Mexico City, Dec 18 (IANS/EFE) At least 148 inmates escaped from a prison in the northern border city of Nuevo Laredo, said a Mexican official Friday.
BEIJING - At least six people were killed and four injured Friday night in a firecracker blast in China's Hunan province, officials said Saturday.
HONG KONG - Complaints by prostitutes in Hong Kong against police officers for using sex services while on undercover operations have surged in 2010, a news report said Saturday.
BANGALORE - A 29-year-old software engineer working with Dell was Friday murdered at her flat in an upscale south Bangalore area, police said.
LONDON - The coffin of Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who is believed to have assassinated then US president John F. Kennedy, has been sold for $90,000. The bids started at $1,000, BBC reported Friday.
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