Awoman sentenced to life imprisonment October 17, 2005, for corruption in China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region evaded prison for 10 years by getting pregnant 13 times before she was finally sent to jail by a court. She actually claimed 14 pregnancies in 10 years, of which, one was false, and the remaining 13 were true.
Jhumpa Lahiri's novel on Obama's reading list:
Indian-American Pulitzer Prize winning author Jhumpa Lahiri's novel `The Lowland' is among the six books which are part of the summer reading list of US President Barack Obama.
2 held in Bangla blogger murder case:
Two members of a banned al-Qaidaaffiliated Bangladeshi militant group including nephew of a minister were on Friday arrested in connection with the hacking to death of a Niloy Chakrabarty Neel, fourth secular blogger last week.
11-year-old rape victim gives birth:
An 11-year-old girl who was raped by her stepfather gave birth in Paraguay on Thursday after being denied termination of her pregnancy by doctors and judicial officials, stoking debate over abortion in the Catholic country.
Grateful refugee names her child Merkel:
A Ghanaian refugee who has been granted asylum in Germany named her newborn daughter after Chancellor Angela Merkel in gratitude.
