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Arizona girl escapes home prison: Police

Phoenix: A 14-year-old Phoenix girl was fed once every day or two,maybe some crackers or a can of food,police said. She was locked in a bathroom without running water for two months,forced to use a bucket instead of a toilet,police said. She told police her father beat her with metal rods and belts. The girl managed to escape,and her father and stepmother were arrested for child abuse and unlawful imprisonment.

Life term for NRI curry murderer

London: Lakhvir Singh,the Southhall-based Indian-origin woman who killed her lover out of jealousy by poisoning his curry with aconite,was on Thursday sentenced to life imprisonment. Her life sentence was pronounced at the Old Bailey and she must serve a minimum of 23 years.

Man who threatened Obama sentenced

Honolulu: A defence attorney says a man was homeless and drunk when he threatened to kill President Barack Obama as the first family vacationed in Hawaii. Powell was sentenced on Wednesday in Honolulu to the four days he earlier spent in jail after pleading guilty to a misdemeanour threat to assault a US official.