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Middlesex signs up Gilchrist, talking to Tendulkar for T20 campaign

Sports | Cricket
2009-11-20

MIDDLESEX has signed Australian Adam Gilchrist for next year's Twenty20 campaign and hopes to recruit Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar as well, the English county side said yesterday. Gilchrist, a record-breaking...

Saudi female journalist gets lashes for sex show

World
2009-10-25

A Saudi court yesterday sentenced a female journalist to 60 lashes after she had been charged with involvement in a TV show in which a Saudi man publicly talked about sex. Rozanna al-Yami, 22, is believed to be...

Sex and scandal fused under Mosley's F1 reign

Sports | Motor racing
2009-10-22

FOR all the achievements of his 16 years as head of the FIA, Max Mosley steps aside this week with his impact upon auto sports being questioned rather than celebrated. With favored successor Jean Todt or outsider...

Minister's sex scandal affects Sarkozy

World
2009-10-10

THE sex scandal surrounding France's culture minister has come at a bad time for President Nicolas Sarkozy whose popularity among voters took another dip, according to a poll published yesterday. The survey was...

German teen's sex abuse case to resume in Turkey

World
2009-9-16

A TURKISH court on Wednesday resumes the trial of a German teenager accused of sexually abusing a 13-year-old British girl while they were both on vacation, his lawyer said. Marco Weiss, now 19, spent eight months...

Sex scandal rocks Australian PM's Labor party

World
2009-9-1

A sex scandal rocked today Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's scandal-plagued Labor Party in the state of New South Wales -- vital to Rudd's re-election hopes. New South Wales Labor Health Minister John...

Beijing music professor accepts cash, sex from female student

National
2009-8-15

A 70-year-old professor of music history has admitted accepting cash and sex from a female student in return for helping her enter a doctorate program, the Beijing News reported today. The professor and doctoral...

Parents urged to embrace sex education

Metro | Education
2009-7-4

HEALTH officials are urging parents to put an emphasis on sex education, especially during the summer vacation when the city's unexpected pregnancy hotline usually receives 15 to 20 percent more phone calls. Shanghai...

Woman found guilty in sex-games slaying of banker

World
2009-6-18

A Swiss jury convicted the former mistress of one of France's richest men of murder yesterday after she admitted killing him during an argument over US$1 million as he was dressed in a latex suit and tied up in a...

Workplace inequality widespread in China

National
2009-6-15

SEXUAL discrimination in workplace is widespread in China with one in four female job seekers denied employment because of their gender, a study has found. The research, released by the Center for Women's Law...