An Indonesian woman who allegedly posed as a man in order to get married was arrested after the shocked wife discovered the deception, police said today.
	Suwarti, who like many Indonesians goes by one name, was detained yesterday after the wife alerted authorities, several months after the pair tied the knot in a ceremony on Java island.
	The wife, Heniyati, became suspicious when her "husband" refused to consummate the marriage.
	Suwarti has admitted to the deception and could face up to seven years in prison for falsifying her identity, according to local chief detective Muhamad Kariri.
	"She falsified all the documents for the marriage... My family and I were deceived. We feel so embarrassed," Heniyati, 25, told the Jakarta Post newspaper.
	Police said they were still investigating the reason for Suwarti's deception.
	All Suwarti would say is that she had been disappointed by a previous marriage, from which she had a 17-year-old child, Kariri added.
	When they met, 40-year-old ...

Indonesian woman arrested for posing as 'husband'

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Thousands of Iraqis defied warnings from authorities and rallied in the heart of Baghdad today, renewing pressure on the government to carry out reforms targeting corruption and sectarianism.
	Although protests over the past year have resulted in repeated promises of reform, little in the way of concrete progress has been made, as those in a position to effect change benefit from the existing system.
	Populist Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, who had called for the demonstration, made a brief appearance at the rally in Tahrir Square, which was packed with flag-waving protesters.
	Protesters fought to get closer for a glimpse of the cleric but he quickly departed, and his remarks were instead read out by another speaker.
	Sadr called for measures including the dismissal and trial of corrupt officials, an end to sectarian and political party quotas through which positions are divvied up, and the formation of a government of technocrats, according to the remarks.
	He has organised repeated 

Iraqis defy ban to rally for reforms in Baghdad

At least 300 people have been killed in four days of intense gunbattles in the capital of South Sudan and 42,000 have fled the city, the UN said today.
	The recent violence in Juba echoed the fighting that triggered the civil war and marks a fresh blow to last year's peace deal to end the bitter conflict that began when President Salva Kiir accused ex-rebel and now Vice President Riek Machar of plotting a coup.
	"It's over 300 deaths since August 8," said World Health Organisation spokesman Tarik Jasarevic. The UN however said it did not have the number of injured.
	The July 8-11 violence had left "42,000 internally displaced" in the world's youngest nation, said William Spindler, the spokesman for the UN refugee agency.
	"The number of refugees in neigbouring countries is now 835,000," he said.
	However, the International Organisation for Migration said many people were returning.
	"Humanitarian access to affected people has improved dramatically since Monday. But this can only be ...

At least 300 killed in latest S Sudan violence: UN

Two American citizens were killed in the truck attack in Nice, which has left at least 84 people dead, the US State Department spokesman said today.
	"At this time, we are aware of and can confirm two US citizens were killed in the attack in Nice on July 14, 2016," spokesman John Kirby said.
	"We express our sincere condolences to the family and friends of those killed."
	The statement was issued as US Secretary of State John Kerry was in Moscow for talks on Syria with his Russian counterpart.
	Kirby did not identify the two dead but added the United States was providing "all possible consular assistance" to its citizens.
	A Texas-based newspaper, the Austin American-Statesman, reported that 51-year-old Sean Copeland and his 11-year-old son Brodie were among those killed in Nice, citing their friends and relatives.
	A gunman drove a 19-tonne truck into a crowd of people celebrating Bastille Day last night in the French Riviera city of Nice in what authorities have called a "terrorist" 

Two Americans killed in Nice attack: State Dept

The United Arab Emirates warned today that criminals could exploit users of the smash hit virtual reality Pokemon Go game and other apps to hack their phones and spy on their movements.
	The warning comes after Australian police said that a couple playing Pokemon Go were threatened at gunpoint in a park south of Sydney and blamed the game for a wave of crimes, traffic violations and complaints.
	The wildly popular mobile app, which is based on a 1990s Nintendo game, has created a global frenzy as players roam the real world looking for cartoon monsters.
	The game requires the phone to transmit its location via GPS and uses its camera which the UAE's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority warned "violates the user's privacy" and could lead "criminals" to spread viruses.
	The TRA said Pokemon Go could result in users being spied upon and urged players not to activate their phone cameras at home or in other private areas.
	Pokemon Go works in the UAE but cannot yet be downloaded from ...

UAE warns Pokemon Go may expose users to criminals

London Mayor Sadiq Khan said today he was reassessing security levels in the British capital in the wake of the Bastille Day attack in Nice.
	Offering his sympathies to the people of Nice over the "unspeakable act of terror on a day of celebration", Khan said: "Today we will be reviewing our own safety measures in light of this attack."
	Speaking during a visit to Gatwick Airport he added: "Londoners today stand united with Nice and all of France in our grief.
	"They will not win. Not in France, not in London, not anywhere.
	"We will defeat their poisonous and twisted ideology."
	While Paris and Brussels have both suffered devastating jihadist attacks in the past year, Britain has been spared a major assault since the July 2005 bombings in London's public transport system.
	After the November attacks in Paris, in which 130 people were killed, English football fans attending a France-England game memorably sang the French national anthem the Marseillaise to show solidarity with their ..

