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ABU DHABI : A United Arab Emirates (UAE) court has sentenced a woman to two months in tall after she was kissed by a male friend In public although she pleaded not guilty, saying it was an "innocent" kiss, reports AFP
The kiss was innocent I don t have an illicit relationship with the man." Gulf news dally quoted her Thursday as telling the court in Fujeirah, one of the seven Emirates in the UAE — a Muslim conservative society that bans kissing tn public.
The woman, a foreigner identified only as KV was walking in the street with her friend when he kissed her. Two local men. angered by the act. tried to take them to police but the man escaped, the paper said.
A lower court had sentenced the woman to six months in prison and ordered her expulsion from the country The verdict was reduced by the appeal court.
Father forced daughter to be a prostitute
KUALA LUMPUR A man. Incensed that his teenaged daughter refused to become a prostitute, cut off her hand, a Malaysian minister said. reports Reuter.
The minister gave no details of the case but said that In another incident, a couple tried to force their three daughters into prostitution.
However, authorities decided to send the parents for counselling and not charge them tn court, newspapers quoted National Unity and Social Development Minister Napsiah Omar as saying on Thursday.
"It will be Inhumane for us to prosecute them as they have other children to look after," she told a seminar In the northern city of Ipoh.
The girls have been sent to welfare homes after Malaysian authorities found out about their plight.
Malaysian officials have expressed concern about a growing number of child abuse cases.
He wins battle with huge python
MARTTZBURG : A farmworker battled an I 1 -foot python for a half-hour after ft dropped on him from a tree, finally squeezing, biting, and beating the reptile to death, his employer said, reports AP.
Edward Mkhize had gone to fetch cattle Wednesday when the snake fell from above and wrapped Itself around him. Mkhize's employer. Suresh Maharaj, told local newspapers.
Man and snake foil to the ground In a tangle. Mkhize sank his teeth Into the writhing serpent’s throat, then twisted the thick body. The snake's strength finally gave out. and Mkhize smashed Its broad head with a rock.
Maharaj said pythons had killed several calves and at least three people tn the area of eastern Natal province. The snakes arc not poisonous but crush prey to death.
She was victimised by 'harasser' and 'system'
WASHINGTON : The Department of Veterans Affairs has been slow to move In some cases of sexual harassment, a group of female employees say. And the VAs Inspector general finds some basis for their concerns, reports AP.
The women testified before a House panel Thursday that they were sexually harassed at work, sometimes physically, and later faced reprisals for complaining about it.
"You are victimised first by your harasser and next by the system." said Mary O'Connor, who said she was a victim of physical sexual harassment by a doctor at ihe VA Medical Center at /fcRbampton. Maas.
She said that when she complained, "management attempted to minimize the abuse, to cover up the actual assault and to inform me that, should I file a formal complaint, the entire hospital would be aware of the offense — and that complainants are in for extreme discomfort."
A survey of randomly selected employees found one in four would be reluctant to file a complaint for fear of reprisal.
Other women who testified said they had received unwanted Job transfers, reduced responsibilities, punitive scheduling and were subjected to embarrassment before their colleagues after complaining of sex harassment.
Half of US high school students addict to alcohol
ATLANTA : Half of US high school students drink alcohol, one-quarter smoke and one-tenth use marijuana, federal health officials reported Thursday, says AFP.
In nationwide surveys of high school students last year, the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control (CDC) found an average 46 per cent said they had drunk alcohol at least once In the previous 30 days.
Twenty-four per cent said they had smoked cigarettes at least once in the previous 30 days and 11 per cent said they had smoked marijuana during the same period.
She paid $8,000for Madonna's bed
AMSTERDAM : A Dutch girl has paid 8,000 dollar for the bed on which American pop singer Madonna romped in a recent film, the Dutch news agency ANP said on Thursday, reports Reuter.
In a sale of pop music memorabilia at a charity auction. 15-year-old Michou Daniela made the winning bid for the bed on which Madonna sang the song "like a virgin" In her film Tn bed with Madonna".