A professional poker player who “declines to support his children” has won a legal fight after arguing that his winnings are not “earnings from gainful employment”.

A temptress was facing life imprisonment tonight after being found guilty of using the date-rape drug Rohypnol to “knock out” and rob a bank manager and a film director.

The Iraqi Red Crescent Society withdrew from the battleground city of Fallujah today amid concerns over continuing insecurity, the organisation’s chief said.