The strange exorcism case of Madam Amutha Valli, part-time tutor, former national athlete, will resume six more weeks of hearings in April after a 12-day marathon trial that ended Friday and has gripped Singapore's imagination for over a week. Valli, 51, is seeking compensation from two Redemptorist priests and six church members for an alleged exorcism ritual she claims was forced on her at the Novena church in 2004.

A Salinas sobriety checkpoint is reportedly scheduled to give away turkeys on Tuesday to drivers who pass the DUI test. The Salinas Police Department, in league with the Safe Teens Empowerment Project in Salinas (STEPS), will be distributing from 150 to 300 turkeys to motorists who pass the sobriety test that will be given at the checkpoint.

Filipino youths are finding a way to fight drug-induced "fun" with "Mardi-Drugs" a week-long activity, including cheering and street dance competition in the heart of the Philippines' financial center. Students from Makati City's 42 public and private school will commence the Mardi Drugs on Wednesday in an effort to launch an anti-drugs campaign not just based on slogans but also to provide the youth with an alternative fun. The activities are in line with the celebration of the Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Week.

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) and their Irish counterparts are investigating the source of illegal drugs smuggled inside an Action Man figure and a smiling Mr Potato Head toy after the Australian Customs officers say they found banned ecstasy tablets and cocaine inside the figurines placed in a package that arrived at the Sydney International Mail Centre from Ireland, in late July. The Australian Customs officers say they found the MDMA tablets intended for a home in western Sydney, in a small taped bag inside the toy after an X-ray examination revealed suspicious substances.

A man who was more afraid of fellow drug dealers than he was of the law was arrested after the 68 pounds of cocaine he had reported missing was found by Boy Scouts. Leroy Carr, 46, told Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents that he had stashed two blue backpacks full of cocaine by the entrance to a Boy Scout camp near the Canadian border on Aug. 3, but when he went back the next day to get them, they were gone.