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75 year old widow to be flogged for seeing male strangers in Saudi Arabia

75 year old widow to be flogged for seeing male strangers in Saudi ArabiaRiyadh (Saudi Arabia), Mar 10 : A 75-year-old widow has been sentenced to 40 lashes and four months imprisonment in Saudi Arabia for meeting two young men, who were strangers to her and were reportedly bringing her bread.

Khamisa Sawadi, a Syrian-born woman who was married to a Saudi, was convicted and sentenced last week for meeting men who were not her immediate relatives.

Saudi embassy in Pakistan receives terror mails

Saudi embassy in Pakistan receives terror mailsIslamabad, Mar. 6: The Saudi Arabia embassy here has received threatening e-mails warning of attacks on Saudi installations’ in the country.

According to The Nation, the threatening mail, reportedly from al-Qaeda, said that it would carry out attacks on Saudi installations’ such as the embassy, its attaches, and Saudi airline facilities in Pakistan in near future,

The Pakistan Government, however, has denied reports about any such threat mails.

Indian teen escapes death from Facebook ''Death Room'' gang

Indian teen escapes death from Facebook ''Death Room'' gangDubai, Mar 5 : An Indian teenager has admitted to have escaped death at the hands of a Facebook gang called ''Death Room'', which tortures rich school age kids and extorts money from them.

The boy claimed that it was his cheap mobile phone that saved him from the members of the horrendous gang.

The gang members assumed he came from a middle class family so they would not gain by extorting money from them.

The ''Death Room'' gang consisted of three people of unknown nationalities and two Pakistanis.

Workshop on Kerala’s ancient martial arts to be held in Dubai

Workshop on Kerala’s ancient martial arts to be held in DubaiDubai, Mar 5 : A world class instructor from Germany is set to hold a workshop on Kerala's ancient martial arts `Kalarippayat' in Dubai this weekend.

Gerhard Schmid, the instructor based in Hamburg, is offering a Kalari foundations workshop on March 6 and 7 at the Zen Yoga studio in Dubai Media City.

Delhi-born artist launches first painting exhibition in Dubai

Dubai, March 3 : A Delhi-born artist has launched her first major painting exhibition in Dubai.

India can overtake Australia in ODI team rankings

ICC-LogoDubai, Mar. 2 : India will be ranked second in the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Championship table if it wins its upcoming five-match series in New Zealand 5-0.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni's team currently lies in third position, some four ratings points behind second-placed Australia and five behind top team South Africa.

A clean sweep for India will put it ahead of Ricky Ponting's men by a fraction of a point but it would remain just behind the Proteas in what would be an extraordinarily tightly packed leader board with one ratings point separating the top three ODI teams in world cricket.

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