Pakistani held in Thailand with 54 heroin condoms in stomach

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Thai customs officials said Wednesday they had arrested a Pakistani man at Bangkok's main international airport with 54 condoms in his stomach containing half a kilo of heroin. Kamran Pervaiz Butt, 24, was arrested at Suvarnabhumi International Airport on Tuesday morning on a Thai Airways flight from Islamabad, customs authorities said in a statement.

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SMCP News.gov.hk Hong Kong News China News Olympic News Olympic Videos Fires rage in Australian heatwave South China Morning Post Australian firefighters battled scores of bush blazes yesterday as record-breaking hot weather sparked "catastrophic" warnings in two states, just months after the country's worst bush fire disaster. Obama has gone; distrust returns South China Morning Post Mutual trust and strategic partnership were the buzzwords of US President Barack Obama's maiden visit to China. But just two days after his departure, an annual US Congress report lashed out at China's trade policies and growing espionage activities. Gunman kills four in Pacific island rampage South China Morning Post A gunman went on a rampage on the Pacific resort island of Saipan yesterday, killing at least four people and wounding six, including five Korean tourists. An Asian gunman killed four local people, including two children aged four and three, and critically injured a four-year-old girl in an apparent random shooting spree at a local shooting range, police said. Envoy blasts US media reports on Obama's visit South China Morning Post Washington's ambassador to Beijing hit out yesterday at negative US media coverage of President Barack Obama's visit to China, saying it failed to take into account important progress on many issues. Tycoon in fight to avoid small claims hearing South China Morning Post Three small shareholders taking on former Citic Pacific chairman Larry Yung Chi-kin in the Small Claims Tribunal over losses from their investment in the company may be denied their day before the tribunal if the tycoon gets his way. Good preparation gives soldiers an edge South China Morning Post Preparation paid off for two teams from the People's Liberation Army who scooped the first two places in the Oxfam Trailwalker last night in the Hong Kong garrison's first attempt at the gruelling slog over the MacLehose Trail. Functional constituencies defended in court South China Morning Post Direct elections were not used for functional constituencies because they were devised to protect the interests of different sectors, not the general populace, the Court of First Instance heard. Barrister Michael Thomas SC made the remarks during submissions for the government in a judicial review brought by activists Chan Yu-nam and Lo Hom-chau to challenge the constitutionality of the corporate voting system in functional constituencies. Japan, China pledge to strengthen bilateral ties South China Morning Post Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama told visiting Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi that he would attend the World Expo in Shanghai next year and invited Premier Wen Jiabao to visit Tokyo before that. Police detain lawyers who sought to meet Obama South China Morning Post Two mainland rights lawyers were questioned by police - one for more than 13 hours - after seeking to meet US President Barack Obama, joining dozens of activists and petitioners who were placed under police control this week. Legco to vote on civil service salary cut South China Morning Post Legislation for a civil service pay cut is scheduled for a final vote in mid-December despite a last-minute attempt by a lawmaker to block its passage. Under the bill, which is likely to be passed by the Legislative Council, senior civil servants earning more than HK$48,401 a month can expect to have their salaries reduced by 5.38 per cent from January 1. Consider the public, Tsang urges over resignations plan South China Morning Post The chief executive yesterday urged pan-democrats to take into account people's wishes and the public interest on the issue of mass resignations from the legislature. The remarks - the first from Donald Tsang Yam-kuen on the matter - reflect the government's growing concerns over a possible de facto referendum on its political reform proposals. Oprah Winfrey ending talk show to focus on her cable network South China Morning Post The Oprah Winfrey Show, an iconic, influential broadcast that grew over two decades into a daytime television powerhouse and the foundation of a multibillion-dollar media empire, will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air, Winfrey's production company said. Planners reject push for height limit on Central Police Station South China Morning Post The Town Planning Board has rejected a proposal for a height limit on buildings at the historic Central Police Station compound, subject of a development and preservation plan put forward by the Jockey Club. Investigators checking black box South China Morning Post Investigators have yet to work out whether the driver of a bus that crashed in Tseung Kwan O two weeks ago, killing two people and injuring 34, was speeding. Police are checking information from the black box data recorder retrieved from the wreckage, including speed, angle of lean and braking. Top South Korean model found hanged in her Paris apartment South China Morning Post A South Korean model who was a fixture at fashion week in Paris and London has been found hanged in her Paris apartment. Daul Kim, 20, was found dead on Thursday by her boyfriend, who alerted French police, a police official said. He declined to be named, in accordance with policy. Paris police were working under the hypothesis that Kim committed suicide, he said. Her Seoul agency, Esteem, said her family were en route to Paris. Surprise over crash rates for minibus drivers South China Morning Post Green-top minibus drivers paid a wage were involved in almost twice as many serious and fatal accidents as their counterparts who worked solely on revenue-sharing, the Transport Department has found. New price tag could stop flats 'shrinking' South China Morning Post Building professionals and the Consumer Council have supported the new measures on flat sales, noting that the