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Gambian court sentences British couple to one year hard labour - Taxpayers foot £170k TVs bill - Baby Taken On Seven-Hour Bender.



Gambian court sentences British couple to one year hard labour

A British missionary couple working in the tiny west African state of Gambia, which has been criticised for its abysmal human rights record, have been sentenced to one-year prison terms with hard labour.

Taxpayers foot £170k TVs bill

Government departments have spent more than £320,000 of taxpayers' money on electronic equipment such as stereos, DVD players and flat-screen televisions over the past three years, according to official figures.

Baby Taken On Seven-Hour Bender

A couple who took their baby son with them on a seven-hour drinking session have escaped jail.

Gambia jails British missionary couple

 Gambia has sentenced a British missionary couple to a year in prison with hard labour for defaming the country's president, the couple's lawyer said on Tuesday.

Mexico calls off search for cruise passenger

Mexican authorities have suspended their search for a Florida woman who apparently fell from a ship balcony during a Christmas week cruise.

Palin's daughter gives birth to son named Tripp

The daughter of former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has given birth to a son, a magazine reported Monday.

Girl dies on cold walk; dad charged with murder

The father of an 11-year-old girl who died, likely of hypothermia, after trying to walk 10 miles in the snow on Christmas Day has been charged with second-degree murder and felony injury to a child.

ACLU of Arkansas sues over adoption restrictions

More than a dozen families filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging a new Arkansas law banning unmarried couples living together from becoming foster or adoptive parents.

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