Culture Club frontman Boy George is free on bail and will next appear at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Feb. 25 to face allegations that he imprisoned a male escort by chaining him to a wall. The singer-turned DJ was sent to trial at the Thames Magistrates' Court over allegations that he falsely imprisoned and assaulted the 28-year-old in east London on April 28.

U. S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers have detained a driver and a man they found hiding in a suitcase. A CBP officer made the discovery at the Paso Del Norte port of entry in El Paso a little after midnight. The huge suitcase was in the back seat of a 1997 Ford Escort that entered the port from Mexico.

An Italian football team is now the subject of criticism from local official after it had signed a sponsorship deal with an escort agency. Under the terms of the deal, Trentino 1921 is to receive USD $14,200 which provides that the name of escort agency Casa Bianca be posted on the club website.

A lovelorn Australian farmer who headed to West Africa last month seeking a love match is glad to be home, albeit without his bride by his side. Des Gregor, 56, went to Mali to pick up the bride he had met over the Internet and pocket the promised dowry of $85,000 in gold bars to marry her.

Tony Blair was brought back to reality Wednesday when there was no car or bodyguards to meet his train. The former British Prime Minister and his wife Cherie Booth were left waiting for several minutes at Darlington station after his train from King's Cross, London, arrived 40 minutes late.