London, March 28: British alcohol campaigners are worried about the effects of the so-called “extreme beer” movement on public health.

The word of caution comes after the launch of a generation of fuller-flavoured ales named Punk IPA, Speed Ball, and O8 that contain mind-blowing alcohol contents.

The speciality bottles, with their intense flavours and alcohol contents of up to 12 per cent, can contain 10 times as much hops as a traditional pint.

Jakarta  - The number of people killed after a dam broke near Jakarta rose to 67 Saturday as authorities searched for the missing, police and officials said.

Estimates for the number of missing ranged from 22 to 78 after the Situ Gintung dam in the Tangerang district, 50 kilometres south Indonesia's capital, collapsed early Friday, sending water crashing into a crowded residential area.

Berlin - Police who spent 16 years looking for one of Germany's most wanted criminals - a mystery woman suspected of three murders and 40 robberies - admitted Friday they had been chasing a phantom.

The DNA found at the crime scenes and traced to her belonged to another woman who in all probability had nothing to do with the crimes, prosecutors in the southern town of Heilbronn said.

London, Mar 27: ‘The 2009-2014 World Outlook for 60-milligram Containers of Fromage Frais’, a book on the future of tiny pots of fromage frais, has scooped the prize for oddest book title of 2008.

The book by Professor Philip M Parker landed The Diagram Prize for oddest book title of the year.

‘Baboon Metaphysics’ by Dorothy L Cheney and Robert M Seyfarth came in second place, and ‘Curbside Consultation of the Colon’ by Brooks D Cash in third.

The annual prize is run by the Bookseller magazine, reports The Telegraph.

London, Mar 27: Alina Percea, the Romanian teen who is auctioning her virginity online for 50,000 pounds, has hit back at her former teacher’s claims that she's not a virgin.

Alina was devastated when former teacher Alexandru Dumitrescu claimed: “Her virginity is a fairytale. She just wants to be famous.”

Speaking for the first time since her decision, the 18-year-old Percea insisted that she’s innocent.

Hong Kong  - The brother of a homeless Nepalese man shot dead by a police officer has demanded a full explanation from Hong Kong's police and government, a media report said Friday.

Ram Limbu, who arrived in Hong Kong from Britain and identified the body of his younger brother Dil Bahadur Limbu on Thursday, is also taking legal advice about his relative's death, the South China Morning Post said.