Minister keeps mum about the daddy (Evening Standard)

AT a dinner party this week in the moneyed 16th arrondissement, a distinguished French journalist leaned over to me and whispered: "I've got great gossip for you." He whispered a name in my ear and said: "It's the truth." The revelation was so un-French that I nearly choked on my prosciutto.

Lakeshore update (Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter)

MANITOWOC Cash bail was set Thursday at $5,000 for a 37-year-old Manitowoc man who allegedly had repeated sexual contact with his 13-year-old foster daughter.

Botswana: 'Sexy' Tawana Sparks Great Controversy (AllAfrica.com)

Tawana Lebani is back in the country, having been evicted from the Big Brother Africa (BBA3) house last Sunday, and she has sparked a huge debate because of her insatiable appetite for sex while in the house.

Former Mishicot JV basketball coach receives 60 days in jail for having sex with girl, 16 (Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter)

MANITOWOC Alex D. Quandt, a former Mishicot High School junior varsity basketball coach, will spend 60 days in jail for having sexual intercourse with a then 16-year-old girl in his Two Rivers home on May 25, 2007.

Genealogy website MyHeritage offers low-cost DNA tests (Guardian Unlimited)

MyHeritage, the genealogy social networking website, is offering its 27 million global users a "cheek scraper" DNA test for less than £100. The site is expanding its family research features after linking with US company FamilyTreeDNA to offer the DNA test for an additional payment that will help identify living relatives with common ancestors. Israeli-based MyHeritage's 27 million ...

Judge orders DNA tests (Cape Argus)

A Pretoria High Court judge on Wednesday said that there were times when truth prevailed over the rights of privacy. He then ordered a mother to submit herself and her one-year-old daughter to undergo DNA tests to determine who the child's biological father.

Judge orders DNA tests (Independent Online)

A mother has heard that there were times when truth prevailed over the rights of privacy.

Asir girl seeks judicial intervention to establish paternity (Arab News)

ABHA: A nine-year-old girl whose father claims she is illegitimate is planning to appeal to the Supreme Judicial Council to reopen her case to establish she is his child using DNA testing.

Lower House OKs revised Nationality Law (The Japan Times)

The House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday to amend the Nationality Law to enable a child born out of wedlock to a Japanese man and a foreign woman to obtain Japanese nationality if the father recognizes his paternity after birth. The bill is expected to clear the House of Councilors for enactment by the Nov. 30 end of the current Diet session. Read the full story

Identigene expands sales of OTC DNA paternity test kit (News-Medical-Net)

Identigene today announced the Identigene DNA Paternity Test Kit is now available in select discount stores and supercenters in central Texas, bringing the total number of retail locations in which the kit is sold to nearly 15,500.