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To: LLCF who wrote (5882)	5/28/2010 10:32:59 PM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

"All Governments, all rulers" ...must be submitted to and be obeyed says gregor-ee. And you have to love them even when they sentence you to death says brumar. Message 26099636 Gang-Raped U.A.E. Woman Charged With Illegal Sex, National Says May 18, 2010, 9:22 AM EDT May 18 (Bloomberg) -- An 18-year-old woman from the United Arab Emirates has been charged with having extra-marital sex after reporting a gang-rape by six men, government-owned The National newspaper reported. The woman, who went for a car ride with a male friend May 2 in the U.A.E. capital Abu Dhabi, accuses him and five other men of raping her, said the daily, which is owned by the Abu Dhabi government. Prosecutors say the woman first had consensual sex with her friend, the paper reported, citing testimony yesterday at the Abu Dhabi Criminal Court. U.A.E. authorities have charged her with violating the Islamic prohibition on sexual relations between unmarried men and women, The National said. The six men are on trial for rape. The raped woman is being held in custody, the paper said. A woman who was gang-raped in Saudi Arabia in 2006 by seven men was sentenced to 200 lashes and six months in jail for breaching privacy laws by meeting with an unrelated man. In February, a British tourist dropped allegations that she was raped by an employee of a luxury hotel in Dubai in order to avoid prison and return home, The Sun newspaper reported. The 23-year-old, of Pakistani origin, signed a paper withdrawing the claim in return for the police dropping charges of unlawful extramarital sex and illegal alcohol consumption against her and her 44-year-old fiancée, the U.K. daily said. The woman spent two days in jail after reporting the rape on New Year’s Day. businessweek.com

To: LLCF who wrote (5882)	5/28/2010 10:59:16 PM
From: average joe	Respond to of 69300

God Punishes and Thousands flee Ecuador, Guatemala volcanos By Edgar Calderon (AFP) – 2 hours ago GUATEMALA CITY — Thousands of people were evacuated and airports were closed as two volcanos erupted in Guatemala and Ecuador on Friday, choking major cities with ash, and leaving two dead, officials said. Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom declared a 15-day state of emergency around the Pacaya volcano, 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of the capital. The volcano erupted again after first bursting back to life Wednesday, killing two people, including a television reporter covering the event. In Ecuador, the Tungurahua volcano exploded into action Friday, forcing the evacuation of at least seven villages and closing down the airport and public schools in Guayaquil, the country's largest and most populated city. As the 2,552 meters (8,372 feet) Pacaya volcano exploded anew on Friday, with billowing clouds of ash and dust, Colom said La Aurora International Airport, in Guatemala City, would remain closed until Saturday "because we've got to clean the runways and surrounding areas" of ash. He said the eruptions since Wednesday had killed two people, injured 59, left three children missing and destroyed 100 homes. The Emergency Management Coordinator said between 1,700-1,900 people have been evacuated from their homes to nearby shelters in three departments affected by the emergency decree. The Education Ministry also suspended classes in the emergency area. On Friday, the volcano was rocked by constant explosions and spewed bright-colored plumes into the air. Guatemala City was covered in a blanket of ash and dust, as people evacuated from the danger zone wandered the streets darkened by the ash cloud and the city's two million inhabitants tried to cope with the catastrophe. The head of the national seismological institute warned more eruptions could take place "in the coming days" at the most active volcano in Central America. The Pacaya volcano has been active for 49 years and has experienced six large eruptions. The head of the national seismological institute Eddy Sanchez said the volcano had accumulated a lot of energy over several years. "Like a pressure cooker, it will release the pressure violently," he told reporters. He warned that lava would continue to spew out at high altitudes. The burnt body of television journalist Anibal Archila was found near the volcano by a colleague, who said the victim could not escape the raining rocks and other projectiles thrown out when the volcano exploded late Thursday. "We decided to stay a few minutes longer taking more photographs. Suddenly, we heard rumblings and rocks began falling all around so we had to get out running," a driver for one of the reporters covering the scene with Archila told the Nuestro Diario newspaper. The second eruption-related fatality was that of a 22-year-old man who fell to his death as he cleaned volcano ash from the roof of a school. Colom vowed government action to clean up the gray mess. "The people must feel confident that the state is responding," the president said as he announced he would travel to the most affected municipalities to work with emergency committees. Within a 100-kilometer (62-mile) radius of the volcano, locals armed with brooms and shovels scrambled to remove sand and ash from the roofs and courtyards of their homes. "We've only cleaned the backyard so far and we've already filled a large garbage bag," Isabel Estevez told AFP. She and her husband began cleaning the sediment dumped by the volcano, up to five centimeters (two inches) thick in some places. In Ecuador, meanwhile, the Tungurahua volcano experienced one of its biggest eruptions Friday, spewing columns of ash and rock prompting evacuations of at least seven surrounding villages. "Certain measures have been taken, including the closure of Guayaquil airport until further notice and the suspension of classes in Guayas province, as we make a new assessment" of the situation, said Yuri De Janon, regional coordinator of risk management. He said the ash fallout from the volcano was affecting Guayaquil and four other towns in Guayas. Hugo Yepes, director of Ecuador's Geophysical Institute, noted that the volcano was at one point spewing molten rocks and large clouds of ash and gas 10 kilometers (33,000 feet) into the sky. But he said the volcanic activity had since decreased. The last major eruption of the 5,029-meter (16,500-foot) Tungurahua, 135 kilometers (84 miles) south of Quito, occurred in 2006 when it killed six people and destroyed 700 homes. google.com