• As mentioned earlier, police believe they have discovered the body of Annie Le stuffed in a wall in the medical building. "We're not believing it's a random act" said a police spokesman.

• Lawyers for Samantha Orobator, the pregnant woman jailed in Laos for drug smuggling, say the U.K. shouldn't recognize her conviction because she was subjected to a "disgraceful show trial," denied access to lawyers, and prevented from defending herself. •

Samantha Orobator, the pregnant 20-year-old jailed in Laos for smuggling heroin, will return home this Friday in time to deliver her child on British soil. The father of her child remains unknown. [CNN, Mirror]

Pregnant alleged drug trafficker Samantha Orobator has been sentenced to life in prison by a Laotian court, but a transfer agreement means she may be able to serve her sentence in her home country of Britain. [Reuters]

A Newspaper in Laos is claiming that Samantha Orobator, the pregnant Briton imprisoned for trafficking 680 g of heroin, impregnated herself with the sperm of another prisoner in order to escape the death penalty. The paper quoted the Laotian police, but, not surprisingly, did not give any other sources. [Guardian]

The mother of Samantha Orobator, the pregnant Briton being held in a Laos jail for heroin smuggling, has denied that her daughter was raped.

• Pictured at left is Casper, a very flexible cat that somehow managed to get himself wedged in a spare tire. Firemen spent an hour cutting Casper free, and he survived the incident unscathed. •

• Swiss art historian Henri Stierlin claims that the famous bust of Nefertiti housed in a Berlin museum is actually a fake, created in 1912 as a copy on which archeologists could test pigments. •

Samantha Orobator, the pregnant Briton being held in prison in Laos on charges of drug smuggling, may reportedly escape the death penalty - but only because she's pregnant.

Samantha Orobator, a pregnant 20-year-old from London and possible rape victim, could be facing execution in Laos for her alleged role in drug trafficking. She has not yet been allowed to see a lawyer.