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AN AMERICAN-born fugitive known as "La Barbie", who allegedly led a violent smuggling network, grinned as he was paraded in handcuffs yesterday - the third suspected drug lord to fall in Mexico in the past ten months in a coup for president Felipe...

WAYNE Rooney is facing claims in a Sunday newspaper that he paid more than 1,000 a time to have sex with a prostitute while his wife was pregnant with their son.The England and Manchester United star has previously been linked to prostitution, admitting...

AN independent report on the city council's plans to outsource up to 3000 jobs has warned there are still "significant issues" to be addressed.• Chief executive Tom Aitchison: "significant issues exist requiring management attention"External consultant...

AN OUTRAGEOUS cabaret artist and a harrowing drama about people trafficking were the winners in this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe Prize.Postmodern diva Meow Meow, who produced unique "kamikaze cabaret kitsch and performance art exotica" in her titular...

Police investigating an attack by an armed gang yesterday assured the public that information will be treated in the "strictest confidence".Officers stepped up efforts to trace witnesses after the violent assault in Glasgow a week ago, which is being...

AMERICA'S top military officer yesterday stressed the need for Turkey to help enforce United Nations' sanctions against Iran aimed at deterring the Islamic republic from obtaining a nuclear bomb.Turkey voted against the US-backed sanctions against Iran in...

THOUSANDS of demonstrators gathered in Paris yesterday to protest against new security measures including the repatriation of thousands of Roma to Eastern Europe.French unions have launched a week of protests that could provide an early measure of...

Soldiers killed at least 27 suspected cartel members yesterday in a raid and gun-battle in a state near the American border that has become one of the most dangerous battlegrounds in Mexico's drug war.A military aircraft flying over Ciudad Mier in...

PAKISTAN'S former cricket captain Imran Khan said yesterday the International Cricket Council (ICC) was right to suspend the three players accused of taking part in a betting scam.But he said if the players were found to be involved in betting on the...

FOUR Greenpeace climbers who scaled an oil rig in the freezing seas off Greenland and stopped it drilling for two days were deported to their home countries yesterday.The activists were arrested on September 2 after forcing Scots-based Cairn Energy to...