Rihanna show off her topless photos: NEW YORK: R&B star Rihanna is at the centre of another scandal after topless pictures of her, clicked during a sexting session, were leaked online. The photographs were clicked a year ago, while she was sporting a blonde quiff and were clicked by the Rude Boy hitmaker in her bathroom, reported Radar Online. The website reported that the photos were clicked while the 22-year-old was seeing a yet unnamed sports star.

Sex-tape scandal: Indonesia star jailed
BANDUNG: An Indonesian pop star who rocked this predominantly Muslim nation after several homemade sex tapes found their way to the Internet was sentenced Monday to 3 1/2 years in jail. The 29-year-old singer Nazril “Ariel” Irham — who said the videos were stolen and posted online without his knowledge — was the first celebrity to be found guilty of violating the country's strict anti-pornography law that went into effect in 2008.

French kids ‘to learn English’
LONDON: The French are known to have had a hard-nosed attitude towards the English. But, now children in France may be compelled to learn English from as early as nursery school if Nicolas Sarkozy has his way. The French President, who has recently come under fire for his own grasp of French, has said that he wants France’s youngsters to learn “the language of Shakespeare”, the Daily Mail reported.