D Monday, February 1, 2010 News and finally... MALAYSIA: Two love cheats have been fined the hefty penalty of four buffaloes and a pig for their affair. The married man and his mistress were also told to pay 210 by judges in Penampang on the island of Borneo. The pair said they were just best friends. CHINA: US plans to sell 4.6billion of arms to Taiwan has sparked an angry reaction on the mainland. The sale of Black Hawk helicopters and Patriot missiles was a crude interference that would harm peace efforts with the semi-independent island, said foreign minister Yang Jiechi. Beijing also threatened sanctions against the US arms industry. Anger at 4.6bn US weapons deal I live like a hermit, says Carla Bruni FRANCE: Carla Bruni has admitted to being a recluse. President Nicolas Sarkozys wife (pictured) shot to fame as a supermodel and pop star. Yet in an interview, the 42-year-old said: Ive always lived like a hermit, and it gets worse over time. Im not really someone whos very sociable. Two heads found in new drug fight MEXICO: Police found two severed heads in a border city where 15 people have been killed in less than 24 hours. They were discovered near two bodies wrapped in blankets in drug-plagued Ciudad Juarez. The violence started on Friday when a group opened fire on a family in a truck, killing a man and a woman, and injuring a five-month-old baby. PAKISTAN: Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud (pictured) has reportedly been killed by a CIA drone plane two weeks after organising a suicide bombing that killed seven CIA employees in south Waziristan. Taliban chief was killed by drone N KOREA: A shipment of weapons seized by Thai officials was destined for Iran, it emerged yesterday. The 35 tonnes of arms, found last month on a plane which left Pyongyang, included rockets and grenades, the Thai government told a UN security council committee. The country is forbidden from exporting weapons under UN sanctions. Seized arms were heading for Iran Airport protester is cleared for take-off JAPAN: A Chinese protester who spent 90 days camping out at Tokyos airport after being barred from going home says he has been cleared to return. Life has been tough, said Feng Zhenghu (pictured). I think Ive done enough. worlddigest index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html