World Vignettes

Princess Diana8217;s signature is being put on the margarine containers to draw attention to a team of athletes who are raising money for the fund by being sponsored to run in the London marathon next month. Meanwhile, British romance novelist Barbara Cartland, who is Princess Diana8217;s step-grandmother, has criticised what she termed the commercialisation of Diana8217;s memory, saying it was a big mistake and quite unethical..

Sniffing out quot;lovequot;

SYDNEY: A wagging tail alerted guards to a woman who had breached tight security at an Australian prison to spend quality timewith her incarcerated lover, news reports said on Sunday. The 29-year-old woman had been in the all-male prison for six hours before a sniffer dog on a routine drugs search found her hiding under a blanket in her boyfriend8217;s cell. Stephen Barci, who is serving a 12-year sentence for armed robbery in Dhuringile Prison in Shepharton, Victoria, has been charged with misconduct for harbouring the woman.

Teen8217;s plea

BUDAPEST: A tearful 13-year-old begged to have an abortion after a judge ruled that her unborn foetus had the right to live. quot;I just want to go through with my original idea and be left in peace,quot; the girl told Hungarian State Radio on Saturday. In an unprecedented case, a judge ruled on Friday in favour of an anti-abortion group that took the girl to court to block the abortion. The girl, who lives in a village some 160 km south of Budapest, admitted to having consensual sex with a 24-year-old married man.