London mayor reviewing capital's safety after Nice attack

At least two children died and about 50 were hospitalised today after a man smashed a truck into a crowd in the French Riviera city of Nice.
	Two children died during surgery at a paediatric hospital close the scene of the attack, and others were "hanging between life and death," a hospital official said.
	Around 50 children were being treated, the official said. Many families were among the revellers who attended the fireworks display for France's July 14 national holiday.

2 children dead, dozens hospitalised after truck attack

Leading Muslim clerics joined Arab leaders today in condemning a truck attack that killed at least 84 revellers in the Mediterranean resort of Nice on France's national holiday.
	Sunni Islam's leading centre of learning, Al-Azhar, said the "vile terrorist attack" contradicted Islam and called for "uniting efforts to defeat terrorism and rid the world of its evil."
	Tunisia said that the attacker, who police said held joint French-Tunisian citizenship, had committed an act of "extreme cowardice" and expressed solidarity with France against the "scourge of terrorism."
	At least 84 people were killed when the gunman rammed a truck through a crowd of thousands celebrating Bastille Day on the French Riviera last evening. Scores more were wounded, 50 of them children.
	Prominent Egyptian Muslim cleric Shawki Allam condemned the assailant as an "extremist."
	"People who commit such ugly crimes are corrupt of the earth, and follow in the footsteps of Satan... And are cursed in this life and ..

Muslim, Arab leaders condemn Nice attack

At least 50 children hospitalised after France truck

China's economy expanded more than expected in the second quarter of the year, Beijing said today, fuelling hopes growth may be stabilising, but analysts warned private investment was worryingly low.
	The world's second biggest economy grew 6.7 per cent year on year in April-June, slightly quicker than forecast in an AFP survey and the same as the year's first quarter.
	The result is also in line with the government's 6.5-7.0 target for the full year and will provide some relief as China -- and key driver of the global economy -- suffers its worst rates of growth for 25 years.
	"The national economy has achieved moderate but steady and sound development," National Bureau of Statistics spokesman Sheng Laiyun said.
	However analysts said much of the expansion was driven by state investment in infrastructure and credit growth, suggesting it may be hard to maintain in the longer-term.
	Markets were unmoved by the figures, with Shanghai's composite index ending the day flat.
	"China is on .

China's second-quarter economic growth beats forecasts

France declares three-day national mourning after truck

The driver of the truck that smashed into a crowd watching fireworks in the French Riviera city of Nice, killing at least 84, has been formally identified, police sources said today.
	   He is a 31-year-old Franco-Tunisian man whose identity papers were found in the vehicle after the attack on France's July 14 national holiday.
	   Police have not yet released the attacker's name, but they said he lived in Nice. Other sources said previously he was already known to police for minor criminal offences.
	   Police shot the driver dead after he drove the truck two kilometres through a crowd along the palm-lined Promenade des Anglais.
	   Interior ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet said 84 people were killed and scores injured, including 18 in "critical condition".

France truck attacker formally identified: police source

Leading Muslim clerics joined Gulf Arab leaders today in condemning a truck attack that killed at least 84 revellers in the Mediterranean resort of Nice on France's national holiday.
	Egypt's top Muslim cleric Shawki Allam condemned the assailant as an "extremist" who "follows in the footsteps of the devil."
	"Islam never called for the spilling of blood," Allam said in a statement.
	"People who commit such ugly crimes are corrupt of the earth, and follow in the footsteps of Satan... And are cursed in this life and in the hereafter."
	The six Gulf Arab states issued a joint statement saying that they "strongly" condemned the "terrorist" act in Nice.
	"The Gulf Cooperation Council states stand in solidarity with the French republic following this cowardly criminal incident whose perpetrators have been stripped of all moral and human values," the bloc's secretary general, Abdullatif al-Zayani, said.
	Regional heavyweight Saudi Arabia issued its own statement condemning the "heinous ...

Muslim, Gulf leaders condemn Nice attack

France truck attacker formally identified: police source.

