MAKKAH, 1 March 2008 †The case of Yara, the businesswomen who was arrested by the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice on Feb. 4 for sitting with a male colleague at Starbucks, has caused other businesswomen to be concerned about whether they will end up in the same predicament.
MIRI: Two ‘Sunda princesses’ were each sentenced to one-and-a-half years in jail by the Sessions Court here yesterday, after being found guilty of the first and third charge of entering the country without valid passes.
Hackley 52, Riverdale Country Day 31: At Hackley, Elizabeth Bendick and Lamia Harik each scored 11 points as Hackley defeated visiting Riverdale 52-31 yesterday. Allie Pischina had nine points for the Hornets.
Former Education Minister Marietta Giannakou was yesterday in the intensive-care unit of the Henry Dunant hospital in Athens after suffering a heart attack following a minor surgical cleansing of her right leg, whose lower section was amputated two weeks ago.
Boca Raton Community Hospital has announced the appointment of Barbara Lamia, a registered nurse with more than 32 years experience, as the new director of cardiology at Boca Raton Community Hospital.
Lebanon has received a 4.5 million euro ($6.7 million) grant from the German government to fund environmental projects in response to the damage wrought on flora and fauna by the 2006 war with Israel. The grant, entitled the "Project of the Environmental Fund in Lebanon," will fund projects proposed for the environmental reconstruction.
This spring, Kate and Brent Halfwassen plan to build a storage shed with a green roof behind their 1,600-square-foot 1890 Victorian home in Riverwest. Because the roof is level with an adjacent slope and can hold 165 pounds per square foot, it
Valhalla 57, Hamilton 27: In a Class C quarterfinal at Valhalla, Dana Nucaro and Tamara Tribble each had 12 points and 10 rebounds for the fourth-seeded Vikings. Paris London scored 12 points for the No. 5 Red Raiders.
Employees who missed work because of the snowfall over the last few days should not have their wages cut, the General Confederation of Greek Labor (GSEE) said yesterday.