Nairobi/Abuja  - Nigerian militants have kidnapped a British oil worker, killing his police guard in the attack.

Nigeria's The Guardian newspaper said that the kidnapping took place in Rivers State capital Port Harcourt on Sunday.

The kidnap victim is believed to be Allan Priston, who works for the Nigerian company Adamac, which provides engineering services to oil companies.

Kidnappings of oil workers are common in the oil-producing Niger Delta, where armed groups say they are struggling for a fairer distribution of oil wealth.

Hong Kong  - Heroin has been found by police in the hotel room of a Hong Kong pop star arrested in Tokyo, news reports said Tuesday.

Ten packets of the drug were found in the hotel room of Jill Vidal, 26, also known as Wei Si, after her arrest in February, the Hong Kong Standard reported.

Vidal has been held in custody since her arrest with fellow Hong Kong pop star Kelvin Kwan on suspicion of possessing cannabis. Kwan was released on March 28 without charge.

Manila - Human Rights Watch on Tuesday urged the Philippine government to investigate and dismantle an alleged "death squad" that has killed more than 800 people in the past decade in one of the country's most prosperous cities.

The New York-based rights watchdog warned that police officers and local government officials appeared to be involved in the targeted killings of alleged drug dealers, petty criminals and even street children in Davao City, 990 kilometres south of Manila.

Washington  - The 13 victims of Friday's shooting at a service center for immigrants in a New York town included two US citizens and people from seven other countries.

The largest number of victims - four - were from China, ranging in age from 22 to 54, the Binghamton Press and Sun-Bulletin reported online Monday.

Singapore  - A 32-year-old woman was accused of having sex with a 13-year-old student on seven occasions last May, reported the Straits Times Monday.

The woman, who cannot be named to protect the boy's identity, has pleaded guilty to two charges.

The petite woman, a stall assistant, was not represented and was remanded in custody as she could not post the 10,000-Singapore- dollar (6,662-US-dollar) bail offered.