An Islamic court in northern Nigeria has ruled that Amina Lawal Kurami, 31, must face death by stoning for having a child outside marriage, in accordance with Muslim law.
In Monday’s decision, the judge said the stoning would not be carried out until the young mother had weaned her eight-month-old daughter, which may not be for another two years.
Management at the Australia Post has allegedly taken petty measures against employees including advising them that one sheet of toilet paper is enough. Delivery workers have been told to cut back on the use of sunscreen and to use fewer pens.
A Melbourne call center worker was docked $3000 for having more than three personal photographs on her desk, a breach of company policy.
A 25-year-old man has been charged with indecent behavior after masturbating over a police car.
Brisbane, Australia, police caught the man on security cameras and apprehended him before he could soil the police cruiser. A policewoman says they believe the man was doing it for about ten minutes before being caught.
A 14-year-old Russian boy was mauled by a bear at a zoo in Yekaterinburg. The boy, Alexander Skripkin, told the reporterts he decided to feed the bear, offering him a candy on his hand.
The bear grabbed the boy’s hand and tried to yank him into the cage. The boy’s friends managed to pull him away from the bear.
Hooters chairman Robert H Brooks is considering buying Vanguard, a Kansas City-based discount airline that filed for bankruptcy and grounded its fleet last month. Brooks will spend the next several weeks going over the company’s books to determine if it’s worth the effort and expense.
A Fergus Falls, Minnesota, teenager hit by a pickup truck says a member of the ambulance crew dispatched to carry him to the hospital was the hit-and-run driver.
The 18-year-old emergency medical technician is expected to be charged with felony criminal vehicular injury and misdemeanor reckless driving.
The victim suffered three broken ribs, a bruised lung and facial cuts.
A 19-year-old motorcyclist who turned to give the finger to police officers was struck and killed by a taxi Wednesday in Kameoka, Kyoto (Japan). Police had just stopped their pursuit when the accident occurred.
A 20-year-old friend of the driver killed in the crash also sustained a broken jaw. The driver of the taxi was unhurt.
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