A ring of steel will descend next week around the Republican National Convention, transforming Cleveland into a fortress as it prepares to welcome Donald Trump with political pomp and angry protests.
	Authorities overseeing and protecting national party conventions in the United States are always on high alert for disruption, or worse -- they are dubbed National Special Security Events by the Department of Homeland Security, and federal agencies pour in resources to ensure a safe event.
	But extraordinary circumstances surround the July 18-21 Republican confab, where Trump is set to become the party's standardbearer to face Democrat Hillary Clinton in the November election.
	It comes less than two weeks after a gunman bent on killing white policemen murdered five Dallas officers, and a month after 49 died in a nightclub massacre carried out by a man authorities said was radicalized by Islamist propaganda.
	As Cleveland prepared for the spotlight, a suspected terrorist attack yesterday 

Cleveland ramps up security for Republican confab

Athletics gold medal hopefuls Caster Semenya and Wayde van Niekerk were named Thursday in a 137-strong South Africa multi-sport team for the 2016 Rio Olympics.
     Semenya is favourite to win the 800 metres women's gold medal in the first Games hosted by South America after clocking the fastest time this year, 1 minute 56.64 seconds.
     Having won the 2009 world championship 800m title in Berlin, the South African had to undergo gender testing before being permitted to compete as a woman.
     The 2012 London Olympics 800m silver medallist has made a timely return to form this year after several injury-plagued seasons. World men's 400m champion Van Niekerk, whose coach is a grandmother from central city Bloemfontein, seems the next best South African prospect for track and field gold.
     Three-time African discus champion Vincent Hogan misses out on Rio, though, having tested positive for methylhexaneamine at the national championships last April.
     Chad le Clos, who stunned ..

Semenya among 137 Rio-bound South Africans

Sixteen-year-old Rebeka Masarova marked her WTA Tour debut with a 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 defeat of former world number one Jelena Jankovic in the rain-delayed first round of the Gstaad tournament on Thursday.
     The French Open junior champion is playing on a wild card at her home event and next faces Anett Kontaveit of Croatia.
     "I resolved not to make too many mistakes, and was focused on what I had to do. I realized what she was doing to me; she was playing a lot to my backhand, and I had to play to her forehand," said Masarova.
     "It wasn't about winning the point anymore, it was about not missing. But when I had the opportunity to make a point, I did."
     Former top 10 regular Patty Schnyder, 37, saw her wild card appearance halted at the first hurdle as she continues her unlikely comeback. Schnyder lost to the Czech Republic's Katerina Siniakova, 2-6, 7-5, 6-4.
     "A couple points, and it could have gone either way. I wasn't the luckiest, either," Schnyder told ...

Sweet 16 as Masarova stuns Jankovic in Gstaad

Rafael Nadal will be fit and ready for Rio, the head of the Spanish Olympic Committee insisted Thursday, even though the 14-time Grand Slam title winner is still sweating on his place in the squad.
     Nadal was the Olympic champion at Beijing in 2008 but missed the London Games with a knee injury four years later.
     The 30-year-old is due to be Spain's flag-bearer at the opening ceremony in Rio on August 5 but still needs the go-ahead from the International Tennis Federation after he failed to meet qualifying criteria.
     "Nadal's commitment is total and he will go to Rio to participate," said Alejandro Blanco, the president of the country's Olympic committee (COE).
     "I have no doubts over his participation. He is training regularly in order to achieve what he wants -- a medal."
     Nadal is due to play singles and also the mixed doubles with French Open champion Garbine Muguruza at Rio.
     However, he is still recovering from a left wrist injury which caused an early ...

Nadal will be ready for Rio, says Spanish Olympic chief

Dutch football legend Patrick Kluivert on Thursday joined Paris Saint-Germain as football director to "overview" the French champions' new coach Unai Emery.
     Kluivert, 40, had been national coach for Curacao and for Ajax Amsterdam's youth team.
     "I am extremely honoured to join such a great Club as Paris Saint-Germain and to take on the role of Director of Football," Kluivert said in a statement released by PSG.
     The Dutch star "will play an active role in the national and international development of the club and will also be charged with defining the club's long-term sporting strategy," the statement added.
     "I will conduct my mission with great ambition and rigour," said Kluivert who played for Ajax Amsterdam, AC Milan, Barcelona, Newcastle United, Valencia, PSV Eindhoven and Lille between 1994 and 2008. He won the Champions League in 1995 with Milan.
     Kluivert was assistant to Louis van Gaal when he managed the Dutch team that came third at the 2014 World Cup.
 

Patrick Kluivert becomes PSG football director

United Nations, Ban Ki-moon

Says all acts of terrorism are unjustifiable; expresses condolences to families of victims

UN condemns 'barbaric and cowardly' Nice attack

Press Trust of India

A truck ploughed into a crowd in the French resort of Nice, killing at least 84 people today in what President Francois Hollande called a "terrorist" attack on revellers watching a Bastille Day fireworks display.
	The driver was shot dead after barrelling the truck two kilometres through the festive crowd on the palm-lined Promenade des Anglais, sending hundreds fleeing in terror and leaving the area strewn with bodies.
	Authorities said they found identity papers belonging to a 31-year-old French-Tunisian citizen in the truck, as well as "guns" and "larger weapons".
	The attack was of an "undeniable terrorist nature," a sombre Hollande said in a televised national address, confirming that "several children" were among the dead as families came together to celebrate France's national day.
	The bloodshed came on Bastille Day, a celebration of everything France holds dear, its secular republic and the values of "Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite" (Freedom, Equality, Fraternity).
	The ...

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