41. Police will appeal a High Court order for them to evict the squatters, the state-controlled Herald newspaper reported Saturday. 42. -- Nomura Securities Co. will assist Vietnam in corporate fund procurement and privatization of its state-run companies, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun newspaper reported. 43. A car bomb exploded in a town outside the capital, killing five people and wounding seven, a newspaper reported Tuesday. 44. A case was dropped last week against two boys who used nets to scoop coins from the fountain, newspapers reported Sunday. 45. A commission has found evidence that former Sri Lankan President Ranasinghe Premadasa was directly involved in the killing of a top opposition leader, local newspapers reported Wednesday. 46. A criminal court has found a former Buddhist abbot guilty of perjury for claiming he was kidnapped by his one-time mistress, local newspapers reported Tuesday. 47. A biological research center has been developing antidotes to various types of nerve gas, including the deadly VX reportedly in Syrian hands, a newspaper reported. 48. A bride who carried out a Russian wedding rite a bit too enthusiastically wound up with a dislocated jaw, a newspaper reported Saturday. 49. A car bomb explofed in a town outside the capital, killing five people and wounding seven, a newspaper reported Tuesday. 50. A controversy has arisen over cement imported from China to ease an acute shortage in Malaysia caused by a building boom, a newspaper reported Wednesday. |