bbc.co.uk Tiger Woods is taking indefinite leave from professional golf. In a statement on his website, he said he was aware of the disappointment ''my infidelity'' had caused his family. He said he wanted to ''try to repair the damage done'' and asked for privacy so his family ''could heal''.


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guardian.co.uk Tiger Woods has won an injunction banning the English media from publishing new details about his personal life. The move, described by lawyers as ''unbelievable,'' prevents the media from publishing material that the US media would be able to publish, prompting further anger about the ability of foreign litigants to take advantage of repressive English laws. One US website ran a headline ''Don't look for nude photos of Woods in Britain.''

Associated Press A British judge has barred journalists in the country from publishing some material about golfer Tiger Woods. An injunction even blocks media including The Associated Press from revealing the details of the order itself. As a result, media who obey the order cannot tell the public what they have been barred from revealing.

eonline.com Naked pictures of Tiger Woods' alleged girlfriends? Supposedly. Naked pictures of Tiger Woods? No bloody way. The unfortunately indiscreet golfer's legal camp has obtained a court order from the London's High Court preventing British media outlets from publishing/posting any nude photos or videos of Woods and his, er, 5-iron.

examiner.com Gossip magazine TMZ reports that a moving truck pulled up to Tiger Woods' residence in Windermere, Florida, and several boxes were put into the back of the truck and driven away. Add this to the information that Woods' wife, Elin Nordegren, purchased a home (on its own island, no less) in Sweden, and speculation begins as to whether or not Mrs Woods has decided to cut her losses and leave.

baltimoresun.com Is Tiger Woods willing to give up golf to save his marriage? That's what Britain's The Sun newspaper is reporting on its Web site. The newspaper says that golf's No. 1 player has told his wife he ''will do anything'' to salvage their relationship following the disclosure of his alleged multiple affairs.

abcnews.go.com Amid new allegations that Tiger Woods paid for sex with prostitutes come reports from both sides of the Atlantic that Woods and wife Elin Nordegren are planning an imminent escape to Sweden, where they will plan their next move. ''Tiger is going to Sweden with his wife, and they want to leave as soon as possible,'' a close friend of Nordegren's told ABCNews.com.

despardes.com Tiger Woods would spend up to $40,000 on a weekend of sex with her prostitutes, claims former Hollywood madam Michelle Braun for whom Holly Sampson and Jamie Jungers reportedly worked. Braun told E! Network and the New York Daily News that she hired Holly Sampson to entertain Tiger Woods.

usatoday.com While many tabloids chase the latest women linked to Tiger Woods, his hometown newspaper, The Orlando Sentinel, profiles his beleaguered wife, Elin, and finds that neighbors describe her as a ''really sweet, maybe shy type of person'' who is decidedly family-oriented

smh.com.au The pilot of a Garuda jet that crashed in Yogyakarta in 2007 killing 21 people has had his conviction for criminal negligence quashed on appeal to the province's high court. Marwoto Komar was sentenced to two years in prison in April after a court heard evidence he ignored 15 automated warnings and brought his plane into land too fast and from a much greater height than normal. The judgment means Captain Marwoto can return to flying.

smh.com.au Clive Dorman writes: Some airline commentators have been predicting air fares will rise as global economies recover. But, after a year when fares to the US more than halved and Australian domestic fares plummeted as the low-cost airline model continued to spread, other analysts believe consumers will continue to enjoy highly affordable air travel for at least another year.

hinddustantimes.com Indian MTV's 'Splitsvilla' has abandoned Goa. In its third season, the show has moved on to greener pastures . . . or rather to the sandy locales of Phuket, to be precise. The 13 episodes of the show are currently being shot in a sprawling 12,000 square foot property, which belongs to a local American. Renamed Splitsvilla, the hilltop villa faces the Andaman Sea. One of the entrances to the house leads from the sea through a long stairway, carved into the rock. The surrounding area is densely forested and can be an ideal backdrop for a Bollywoood song.

opodo.co.uk Chris Lee, marketing advisor for the Tourism Authority of Thailand, points out that Britain is the biggest revenue market for the country. Although Mr Lee says the most popular destinations for Britons are Bangkok and the beach hotspots of Phuket, Koh Samui and Pattaya, ''What we are trying to do is create a destination that is not just about 'drop and flop', not just about the city and the beach. [Thailand] is about culture, nature and heritage.'

jpost.com Interview with Ilana Meallem, 32. Are you a Beduin? My friends call me a techo-beduin, because I'm hooked up to wireless Internet through a cellphone modem. I live as close to nature and people as possible with minimal impact on the environment and maximum freedom.What was the first thing that happened in your travels that influenced your lifestyle? Through a cetacean training at the Phuket Marine Biology Research Centre, I joined a one-month river dolphin survey in Bangladesh's Sunderbans, the largest mango forest in the world, famous for its man-eating Bengal tigers. I was the only Jewish person with 29 Muslims, one Christian and a Hindu.