How ex-Presidents make there dough

The article explains how presidents such as Harry Truman, Bill Clinton, and jimmy Carter have made money after there presidency concluded. Some notables are Clinton's $250,000 he makes after each speech and Jimmy Carter writing over 20 books including poetry and childrens books. Prior to Harry Truman presidents recieved no pension after there presidency and Truman had to rely on only $112 a month from an army retirement fund.

Pregnant Briton to escape death penalty in Laos

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/05/laos.british.woman.death.penalty/index.html

20 year-old Samantha Orobator was arrested and sentenced to death in Laos on charges of drug trafficking. Orobator had over half a kilogram of heroin on her at the time of the arrest. having this amount of heroin results in an automatic death sentence from the Laotian government. Samantha escaped the punishment when she became pregnant in jail, probably due to rape.