MONTAGUE (Texas) - A NOTORIOUS county jail where some cells didn't lock and inmates allegedly had sex with female guards has been reopened following US$1 million (S$1.5 million) worth of repairs and renovation.

Montague County started moving its 63 inmates back this week after inspectors from the Texas Commission on Jail Standards approved the corrective work.

DUBAI (UAE) - ONE of two airlines flying the world's biggest plane to the US is pulling the aircraft off the route because of the economic downturn.

Dubai-based Emirates said on Wednesday it will replace two double-decker Airbus A380s it uses on a daily Dubai-New York flight with smaller Boeing 777s starting June 1.

WASHINGTON -- THE US House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday passed legislation aimed at recovering US$165 million (S$249 million) in bonuses to executives of insurer AIG after it got billions of dollars in government aid.

Kicking off efforts by Congress to recoup such bonuses, the bill would authorise the US attorney general to seek repayment of past excessive compensation from employees of companies that have received more than US$10 billion in US financial aid.