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| Cosby lawyers seek to bar some alleged victims from sex assault trial | |  Bill Cosby's lawyers will ask a Pennsylvania state judge on Tuesday to keep more than a dozen women who have accused the comedian of sexual assault off the witness stand at his trial on charges of molesting a former basketball coach at his alma mater. More than 60 women have accused the 79-year-old entertainer, once beloved by Americans as the father on the 1980s TV hit "The Cosby Show," of sexually assaulting them, often after plying them with drugs and alcohol, in a series of attacks dating back decades. Andrea Constand, a former basketball coach at Cosby's alma mater Temple University, said he gave her pills before assaulting her at his Pennsylvania house in 2004.
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| Jailhouse rock; Indonesian inmates perform concert behind bars | | | By Heru Asprihanto BALI, Indonesia (Reuters) - In a prison courtyard on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, the eight inmates that make up the band "Children of Iron Bars" rock the audience with their anti-drug hits. Known as "Antrabez" in Indonesian, the band was formed behind the bars of Kerobokan Prison in July, bringing together six men and two women serving sentences of three months to four years for drugs. "People out there can say that we're the garbage of society," said the band's founding member and guitarist Oktav Sicilia, 35, who is serving three years for marijuana possession. |
| S.Korean prosecutors arrest woman at centre of political crisis | |  By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) - The woman at the centre of a scandal that has plunged the South Korean presidency into crisis was held for a second day on Tuesday after being detained overnight to answer allegations of exerting inappropriate influence in state affairs. Prosecutors have said they are investigating whether Choi Soon-sil used her friendship with President Park Geun-hye to gain access to classified documents that enabled her to influence government matters and benefited personally through non-profit foundations. A prosecution official and her laywer said she had been detained late on Monday.
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| Pakistan opposition says two supporters killed by tear gas in police clashes | |  Two supporters of a Pakistani opposition party have died from use of tear gas by police trying to keep hundreds of people from entering the capital, Islamabad, for a protest to demand the prime minister resign, the party said on Tuesday. Opposition leader Imran Khan accused police of "brutality" in clashes with supporters, but is sticking to plans to bring out a million protesters on Wednesday, to press Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to step down, or agree to a corruption inquiry. Khan's earlier vow to "shut down" Islamabad prompted a citywide ban on gatherings and the arrests of hundreds of opposition activists accused of defying the ban.
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| Prosecution rejects banker's lack of control in HK double murder trial | |  British investment banker Rurik Jutting was calm and aware of his actions when he killed two Indonesian women in his Hong Kong apartment, a prosecutor said on Tuesday, rejecting his defense that he had lost control due to drugs and sexual disorders. Prosecutor John Reading cross examined defense witness Dr Richard Latham, a British psychiatrist, stating "even when he was at his most aggressive, even when he was torturing her (Sumarti Ningsih), his conduct to her was very controlled". Latham had told the court on Monday that Jutting, who previously worked at Bank of America Corp, has recognised disorders from cocaine and alcohol abuse on top of his other personality disorders of sexual sadism and narcissism, which impaired his ability to control his behaviour.
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| The fall of Choi Soon-sil: from Blue House confidante to incarceration | |  By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) - When the lawyer representing the woman at the centre of a scandal engulfing South Korean President Park Geun-hye met his client upon her arrival in the country from Germany on Sunday morning, he was blunt. No one will protect you, not even the Blue House'," said Lee Kyung-jae, referring to South Korea's presidential compound. Prosecutors have said they are looking into whether Lee's client, Choi Soon-sil, 60, used her friendship with Park Geun-hye to influence state affairs by gaining access to classified documents and benefited personally through non-profit foundations.
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| Exclusive - India's tobacco industry, government face off ahead of WHO conference | | | By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's $11 billion (9 billion pound) tobacco industry has urged the government to take a softer line on tobacco control efforts when it hosts a WHO conference in New Delhi next month, but officials say the government will not bow to "pressure tactics". Delegates from about 180 countries will attend the Nov. 7-12 World Health Organization (WHO) conference on the sole global anti-tobacco treaty: the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). In force since 2005, the treaty aims to deter tobacco use that kills around 6 million people a year. |
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