertson allegedly assaulted a woman outside a St Kilda restaurant, says a report published in the Herald Sun.
Woman, 80, raped by 70-year-old 'hakeem' in PakAugust 13th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - An 80-year-old woman in Pakistan was allegedly raped by a 70-year-old 'hakeem' in his clinic after he intoxicated her. The elderly woman registered an FIR against the accused Ahmed Din and Kot Lakhpat police arrested him on her complaint, charging him with rape, unnatural offence and intoxication, reports the Daily Times.
Chinese robber flees straight into the arms of cops!August 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Chinese robber, who snatched money from a man, is said to have been captured easily after he ran straight toward a police station after committing the crime. Zhang, 19, a migrant worker in the city, ran straight to the police station in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, reports the China Daily.
18-year-old woman enslaved for 13 years freed in BoliviaAugust 5th, 2009 LA PAZ - An 18-year-old woman who was kept confined and forced to work for nearly 13 years has been rescued by the police in the central Bolivian city of Cochabamba, the La Razon newspaper has reported. The victim was recruited by a labour agency in the Amazonian province of Beni when she was just six and had been forced to work without compensation since, police told the newspaper Tuesday.
Brit girl police worker, lady constable in drunken orgy shameJuly 23rd, 2009 LONDON - A woman police constable (WPC) and a girl police worker indulged in a drunken orgy with five cops at a London pub, it has been revealed. The session started with the pretty constable in her late 20s performing a sex act on her cop boyfriend in the packed Pineapple pub in Vauxhall, South London.
Traffic cops shocked as woman driver strips naked on roadJuly 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Traffic came to a standstill in Haikou, capital of Hainan province, when a woman driver stopped by police for violating rules stripped naked on the road. Traffic police were in for a shock when they stopped the 40-something woman, reports the China Daily.
Woman drops sex complaint against former ministerJuly 3rd, 2009 WELLINGTON - A woman who complained to police about an unwanted sexual encounter with a former New Zealand minister has dropped the case, police said Friday. Richard Worth, a lawyer, resigned as minister of internal affairs in the conservative National Party government last month after the Korean businesswoman lodged her complaint.
Bangladeshi woman whipped over 200 times, criticalJune 29th, 2009 DHAKA - A widow was whipped 202 times and a man 101 times following a fatwa by a religious leader for their alleged involvement in "anti-social activity" in a village in southeastern Bangladesh, prompting local protests and action by the police. Piara Begum, a widow of 40, and Mamun Miah, 25, were whipped before hundreds of people at Khaiyar in Comilla district Saturday night.
Shocked Goody wakes up to chanting of hammer-armed woman at bedsideMarch 12th, 2009 LONDON - Jade Goody opened her eyes to fear and raised alarm after being wakened by a woman armed with hammer in her hospital room -praying and chanting over the cancer-stricken star. The woman, believed to be 41-year-old old French, was said to be carrying a large bag.
Music star Chris Brown allegedly involved in assault caseFebruary 8th, 2009 LONDON - RnB star Chris Brown, who was supposed to perform at the 51st Grammy Awards, is now being investigated by police in an alleged assault on an unidentified woman. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) questioned Brown Sunday night, but are refusing to reveal the woman's identity.