Briefly World

Australian boy knocked by whale

CANBERRA: A humpback whale hit a dinghy with its tail off Australias coast,knocking a 13-year-old boy unconscious and breaking his collar bone. Drew Hall said he was fishing with his parents off the north coast of New South Wales state on Sunday morning when the whale breached nearby.

New arrest in UK phone hack scandal

LONDON: Britains Press Association said one of its reporters has been arrested by detectives investigating a widening phone hacking scandal. The police said the 34-year-old is being questioned after she turned herself in at a London police station. She is suspected of intercepting private communications.

Russia convicts man who ratted on spies

MOSCOW: A former Russian intelligence officer was convicted in absentia Monday of betraying 10 Russian spies in the US including Anna Chapman. The Moscow District Military Court found Col Alexander Poteyev guilty of high treason and sentenced him to 25 years in prison.