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Man convicted of child abuse exiled to Canada CTV.ca News Staff Updated Sun. Oct. 22 2006 11:26 PM ET Given a choice between jail and exile to Canada, an American man chose Fort Erie, Ont. after being convicted for having sex with a 15-year-old girl. Starting Monday, Malcolm Watson will stay out of the U.S. for three years as punishment for having a sexual relationship with the Buffalo, N.Y. student. The sexual abuse sentence handed down by a New York State court only allows Watson to re-enter the U.S. to report to his probation officer. Watson, 35, lives in...

Ancient Tomb of Exiled Korean King Found in Japan An education board in Japan¡¯s Nara Prefecture said Thursday it has discovered a luxurious tomb most likely that of a king from Korea¡¯s ancient Baekje kingdom who went into exile in the island country. The tomb is in the ancient Kazumayama burial grounds, often referred to as "the kings' ravine," which house many royal tombs including Takamatsuzuka. It is a stone chamber built with flagstone-like bricks in the Baekje style, and judging from the earthenware excavated from it is likely to have built in 660-670 B.C., the Asukamura Education Board said....

A randy donkey has been banished to a deserted island after harassing female donkeys at a Croatian national park. Aga the donkey used to badger his favourite females for sex as much as 16 times a day. Park officials acted after tourists complained that whenever they visited the park all the donkey seemed to be doing was trying to have sex. They also complained that the other donkeys were no longer so friendly and spent all their time hiding from Aga. The herd of wild donkeys had until recently been a major attraction for tourists in the popular Telascica National...

Exiled cleric returns home to call for free Islamic stateThousands of Shia Muslims line the road to Basra to greet religious leader who was jailed and tortured by Saddam By Donald Macintyre in Najaf 11 May 2003 The most prominent leader among Iraq's majority Shia Muslims yesterday crossed into the country for the first time after 23 years of exile and told an ecstatic rally of up to 100,000 supporters that Iraq must have a "totally independent" government. The venerated cleric Ayatollah Mohammed Baqr al-Hakim – jailed and tortured in the 1970s for opposing Saddam Hussein – arrived in Basra...

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