Belgium’s notorious serial paedophile killer Marc Dutroux has asked a special court for early release after serving 16 years of a life sentence for the kidnap, rape and gruesome murder of several young girls.

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US president George Bush arrived at Israel’s official Holocaust memorial today, visiting exhibits that detail the Nazi extermination of European Jews.

Troubled movie star Tom Sizemore has alleged his ex-girlfriend, Heidi Fleiss, helped get him addicted to crystal amphetamine in a fiery new TV interview.