Jailed British rocker on Vietnam amnesty list
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Disgraced British ex-rocker  Gary Glitter, imprisoned in Vietnam for sexually molesting two  young girls, is on a list of inmates to be possibly released  this month, his lawyer said on Friday.
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Vietnam frees dissident Pham Hong Son, jailed four years ago for posting a US article on democracy.
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A powerful paramilitary boss faces a long prison sentence &#151; and possible extradition to the United States &#151; because he broke a partial amnesty deal by continuing to run a drug smuggling ring from jail, authorities said Friday.
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The original policeman in the 1970s disco band The Village People remains behind bars after pleading no contest to drug possession charges.
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An asylum seeker who was jailed for several sex attacks but allowed to stay in Britain is jailed for a further attack.
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PARIS  - A Briton released from the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, told Europe's top human rights body Friday he was beaten, shackled, kept in a cramped cage and fed rotten food as part of "systematic abuse" in custody.
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JOHN Lennon&#39;s killer, Mark David Chapman, will remain in prison for at least two more years after being denied parole because of the &quot;extreme malicious intent&quot; he showed in gunning down the former Beatle in 1980.
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Pete Doherty, lead singer with the rock  band Babyshambles, returns to court next week to be sentenced  for seven drug offences, prosecutors said on Friday.
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The SEX PISTOLS, U2 and GRANDMASTER FLASH head this year&#39;s list of nominations for the ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME. Other acts put forward for inclusion are Patti Smith, The Stooges, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Conway
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The former boss of British gaming firm   Wembley, serving a three-year prison sentence in the United   States, has asked to be transferred to a British jail rather   than lodge further appeals, a newspaper said on Monday.
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Vietnam has released nearly 9,000  prisoners, including 10 inmates whose cases it says had drawn  international attention, as part of traditional pardons granted  ahead of independence celebrations on September 2.
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Irish rock supergroup U2 and Chicago blues guitar pioneer Buddy Guy head the list of artists announced yesterday for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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A Vietnamese-born U.S. citizen was  detained in mid-August, a government spokesman said on Thursday  as rights groups complained he was arrested after using the  Internet to call for alternatives to one-party communist rule.
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French rock star Bertrand Cantat, jailed for killing his actress lover in Lithuania, may be allowed to serve the rest of his sentence in France.
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Rock singer Pete Doherty, the former frontman of The Libertines, has been charged with robbery and blackmail, police said. The 25-year-old musician was arrested Wednesday after a reported fracas at a London hotel.
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By SAMUEL MAULL  NEW YORK - Immigration officials have issued a warrant to detain Yoko Ono's driver, jailed on $250,000 bail on charges of trying to blackmail her for $2 million, while they decide whether the Turkish native is in this country legally.
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A Vietnamese-born U.S. citizen was   detained in mid-August, a government spokesman said on Thursday   as rights groups complained he was arrested after using the   Internet to call for alternatives to one-party communist rule.