Briefly World: 7.9 magnitude quake strikes off Philippines

Court extends detention in Pak blasphemy case

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani court Friday ordered a Christian girl accused of blasphemy to be held in prison for two more weeks as police finish their investigation and decide whether to charge her,her lawyer said. The decision was procedural,since the girl’s initial two-week detention ended Thursday,said her lawyer,Tahir Naveed Chaudhry.

US mulls action against Osama raid book writer

WASHINGTON: The Pentagon is considering legal action against former US Navy SEAL Matt Bissonnette whose book,No Easy Day,describes the raid that killed Osama bin Laden,but it has not made a final judgment on whether the book actually reveals secrets,Pentagon press secretary George Little said on Friday.

Strauss Kahn,wife have split,says report

PARIS: Anne Sinclair,wife of former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn,has acknowledged in a Le Parisien interview that the two have separated,and says she’s been doing “very well’’.

Sage Stallone died of heart disease not drugs

LOS ANGELES: Sylvester Stallone’s son Sage died because of heart disease and not drugs as speculated earlier. After conducting an autopsy as well as a full toxicology screen,the coroner cited atherosclerotic coronary artery disease as the cause of death,People magazine reported.

Anti-Obama film earns $6.5 mn

LOS ANGELES: A conservative film against US President Barack Obama is now among the most successful political documentaries of all time.

The film 2016: Obama’s America exploring the roots of President Obama’s political views surprised the film industry when it took in $6.5 million to land at No. 7 at last weekend’s domestic box office.

That makes 2016 the most successful conservative documentary of all time. The film is directed by Dinesh D’Souza,a former staffer for President Ronald Reagan. While the film’s portrait of a gloomy future if Obama is re-elected make it feel like a political ad,filmmakers said they only received funding from private investors,not Republican Party.