requirement to cite the per-foot-price of a flat in terms of saleable area could stop the "shrinking flat" trend. Speculators, and mothers-in-law, drive property prices ever higher South China Morning Post Rampant stimulus-induced speculation, soaring prices, Mickey Mouse and evil mothers-in-law: Shanghai's property market has become a brutal and unforgiving world for first-time buyers. Obama tells blog Cuban thaw depends on reform South China Morning Post US President Barack Obama has answered questions from a celebrated Cuban blogger, saying he has no interest in "talking for the sake of talking" with Raul Castro and indicating he will not visit until the communist government changes its ways. Falling boulder kills man near Sai Kung South China Morning Post A 44-year-old Kwun Tong man was killed by a falling boulder while rock fishing at the bottom of a cliff on Basalt Island off Sai Kung yesterday - the second fishing tragedy on the island since September. Ng Wing-yu, a decoration worker, set out with two friends at about 6am along the shore at the south of the island. Small-class policy hits Primary One bids for discretionary places South China Morning Post Competition for discretionary places in Primary One classes has intensified, with the smallest number of pupils in eight years winning spots. The drop came as the new small-class teaching policy led to a decrease in the number of school places. Of 41,554 applicants, only 20,461 - about half - gained a place at their preferred government or aided schools. Rules will make flat pricing clearer South China Morning Post Home hunters will get a better idea of how much they are going to pay for the space they will actually live in under new measures to boost transparency of the sale of uncompleted flats. Under the rules, to be in place by the end of the month, developers must state clearly the price per square foot or metre of saleable area on the price lists. Popcorn at cinemas rated as horror show South China Morning Post Forget Freddy Krueger or flesh-eating zombies: the real villain of a night at the movies could be lurking in a bag of popcorn or drinks carton, according to a US study. Nutritional analysis of popcorn servings at some of America's biggest cinema chains has found mind- boggling calorie counts that may surprise consumers who think of the snack as a relatively healthy treat. Herman who? Meet Europe's first president South China Morning Post European leaders faced flak yesterday after choosing the low-profile Belgian premier and a British peer to lead a revamped EU, giving up on an ambition to appoint diplomatic heavy hitters. Replumbing of university halts flow of money down the drain South China Morning Post Normally when people finish washing their hands, the water simply goes down the drain. But at a Hong Kong university it is being collected, treated and used for irrigation by a system that the developers say could be useful in rural areas where water is scarce. In Brief South China Morning Post Former US president Jimmy Carter travelled to Sichuan to launch a campaign aimed at providing 10,000 poor families with affordable housing, a humanitarian group said. Peruvian gang killed people for fat: police South China Morning Post A gang in the remote Peruvian jungle has been killing people for their fat, police charged on Thursday, taking it from their corpses and offering it on the black market for use in cosmetics. Fresh evidence in plot to murder Martin Lee South China Morning Post The prosecution in a trial concerning a US$1 million plot to murder media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying and former Democratic Party chairman Martin Lee Chu-ming presented fresh evidence yesterday, according to a defence lawyer. Ex-DBS broker suspended over Lehman debacle South China Morning Post A former employee of DBS Bank (Hong Kong) has been suspended from providing securities-related services for three months by the Monetary Authority after being found to have failed to disclose to a client the risk involved when selling a Lehman Brothers-related financial product. Freedom for man who killed wife in his sleep South China Morning Post A holidaymaker who strangled his wife in his sleep was released by a British court yesterday after the prosecution withdrew its case. Brian Thomas, 59, of Neath in South Wales, killed his wife Christine, 57, while on holiday in July last year. Prosecutors had accepted that Thomas had a sleep disorder and had no control over his body when he attacked his wife of 40 years while they were asleep in their camper van. Media team working overtime to sell international Games coverage South China Morning Post The government is making a last-ditch effort to extend international television coverage of next month's East Asian Games, with negotiations on broadcasting rights with overseas stations continuing just two weeks before the event starts. Now TV to cut fee for sport package South China Morning Post Internet-television broadcaster Now TV has slashed its sports subscription fee, days after its exclusive broadcasting rights for the hugely popular English Premier League soccer were snatched by rival Cable TV. But Cable TV subscribers may need to pay more than they are currently, if they want to watch the Premier League next season. The LoDown South China Morning Post Nestled near a busy junction of Bonham Road in Mid-Levels is a beautiful four-storey building that dates back to the end of the second world war. In Brief South China Morning Post Four men were injured in two accidents involving three taxis yesterday. The first occurred at about 1.15am when two taxis collided at the junction of Salisbury Road and Mody Lane, Tsim Sha Tsui. Finally, an answer to the Kissinger question South China Morning Post The European Union says it finally has the answer to a question long attributed to former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger: who do I call if I want to call Europe? That answer is simple. The US secretary of state phones Catherine Ashton, 53, a British peer who was chosen on Thursday as the foreign policy chief of the 27-nation bloc. Around the Nation South China Morning Post The global economic downturn has not affected the personal wealth of the mainland's richest people, Xinhua reports. Northern England battered by 'one-in-1,000-year' floods South China Morning Post Lifeboats and