12 METRO Thursday, October 15, 2009 D METROWorld Wedtime: A bride nods off at a mass wedding organised by the Unification Church at Sun Moon University near Seoul, yesterday. About 5,000 couples from 120 countries around the world exchanged vows Picture: Reuters Nigeria: The government has revoked a law that forced hospitals to withhold emergency treatment from victims of gun attacks until a police report had been filed. The law, which has been in place since the 1980s, was dropped over concerns about rising death rates from bullet wounds. The move comes weeks after newspaper editor Bayo Ohu died from bullet wounds after a hospital waited for a police report rather than treat him. america: Al Martino, the UKs first chart- topper, has died at the of 82. The US star (pictured), who also had a role in movie classic The Godfather, died at his home in Philadelphia. His song, Here In My Heart, claimed the No.1 position when the New Musical Express introduced its chart in November 1952, and remained there for nine weeks. He also scored hits with Spanish Eyes and The Man From Laramie, and recorded tracks such as the ballad Volare during his 50-year career. crOaTia: Fed-up neighbours picketed a couples house after being kept up by their noisy all- night sex sessions. What could I say when my children asked me what was going on in there? said one mother. Mario Maric, 25, and Ivana Stanic, 20, face eviction from their Split home unless they keep the noise down. eNgLaND: A London-based firm is advertising for Glaswegian interpreters. Today Translations said the advert was in response to requests from foreign visitors. The company says it seeks speakers of Glaswegian with knowledge of vocabulary, accent and nuances to meet the needs of clients who find the local version of English an unexpected challenge. russia: Gays called on US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to support their rights as she unveiled a statue of poet and gay pride symbol Walt Whitman in Moscow. Ms Clinton (pictured) attended the ceremony with officials including Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, an opponent of gay rights, but made no mention of the issue. Mr Luzhkov has blocked all attempts to hold gay pride marches in Moscow. Homosexuality was only decriminalised in Russia in 1993 but homophobic attitudes remain widespread. iNDONesia: A Japanese porn star has cancelled a trip to the Muslim nation to act in a no- nudity comedy after sparking outrage from religious groups. Kidnapping Miyabi was to feature adult film actress Maria Ozawa, known as Miyabi. The cancellation comes weeks after a new law ordered filmmakers to uphold religious, ethical, moral, and national cultural values. Movie makers are concerned the law will bring back extreme censorship. PaKisTaN: At least ten people were killed in a government airstrike against Taliban fighters in South Waziristan. More soldiers and tanks are being moved in for an expected campaign against the militant stronghold. Most terrorist attacks in the country are believed to be plotted in the area. The government ordered the army to launch an offensive in June and since then, the military has been conducting air and artillery strikes to soften up Taliban defences. Media frenzy: Siriphong Kanchannaniwit holds a gun in a re-enactment of the double murder Picture: AP Taxi mans TV confession of boys murderBy con dohertyA tAxi driver took part in a tV re-en- actment of a murder after confessing that he shot, decapitated and dismembered a boy of five following a lovers quarrel with the childs mother. the youngsters body parts were dis- covered in four plastic bags at an aban- doned housing development in Bangkok, stunning thailand and becoming a na- tional media sensation. the suspect, Siriphong Kanchannani- wit, 40, fed the media frenzy by turning himself in at the headquarters of a thai tV station, where he was arrested on charges including premeditated murder. Police allowed him to hold a news con- ference, and then re-enact the crime in front of the media. the man said he committed the mur- ders over the weekend while he was driv- ing the woman and her two children in a borrowed taxi. He said he sometimes drove the cab, which was owned by a relative. Siriphong told police his girlfriend, the childs 38-year-old mother, had been pressuring him to kill her ex-husband the boys father. Siriphong claims he re- fused and the woman insulted him, send- ing him into a rage. He told police he pulled out a gun and started firing shots into the back seat, which killed the boy and the mother. An initial investigation showed the boy was shot at close range in his limbs, stomach and face. His 13-year-old sister was also wound- ed in the shooting. index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html24.html25.html26.html27.html28.html29.html30.html31.html