Singapore  - A Turkish national was slapped a 656 US dollar fine for spreading the word that a plane getting ready to take off from Singapore's Changi Airport would blow up, the Straits Times reported Tuesday.

Ismet Nurcin, 30, was also jailed for a month by a Community Court on another charge of using criminal force on an airport auxiliary police officer in the transit lounge of the airport's Terminal 1 on August 29.

Lockhart, Australia -  - A million Australians live abroad and get teary-eyed listening to John Williamson's songs about cattle, kangaroos, cowboys and koalas.

"A lot of people still think I'm mainly successful in the bush, but I'm mainly successful in the cities," the nation's troubadour said. "City people do love to hear about their country now."

Williamson wows audiences in London, New York, Singapore and Tokyo with ballads about life on the land in places like Lockhart, a grain- growing town 530 kilometres south-west of Sydney.

The Oscar Winning and Hollywood's most powerful and famous actress for years, Angelina Jolie has declared that she wants to retire and take over the role of 'Mother' in real life. The actress and husband Pitt have six children namely a 7 year old son Maddox, whom Jolie adopted in Cambodia in 2002, a 3 years old daughter Zahara, whom she adopted in year 2006 from Ethiopia, Pax, 4, from Vietnam, a 2-year-old biological daughter, Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt and the newly born twins, Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline.

Sonoma, California  - Californian wines are now a long established part of European connoisseurs' drinking habits, the most popular of which are varieties from the Napa Valley region.

But the West Coast state is home to another winemaking area, Sonoma, which boasts no less than 4,100 square kilometres of vines.

More than 250 vineyards are located in Sonoma, many of which have a winemaking tradition which is over a century old. A few claim to have roots in Europe's vineyards.

The famous reality show on entertainment channel Colors, 'BIGG BOSS 2, is once again the talk of the town as its last four inmates Raja Chaudhary, Rahul Mahajan, Zulfi Sayed and Ashutosh Kaushik jumped walls and sneaked out of the house to eat some good food. They were sick of cooking and decided to venture out. They were immediately traced by the cameras and brought in by the security. The production house says, "We were following their every action, but waited for them to leave the house as we are prohibited by contract to enter."

Leticia, Colombia/Tabatinga, Brazil  - Breakfast consists of scrambled eggs with chili sauce and refried beans in Columbia. For lunch there is charcoal-grilled fish in Peru. And rounding things off at sundown are caipirinha cocktails in Brazil.

What sounds like a wealthy jet-setter's day can be had by any backpacker for just 50 dollars, a price that includes an overnight stay at a hotel, a ride on a motorcycle taxi and a boat trip.