Athens - Unknown attackers fired multiple shots at a police watch post in Athens early Monday morning, leaving one police officer wounded with life threatening injuries, local radio reported.

Melbourne, January 3: An Australian man, charged with possessing a prohibited drug, allegedly cocaine, and restricted substance, allegedly Viagra, told police that he had been en route to pick Paris Hilton and her `beau' Brandon Davis.

Mehmet Gulasi, who had been heading towards the city, had been asked to pull over the Range Rover, around four hours after the New Year.

According to the Daily Telegraph, the 39-year-old reportedly told police to be running on an urgent task, reports News. com. au.

The hotel-heiress Paris, who had arrived in Sydney on a publicity tour, was said to have been partying in the city's popular nightclubs, the Trademark Hotel and Piano Room in Kings Cross.

Melbourne, Jan 3: An Indian woman who allegedly set her sleeping husband's genitals alight in their Australian house has been formally charged with his murder.

Last month, Rajini Narayan was arrested after fire destroyed her family''s Unley home.

Her husband, Satish Narayan, suffered severe burns and died last Saturday.

It has been alleged that Narayan's wife doused his genitals with methylated spirit and then set him on fire about 5.30am on December 7, reports News.com.au.

It is believed a major blaze was sparked at the couple's Cleland Ave townhouse in Unley when Narayan jumped out of bed and knocked over the bottle of methylated spirit.

Sydney  - A Thai man who had overstayed his visa made a big mistake when he drove his car at 137 kilometres an hour in a Sydney restricted zone shortly after midnight Saturday, police said.

Sana'a, Yemen - Yemeni tribesmen seeking the release of a jailed fellow clansman kidnapped a South African tourist and her two sons in the southern province of Abyan, police officials said Saturday.

The woman, the boys aged 10 and 13, as well as a Yemeni driver were kidnapped late Friday as they drove on a highway from the south-eastern province of Hadhramout to the port city of Aden, the officials said.

Armed tribesmen from the al-Maraqisha tribe stopped the South African family's vehicle near the al-Khubar town, 170 kilometres east of Aden.

They forced the driver to switch to an unpaved road leading to a mountainous area, around 30 kilometres from the highway, one police official told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.

Manila - A member of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's cabinet was in hot water on Monday after a businessman accused him and his two sons of beating him and his teenage son in a brawl at a golf course.

Arroyo ordered the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate the accusations of businessman Delfin Dela Paz against Agrarian Reform Secretary Nasser Pangandaman.

Press Secretary Jesus Dureza said Arroyo also directed the DOJ to file appropriate charges "against those responsible for any violation of law."