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China rebuts report of violating India airspace - 0 views

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    China does not encroach on other countries' airspace, said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu Tuesday at a press conference.
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    i am not sure when the relationship between India and CHina becomes bad. I can find online news recently, there are a lot of issues about the war prediction in the future between two nations. I wouldn't believe it can be the truth because if so, I cannot imagine how many innocent people will be dead.Please do not forget, both India and CHina are the first two countries with the largest number of world's population.
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Sudan Court Fines Woman for Wearing Trousers - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • A Sudanese woman who wore pants in public was fined the equivalent of $200
  • “I will not pay a penny,” she told The Associated Press.
  • The judge had threatened to jail her for one month if she did not pay the fine.
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  • Sudan is partly governed by Islamic law, which calls for women to dress modestly. But the law is vague. According to Article 152 of Sudan’s penal code, anyone “who commits an indecent act which violates public morality or wears indecent clothing” can be fined and lashed up to 40 times.
  • She was arrested in July, along with 12 other women, who were caught at a cafe wearing trousers. “I am Muslim; I understand Muslim law,” Mrs. Hussein said in an interview on Friday. “But I ask: What passage in the Koran says women can’t wear pants? This is not nice.”
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