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To: DMaA who wrote (13161)	2/27/1998 2:15:00 PM
From: jhild	Respond to of 22053

Thousands watch as teen-age girl beaten 12.49 p.m. ET (1750 GMT) February 27, 1998 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Thousands of people watched Friday while a teen-age girl, shrouded in a head-to-toe veil, received 100 lashes for walking with a man who was not her relative. The Taliban religious army, which has imposed a strict version of Islamic law in the 85 percent of Afghanistan under its control, also publicly amputated the hands of two men convicted of stealing $500 from a shop. Their hands were later displayed to the crowd in Kabul's sports arena. Over a loudspeaker a local Taliban leader warned: "This is the fate of anyone who steals.'' At the other end of the arena, the girl, identified as Suhailullah, stood for 60 of her lashes and sat for the rest, witnesses said. No sound could be heard from beneath her burqua, a large piece of fabric that fits over the head with a mesh opening for the eyes. It was unclear how old the girl is, or whether she required medical treatment after the lashing. Taliban troops arrested Suhailullah as she walked down the street with a man, who ran off when they approached. Roving bands of Taliban soldiers routinely beat women for not covering themselves completely and beat men who appear to have shaven - both of which are crimes under Taliban law. On Wednesday, three men convicted of sodomy were buried under rubble for 30 minutes. They survived, and the Taliban spared their lives. Earlier this month, a large yellow crane dangling the body of a man hanged for treason drove slowly through Kabul. And a Taliban soldier convicted of theft was strapped to the front of a truck and driven through the capital, his face blackened with coal. foxnews.com

To: DMaA who wrote (13161)	2/27/1998 3:53:00 PM
From: Moonray	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 22053

Teledesic Launches First Test Low-Earth Internet Satellite Kirkland, Washington, Feb. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Teledesic LLC put its first test satellite into orbit, marking the first successful orbit of a commercial Ka-band low-earth orbit satellite, or LEO, USA Today reported. Teledesic, backed by Microsoft Corp.'s Bill Gates and cellular pioneer Craig McCaw, plans to build a network of 288 LEOs to serve as a space-based high-bandwidth Internet. The satellites, which are expected to be operational by 2002, could carry video or other data services to villages in China or U.S. cities which can't get good Internet connections through phone or cable lines, the paper said. McCaw resumed his role of Teledesic chief executive in December, reflecting the company's determination to stick to an ambitious timetable for creating the $9 billion satellite network. o~~~ O