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METROWorld Face in the glass: Brazilian fakir Marcos Antonio da Luz washes his face with broken glass during a street show in Buenos Aires, Argentina Picture: AFP/Getty South Korea: Fibre optic cables will be installed to upgrade two hotlines to the reclusive North in the first project between the two sides since conservative president Lee Myung-bak took office in Seoul early last year. One hotline handles communication for the daily flow of workers and materials at a joint factory park in the North run by the South. The other is for a resort in the North, run by a South Korean company, which is currently shut down. President Lee ended a decade of aid to North Korea by making it conditional upon the countrys nuclear disarmament. But the North, which faces chronic food shortages, last week appealed to the South to resume rice and fertiliser aid. A MAN accused of criminal damage to a 5 (5,50) beefburger dinner walked free from court yesterday after the charge was dropped. Stephen Morgan, 31, was arrested for robbery after a dinner he ordered was delivered without two beefburgers. After complaining, the burgers eventually arrived but Mr Morgan, of Loughor, Wales rejected them. Hours later, he was arrested. america: Swiss authorities contacted officials in the US to inform them director Roman Polanski was expected in Zurich to receive an award at a film festival before his arrest last month. The Swiss justice office asked if the US would be requesting the arrest of Polanski over 1977 charges of having sex with a 13-year-old girl. The 76-year-old (pictured) this week suffered a setback in his battle against extradition when the countrys criminal court rejected his appeal for release, citing the high risk that Polanski would flee. auStraLia: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd warned the nation yesterday to brace for a severe bushfire season as fire crews battled blazes stoking memories of infernos in February which killed 173 people. Firefighters have been battling huge blazes threatening the Queensland city of Rockhampton and coastal hamlets in New South Wales. Authorities warned the fire season could rival the Black Saturday blazes which scorched through Victoria state, fanned by a heat wave and strong winds causing the highest ever loss of life from bushfires in the country. Victoria authorities have also suggested the government consider electronic monitoring of known arsonists. South africa: Nelson Mandela has denied he wrote the foreword to a biography by Republic of Congo president Denis Sassou-Nguesso. The front cover of Straight Speaking For Africa claims the anti-apartheid leader (pictured) penned the foreword, which praises Mr Sassou-Nguesso as one of our great African leaders. The Mandela foundation said it would take action against the abuse of his name. Officials in the government of Mr Sassou-Nguesso, who came to power in a coup but has since been democratically elected, said they were unable to respond. NiGer: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has suspended Niger, saying said it would not recognise the results of the parliamentary elections, expected to allow President Mamadou Tandja to tighten his grip on power. Turnout for the election was patchy after the opposition called for a boycott of the vote. Mr Tandjas second term in office was due to expire this year but he defied domestic and international pressure and extended his mandate for a further three years and increased his powers. The White House urged ECOWAS to impose a full set of sanctions against Niger. The lawsuit compares Madoffs prison existence with his deluxe former life, including photos of his yacht and homes and claims that he ran an office rife with drug use and sexual escapades. The allegations claim Madoff used an employee to get drugs from 1975 to 2003, fuelling an office so cocaine-laden insiders dubbed it the North Pole. Madoff is serving a 150-year term after pleading guilty in March to the fraud, estimated to have cost investors $13billion. His lawyers refused to com- ment on his prison life. Madoffs pizza life with mobsters and molestersBy JACK SyMONDSFOR a man once worth billions, it doesnt get much lower than eating a pizza prepared by a convicted child molester. Bernard Madoff, mastermind of one of the worlds largest financial frauds, shares his prison cell with a druggie and calls a mob boss and a spy his friends. Long gone are the days of wild parties, drugs on tap, topless waitresses and luxury yachts. Now, according to court papers filed this week, the 71-year-olds fun is consigned to a nightly stroll around a prison yard. The papers were filed by California-based lawyer Joseph Cotchett, who is representing a dozen vic- tims of Madoffs corrupt Ponzi scheme. Mr Cotch- ett says he interviewed Madoff in Butner Federal Correctional Complex, North Carolina, in July. Madoff, he claims, spends time with Carmine Persico, a reputed Colombo crime family boss, and Jonathan Pollard, an American convicted of selling military secrets to Israel more than 20 years ago. Fraudster: Bernard Madoff 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.html