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WASHINGTON - A Pennsylvania school has been sued for banning 'I (heart) boobies' bracelets. The American Civil Liberties Union says the Easton Area School District ban violates students' First Amendment rights.

LONDON - Brit-Indian Shrien Dewani, whose wife was killed on their honeymoon in South Africa, has said for the first time how he felt powerless after the taxi they were travelling in was ambushed by armed men in Cape Town, and pleaded with their kidnappers not to separate him from his wife, but they lied saying they "won't hurt" her.

ISLAMABAD - The US has its reservations over the growing corruption in Pakistan and is monitoring it closely, the US Special Ambassador for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke has said.

LONDON - Britain's Equality and Human Rights Commission has described government plans to allow police to stop people on the grounds of skin colour as discriminatory and amounting to racial profiling.

GUANGZHOU - Residents of this Chinese city have been asked to return free tickets for the Asian Games if they are not interested in watching them, games' organisers said.