Lisbon - Gerry McCann, the father of missing British toddler Madeleine, has returned to Portugal one-and-a-half years after her disappearance to continue the search for his daughter.

McCann, 40, told Portuguese journalists late Tuesday he returned to speak to his legal team and to develop new strategies to rekindle the search for Madeleine.

He said that he hoped to find his daughter until her birthday in May. McCann came to Portugal for the first time since returning to Britain in September 2007.

Manila - Somali pirates have released a Japanese-operated cargo ship with 21 Filipino crewmen aboard, a Philippine foreign official said Tuesday.

It might be very surprising to know but on Saturday, from a ration shop at Gelda Nagar in Ghatkopar (West), Ghatkopar Police arrested two persons and seized fake soaps bearing well-known brands worth Rs 62.60 lakh.

The Police reported, "The goods seized include brands Lux, Santoor and Lifebuoy besides over 1.4 lakh wrappers and soaps."

The Police arrested Shivprasad Gupta (20) and Surendra Kumar Singh (43), while the mastermind is at large. The arrested men, who have remanded in police custody till
12th January, have been booked under the copyright and trademark laws.

Since the Chinese authorities cracked down on online porn over the weekend, it shut down nearly 50 additional websites and also instructed Internet giants like Google to end any sort of links with such material.

It should be noted that as a part of a month-long campaign, that the government informs is aimed at stamping out online pornography, a total number of 91 sites have been shut down or blocked since Thursday.

Hong Kong  - A Hong Kong driving instructor has been arrested for allegedly swapping seats with a woman pupil who knocked down a schoolboy on a pedestrian crossing, police said Monday.

The 69-year-old instructor allegedly told police he was the driver after the accident which left the schoolboy seriously injured, a police spokesman said.

The accident took place on Sunday in Hong Kong's Kwai Chung district in an area where learner drivers are not allowed to drive, according to police.

Hong Kong  - A mystery dog poisoner who has killed scores of Hong Kong pet dogs over the past 20 years has begun targeting cats, animal welfare experts warned Monday.

The body of a ginger and white cat was found last week off Bowen Road in Hong Kong's Mid Levels district, the regular haunt of the poisoner who lays tainted meat and has evaded capture for two decades.

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) said the dead pet it was found by police close to where a jogger had reported seeing suspicious pieces of meat the same day.