
Spanish prosecutor asks for eight-year jail term for Shakira
A Spanish prosecutor is seeking a prison term of eight years for Colombian superstar Shakira over a 14.5 million-euro tax fraud case, a prosecutor's office document showed. The singer, who has sold more than 80 million records worldwide with hits such as "Hips Don't Lie", earlier this week rejected a settlement offer from the prosecutor's office to close the case. She is accused of failing to pay taxes between 2012 and 2014, a period in which Shakira says she did not live in Spain. The prosecutor's document, seen by Reuters, asserts that Shakira was ordinarily resident in Spain between 2012…