British author appeals Singapore jail term

AFPSINGAPORE — A British author launched an appeal on Monday against a six-week jail term for scandalising Singapore's judiciary, saying the charges against him were "bloody nonsense".Alan Shadrake, 76, was sentenced and fined Sg$20,000 ($16,000) in November last year after Singapore's High Court ruled that his book on the death penalty broke the city-state's laws.Shadrake's lawyer M. Ravi told