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'Smugglers' named in Bali case

A British couple who restore antiques were last night named among the four UK citizens accused of attempting to smuggle a suticase of cocaine worth £1.6m into Bali.

Teen guilty of murdering budding teenage athlete

A 19-year-old has been found guilty of murdering a budding teenage athlete.

British housewife Lindsay Sandiford is facing possible execution yesterday after being arrested on suspicion of smuggling £1.6m worth of cocaine into Bali

British housewife may face death penalty for smuggling cocaine

A British housewife was facing possible execution yesterday after being arrested on suspicion of smuggling £1.6m worth of cocaine into Bali.

Rangers fans take part in a demonstration at Ibrox on Saturday

Rangers to go to court over transfer embargo

Rangers will today continue their battle against the Scottish Football Association in the Court of Session in Edinburgh.

Stalemate in airport hoax appeal

A man who posted on Twitter about blowing up a South Yorkshire airport, which he claims were a joke, will have to return to the High Court after two judges were unable to reach a decision in his appeal.

No buyers for New York's empty jailhouses at rock bottom price

A decline in prisoner numbers has prompted the State to try to sell off correctional facilities
Alleged drug trafficker Lindsay Sandiford was arrested along with four others

The 'suburban smuggler' facing death penalty in Indonesia

Cheltenham housewife arrested in Bali with nearly 5kg of cocaine in her suitcase

Australian beauty therapist Schapelle Corby was sentenced to 20 years in jail for trying to smuggle 4.1kg of marijuana into Bali

Overcrowded and inhumane, Kerobokan is a jail built for 400 that now houses over 1,000 prisoners

If Lindsay Sandiford and her fellow suspects are found guilty, they will serve their time at Bali's notorious Kerobokan prison. Three months ago foreign prisoners were evacuated from the jail – where most drug-smugglers, including Australian Schapelle Corby, are locked up, many on death row – after two days of rioting sparked by a stabbing.

Abu Qatada's 'freedom' blocked by judge

Abu Qatada's bid for freedom was blocked by a judge today over Britain's terror threat at the Olympics.

Pakistani surgeon Shakeel Afridi helped the CIA find Osama bin Laden in his Abbottabad compound

Robert Fisk: Clinton's $33m raid on Pakistan shows that, in the end, hypocrisy will win

The Long View: Are the Pakistanis being so dastardly when they lock up a national who has helped in a murder?

Water-related deaths soar as Britain's hot weather continues

The death of a man who drowned as he rescued two children from the sea was one of a number of water-related tragedies as temperatures soared this weekend.

British resident sentenced in absentia by Bahrain court for 'trying to overthrow government'

A British resident has been sentenced in absentia by a court in Bahrain for allegedly trying to overthrow the government.

Mini-heatwave sparks warnings over river safety

The death of a teenager in the Thames prompted a warning of the dangers of cooling off in rivers as the UK's mini-heatwave continued.

Will Smith is Agent J, and Josh Brolin does an uncanny impersonation of Tommy Lee Jones as a young Agent K in <i>MIB 3</i>

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