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An Indian doctor in the National Health Service has been charged with 18 sexual offences against ten women while working as a locum at three surgeries in Oxfordshire....

UK Indian doc charged with sexual offences

London: An Indian doctor in the National Health Service has been charged with 18 sexual offences against ten women while working as a locum at three surgeries in Oxfordshire. Yenugula Srinivas 40,who gained his medical qualifications in 1992 from the University of Madras,has been released on bail by the Thames Valley police and will appear at the Oxford Magistrates Court on June 11. He is charged with sexually offending women in their 20,30s and 40s,between February 2008 and July 2009. The alleged offences,of sexual touching and digital penetration,are said to have taken place at surgeries in Islip in Oxfordshire,in Oxford and at the Bury Knowle Surgery in Headington,Oxford.

Bishops murder should not hurt dialogue: Pope

PAPHOS: Pope Benedict XVI said on Friday the killing of a leading Catholic bishop in Turkey should not be allowed to hurt dialogue with Islam or stain the image of Turkey and its people. The Pope,beginning a three-day visit to the divided island of Cyprus,also told reporters aboard his plane that he hoped the Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound humanitarian flotilla would not result in lost hope for West Asia peace.

Finance Minister is Japans new PM

Tokyo: Naoto Kan,a co-founder of Japans Democratic Party on Friday became the new Prime Minister of the worlds second largest economy and vowed to rid the countrys political environment of money scandals. Kan,63,who was Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister,was picked up to head the ruling party to succeed Yukio Hatoyama who bowed out of office over his bungled handling of a dispute over a major US base. Kan was formally endorsed as new PM after he emerged as a new head of the ruling party defeating Shinji Tarutoko by a vote of 291-129,Kyodo reported.

BP cap pulling oil to surface

HOUSTON: BPs containment cap over its stricken Gulf of Mexico well is collecting about 1,000 barrels per day,the US official overseeing the cleanup effort said on Friday. A top BP executive overseeing containment efforts told CNN earlier that as that collection rate increases,it could corral 90-plus per cent of the oil. One thousand barrels is a small fraction of the 19,000 barrels per day that the US government has estimated could be gushing from the well,but the amount should decrease as BP closes vents to trap more oil, Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen said. US President Barack Obama was forced to delay a trip to Indonesia and Australia,and rush to Louisiana. This underlines his realisation that the spill and its growing political fallout must take precedence over his foreign policy agenda and domestic reforms.

Nanny loses employment case against McCartneys ex-wife

London: Former Beatle Paul McCartneys ex-wife did not unfairly dismiss her nanny,a British tribunal found on Friday. Heather Mills had faced a claim of sexual discrimination and constructive dismissal brought by Sara Trumble,who looked after Mills and McCartneys six-year-old daughter Beatrice. Millss spokeswoman said she was delighted with the result and Mills had been a very fair and generous employer. Trumble,26,had alleged that Mills reduced her to tears and forced her to work long hours with no extra pay on top of her weekly 260 salary.

Fearing job loss,porn star kills co-worker with machete

LOS ANGELES: A porn star killed one person and injured two after he went on the rampage against his co-workers in Los Angeles on Tuesday,reports said. The machete-wielding porn actor,Stephen Hill,30,attacked three people late on Tuesday at the offices of a video distribution business where he lived and worked,the Los Angeles Times reported. Hill,who had starred in several porn films,stabbed three people with the weapon and fled after being told he was going to lose his job,the report stated.