Saturday, June 11, 2011

Lastnight World

4,300 flee Syria crackdown: Turkey

Foreign Ministry deputy undersecretary of Turkey, Halit Cevik said on Saturday 4,300 Syrians, from the northern town of Jisr al-Shoughour, have fled to Turkey to escape a crackdown on protests against President Bashar al-Assad, fearing revenge from security forces. Activists and witnesses said that thousands more are sheltering near the border.

Eight teens jailed for rape, robbery

HANOI: A court in Vietnam’s capital has sentenced 8 teenagers to up to 30 years in jail for luring women into hotel rooms and then gang raping and robbing them. Tuoi Tre newspaper said that a 15-year-old girl was sentenced to 12 years, while her 19-year-old boyfriend was given 30 years. Six other boys were given from four years to 30 years on the same charges.

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