military helicopters rescued hundreds of people overnight in northern England and a police officer was feared dead as torrential rain flooded homes and washed away bridges. Department urged to release list of legal columbariums South China Morning Post Pressure is mounting on Lands Department officials to disclose a list of legal private columbariums amid a crackdown against those that could be operating in breach of their leases. The move by the Consumer Council and a legislator came after the department confirmed that at least four niches' operators may have infringed leases that disallow urn storage on their private properties. Asylum seekers protest against law forbidding work South China Morning Post Nearly 500 South Asian asylum seekers protested outside the Kowloon Mosque in Tsim Sha Tsui yesterday over a new law forbidding them from working while waiting for their cases to be processed. The protest came four days after a similar one held outside the Legislative Council on Monday, after the law took effect last Saturday. Offenders face up to three years in jail and a HK$50,000 fine. Still too soon to talk politics with mainland, Taiwan says South China Morning Post Taiwan believed it was still too early to start political talks with the mainland, hoping to focus on economic exchanges for the time being, the island's top cross-strait policymaker was quoted as saying yesterday. US seeks release of geologist on 'state secrets' charges South China Morning Post The United States is seeking the release of a US citizen detained in Beijing for two years, in a case similar to the detentions of Rio Tinto staff which launched an international debate over China's secrets laws. Bureau investigation clears chief of InvestHK South China Morning Post The head of the government's investment promotion arm has had his name cleared after an investigation by a bureau concluded he had never received a case of wine as a gift from an aide. Allegations of corruption had troubled InvestHK director general Simon Galpin since an anonymous complainant accused him of receiving the wine in contravention of civil service rules prohibiting gifts from subordinates. HK implicated in US report on Chinese spying South China Morning Post A US congressional advisory panel has voiced concern about Hong Kong's export controls, fearing the mainland could use the city to import sensitive technology. In its annual report to the US Congress, the US-China Economic Security Review Commission also says that Hong Kong's autonomy is being "chipped away" by Beijing, which has mobilised its local representatives to increase its influence. Law mooted on initiative for green buildings South China Morning Post The practice whereby developers are awarded floor areas as an incentive to add green features in new buildings may be ended by the government, the chief executive said yesterday. Donald Tsang Yam-kuen said the administration might ask them to provide environmentally friendly facilities on a compulsory basis. Pan-democrats can weather planned reforms, analysts say South China Morning Post If history is a pointer, the pan-democrats could win up to 30 out of the proposed 70 seats in the Legislative Council in 2012. Their proportion of the seats in the legislature would therefore be five percentage points more than now. Learning centre seeks new bus South China Morning Post On the walls of the Yuen Long Early Learning Centre there are images of cartoon animals in cartoon cars, but staff members are talking about buying a real vehicle, a 16-seat rehab light bus for the children in their care. In Brief South China Morning Post Bomb attacks yesterday killed 23 people in Afghanistan, a deadly start to President Hamid Karzai's second term that underscored spiralling insecurity nine years into the US-led war. A suicide bomber on a motorcycle struck the capital of the southwestern province of Farah, killing 15 people near the governor's home. Some 38 people were wounded. A roadside bomb near Kabul targeted Abdul Rab Rasoul Sayaf, a warlord turned lawmaker who escaped unscathed, but five of his bodyguards were killed. A similar device killed three civilians in the eastern province of Khost. 'Formula One of Sailing' hits harbour South China Morning Post The promotional material has been heralding the Extreme Sailing Series Asia as the "Formula One of Sailing" but Tan Wearn Haw paints a different picture. The Chinese-Singaporean sailor was asked yesterday to introduce the sport to the city right before the series took to Victoria Harbour for the first time, and Tan was direct: "Think ... of those beach catamarans you hire when you're away on holidays ... Now think of those ... on steroids." Motion drafted to censure lawmaker South China Morning Post The drafting of a motion to censure Democratic Party lawmaker Kam Nai-wai has been completed and will be discussed at a Legislative Council meeting on December 9 pending formal approval from the legislature. A billion deprived children still need help, says Unicef South China Morning Post Unicef is urging the world to help the one billion children still deprived of food, shelter, clean water or health care - and the hundreds of millions more threatened by violence - two decades after the UN adopted a treaty guaranteeing children's rights. In Brief South China Morning Post Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev is criticising Kremlin policies and toying with the idea of attempting a political comeback. Gorbachev, 78, said corruption and over-dependence on oil exports had aggravated the impact of the global economic crisis on Russia. He told an audience at his charitable foundation that his concerns were motivating him to consider creating a political force to oppose the government and pose tough questions. China saves humanity (and Hollywood) South China Morning Post When the apocalypse comes, China will save the world. 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The Sydney Morning Herald Kiwi teacher in hot water over naked pics A New Zealand primary school teacher who appeared naked on Australian Penthouse's website is being investigated by the New Zealand Teachers Council.	news.gov.hk Customs centennial exhibition opens An exhibition featuring the Customs & Excise Department's historical photos and exhibits has opened at City Hall.
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