Police in Britain reportedly arrested a female juror in a London murder trial for using a traditional hijab headscarf to conceal the earphones of her MP3 player she used to listen to music during an ongoing trial in the court. The Muslin woman, whose identity has not yet been released, is said to be in her 20s. Police accused her of using the MP3 player to avoid listening to evidence in the trial of Alan Wicks, a retired businessman who was accused of beating his disabled wife to death.

Every criminal file in the New South Wales Supreme Court is being reviewed after an administrative blunder has resulted in a fresh appeal for murderers. Two of the murderers of Sydney woman, Ms Janine Balding have been granted special leave to take their case to the High Court due to a missing staple from their file. This effectively quashes the pair's unsuccessful appeal in 1992.

Hundreds of devotees are flocking to a remote temple in Nepal's Dolakha district, 43 miles east of Kathmandu, to see the sweating statue of a Hindu god. While skeptics are calling it just a process of condensation, the religious leaders are considering it a bad omen and an indication of some imminent political or natural disaster. According to media reports, the statue of Bhimeshwor, who is worshipped as the Hindu God of trade and commerce in Nepal, is thought to have been exuding since Saturday.

A woman who forced two of her children to fight each other and filmed the fight was let off Friday along with her accomplices. The Plymouth Crown Court handed down a one-year suspended sentence for child cruelty offences. The woman - along with three other women - encouraged her two-year-old son and three year-old daughter to punch and kick each other during the home video.

Denmark's Prince Christian accidentally punched his mother Princess Mary in the eye when he excitedly waved to royal fans from the palace balcony. The princess, her 18 month-old son and her husband Crown Prince Frederik joined Queen Margrethe to celebrate her 67th birthday at Copenhagen's Amalienborg Palace on Monday. Just after noon, the royal family walked out onto the balcony to wave to thousands of well-wishers waiting to catch a glimpse of the popular monarch.