A man who confessed to hundreds of murders as head of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar’s army of assassins, has been freed from a maximum security prison under heavy police guard.

At least 17 people were killed and 16 others injured when a passenger bus plunged off a wet, elevated highway in suburban Manila and fell on to a van passing below, officials in the Philippines said today.

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AN Austin, Texas, woman is living with an unusual condition.

Los Angeles prosecutors said they will ask a judge to revoke Paris Hilton’s probation in a reckless driving case, a move that could lead to a jail term.

Paris Hilton could have her probation revoked, possibly resulting in jail time, if she is found to have been driving with a suspended license, because it would violate conditions of her previous sentence for reckless driving, authorities said today.

Paris Hilton was today charged with drink-driving.

The man who directed hit teams against the Colombian cocaine cartel’s Pablo Escobar fingered a disgraced politician yesterday as being behind the 1989 assassination of leading presidential candidate Luis Carlos Galan.

The third in a series of commemorative stamps marking the 150th anniversary of the National Gallery of Ireland have gone on sale at post offices throughout the country.