A private junior high and high school teacher has been arrested for molesting a high school girl on a train in Tokyo, police said.

Hideshige Miyazawa, 48, a teacher at Otsuma Junior High and High School in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, stands accused of violating a Tokyo metropolitan ordinance prohibiting people from creating a nuisance. He admitted to the allegations.

Miyazawa fondled the buttocks of the 16-year-old victim on a train on the Tokyu Railway Denen-Toshi Line for about 10 minutes Tuesday evening, local police said.

The girl managed to overpower him and forced him to get off at a station. Miyazawa attempted to escape but other passengers captured him on the platform. He was on his way home at the time of the incident.

Pre-schooler Princess Aiko habitually commits a social faux pas many Japanese consider unthinkable -- she doesn't bow in greeting, notes Sunday Mainichi (10/21).

Princess Aiko delighted many when she turned up to watch the sumo at the Ryogoku Kokugikan last month, especially after she burst into a beaming grin when her favorite grappler won.

"I'm sure the angelic smile on Princess Aiko's face warmed the hearts not only of those at the Kokugikan, but also those watching on TV," a sumo beat reporter tells the Sunday Mainichi.

But not everybody was happy with the 5-year-old princess's display in her second visit to watch the national sport, especially those who report on the cloistered world of the Imperial Family.

One reporter on the royal beat complains about the young princess's reaction when Japan Sumo Association boss Kitanoumi went out to greet Princess Aiko and her parents, Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako as they arrived to watch the sumo.

"Princess Aiko looked a little embarrassed and wriggled around nervously for a while. And she didn't bow," the Imperial Family beat reporter tells Sunday Mainichi. "She'll soon be an elementary school pupil and some people are of the opinion that she should be able to greet people properly."

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Feds offer GST, income tax cuts
GST will be reduced to 5% while the basic personal amount for individuals increases

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Police Arrest Principal

Police said Dr. Paul Schum, 50, the principal at Bethlehem High School in Bardstown, was dressed like a woman when found.

Schum has requested a personal leave from his job, WLKY in Louisville reported.

Louisville Metro police said they spotted Schum in an alley.

He's due in court at the end of November.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Police have cited a local high school principal with loitering for the purpose of prostitution. Officers said he was dressed like a woman when found Tuesday evening.

Louisville Metro police said they spotted Schum in an alley at 23rd and Stone Streets. Louisville Metro Police Department Detective Phil Russell said Schum wore all black leather, fishnet stockings and women's plastic breasts.

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An Australian man who reportedly claimed a toxic spider bite compelled him to rape a woman has been jailed after a judge rejected his defence.
Philip Ronald Spiers subjected a woman to a four-hour ordeal after abducting her in a car park in Maitland, 160km (100 miles) north of Sydney in 1997.

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CHEMNITZ, Germany — An exhibition of a unique collection of artworks by Bob Dylan, including variations of previously published drawings and sketches, has opened at a museum in this eastern German city.

Visitors flocked to the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz museum Sunday to see the 170 colored versions of pictorial motifs by Dylan called, “The Drawn Blank Series.”

The exhibit consists of drawings that Dylan produced between 1989 and 1992 and published in a book. Curator Ingrid Moessinger had 332 of the works specially reprinted and painted, and Dylan then selected 170 works for display.

“Bob Dylan selected the works for the exhibit himself,” Moessinger said.

The pictures show scenes from daily life: portraits of women and men, still lifes, cityscapes and other places that Dylan, 66, observed during his travels. The exhibit runs through Feb. 3.

Art historian Frank Zoellner said the works reflect Dylan’s music.

“The landscapes are very peaceful,” said Zoellner, while noting depictions of interiors often lacked a center, giving them a sense of restlessness.

A guiding theme in the drawings are variations of the same motives — much in the way Dylan performs his music, Zoellner said.

“On stage, Dylan never plays any song the same way twice,” Zoellner said.

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Egypt's antiquities chief Dr. Zahi Hawass, center, supervises the removal of King Tut from his stone sarcophagus in his underground tomb in the famed Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt Sunday, Nov. 4, 2007. The mummy of the 19-year-old pharaoh, whose life and death has captivated people for nearly a century, was placed in a climate-controlled glass box in the tomb, with only the face and feet showing under the linen covering.

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The feet of the mummy of boy pharaoh King Tutankhamun is seen in Luxor's Valley of the Kings November 4, 2007, as it is displayed for the first time in public in a special climate-controlled glass showcase after it was taken out of its sarcophagus.

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