■ United Kingdom
Estate bans swearing
A housing estate in Brighton has taken the exceptional step of banning swearing in public. All new tenants on the Hollingdean estate in the town will be required to sign a contract agreeing, among other things, not to use foul language in public. Any who repeatedly flout the agreement could lose their homes. The move is an initiative by police, residents and the local council to crack down on antisocial behavior. The tenancy agreement for anyone moving into council and housing association homes on the estate also covers such things as fly tipping and driving inconsiderately.
■ United States
TV show nets killer
A convicted killer together with an assistant warden's wife who both disappeared almost 11 years ago were found alive by investigators acting on a tip from a viewer of the TV show America's Most Wanted, the FBI said. The escaped inmate, Randolph Dial, was found in a mobile home about 6:30pm Monday in Shelby County, Texas, an FBI news release said. The assistant warden's wife, Bobbi Parker, was found a short time later working at a chicken ranch elsewhere in the county, agents said. Investigators initially thought Parker had been kidnapped and held against her will by Dial, who escaped Aug. 30, 1994, from the Oklahoma State Reformatory in Granite in southwestern Oklahoma.
■ Canada
PM denies election rumors
Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin on Monday dismissed feverish rumors that he may be forced to call a second general election within a year, with his Liberal party beset by a festering scandal. Ottawa has been abuzz since a US-based Web site published purported testimony from an inquiry into a multi-million dollar advertising scandal embroiling Martin's Liberal government. The testimony was subject to a publishing ban in Canada. Martin dismissed the notion that he could be forced to call a snap election should the extent of the testimony become known. The affair, which dates to the late 1990s, involves allegations that the Liberal government funneled C$100 million (US$82 million) to advertising firms in Quebec, which allegedly repaid much of that money to the Liberal Party coffers.
■ United States
WTC bomber sought
The US State Department said Monday it was offering a reward of up to US$5 million for information leading to the capture and conviction of the last remaining fugitive from the group believed to have carried out the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. In a statement released in Baghdad, the State Department said it was looking for Iraqi-American Abdul Rahman Yasin, 45, believed to have helped build the bomb used in the Feb. 26, 1993, attack that killed six people.
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