WASHINGTON, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - Police are investigating a Washington area teenager who allegedly had amassed an arsenal of deadly assault weapons and bomb-making materials, along with a map to the US president's weekend retreat, press reports said Wednesday.

BARCELONA, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - Spanish police said Wednesday they had discovered a major factory producing illegal drugs near Barcelona, and arrested six people from three countries.

ATHENS, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - A Greek prosecutor on Wednesday upgraded the charges against four nightclub staff who allegedly beat an Australian tourist to death in Greece on the island of Mykonos, a justice source said.

ATHENS, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - A judge probing alleged kickbacks by Siemens to Greek politicians and corporate bigwigs to secure a giant contract will question a former company official in Germany, a legal source said Wednesday.

PHNOM PENH, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - Cambodia sentenced an American man to more than two years in prison for committing indecent acts against minors, and has arrested a Frenchman accused of abusing boys, officials said Wednesday.

MADRID, August 5, 2008 (AFP) - Spanish customs authorities said Tuesday they had seized 2.5 tonnes of hashish from a fishing boat off the Costa del Sol and detained the vessel's crew.

PANAJI, August 5, 2008 (AFP) - A social welfare group asked a court Tuesday to charge the mother of a 15-year-old British girl who was raped and killed in India's Goa with neglect.

ATHENS, August 5, 2008 (AFP) - The father of an Australian tourist beaten to death in Greece called for better medical care on island destinations popular with tourists, after talks with the health minister Tuesday.

MADRID, August 5, 2008 (AFP) - Spanish police said Tuesday they have seized thousands of counterfeit football shirts and other items following complaints by manufacturer Nike and top European clubs Manchester United, Arsenal and Celtic.

The operation was launched on July 31 in the northeastern region of Catalonia, where four warehouses were raided, police said in a statement.

BANGKOK, August 5, 2008 (AFP) - Thai authorities banned the Grand Theft Auto computer game on Tuesday, after a disturbed teenager allegedly killed a taxi driver in a copycat crime.

Following news earlier Tuesday that the game's distributor would no longer stock the game, Thai police told AFP they had officially banned it because of 'obscene' content.