Marnie Pearce, 40, had her jail sentence reduced from six to three months by Dubai´s Appeal Court, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office said.

She was also ordered to pay a fine of 3,000 dirhams and will be deported.

Ms Pearce, originally from Bracknell, Berkshire, was found guilty of adultery by a Dubai court in November after being accused of cheating on her Egyptian ex-husband.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/dubai/4314119/British-mother-faces-jail-for-adultery-in-Dubai-after-losing-appeal.html

 How can they accuse her, when it is her ex-husband?  Their marriage broke up before the trial, wasn´t it?

 yes but the complaint was about when they were married..... it seems to me this was  enforcing a way to get custody of the children....with her out of the way and now with a criminal record she has less strength in her fight ..

 Unfortunately it is a risk that women take when marrying into a culture such as this, where men have the most rights.  Love is not enough, calculation of the risks should be applied!

 I think this has nothing to do with culture but rather with the law. When marrying someone, one does that according to a certain law therefore for divorce/  child custody the law that is applied is the same as the law that was applied for marriage.

To give an example, since this is a recurrent problem in lebanon, 2 lebanese who were married in cyprus under the chypriot law, in case of dicorce the court dont follow the lebanese law but rather the chypriot law. It is a contract like any other contract and in order to break it you follow the law under which it was established at the first place.

So if the lady go married in dubai following the emirates law, in case of divorce , child custody, inheritance, etc etc they will follow the emirati law! It is that simple and has nothing to do with culture. Now to say that the law is affected by the culture that is true.

As for adultary, one has to abide with the laws of the country they live in. She took the risk and she has to pay the price.

 I dont say that this is correct but knowing where you live why take risks!

 I dont go live in saudia for example and walk without the head cover and when arrested I shout "bad culture" or whatever. I dont go there at the first place!

Police in Nigeria are holding a goat on suspicion of attempted armed robbery.

Vigilantes seized the black and white goat, saying it was an armed robber who had used black magic to transform himself into an animal to escape after trying to steal a Mazda 323.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1127012/Police-arrest-goat-accused-armed-robbery.html

Getting Rid of the "War on Terror" Mindset

http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=getting_rid_of_the_war_on_terror_mindset

OMG!!!!I have learnt that as a representative of Polish nation I have ´ ball nose"

 We use this phrase in Turkey for the people who have a nose like a small greengage

by

http://vedatc.blogspot.com/2008/12/have-you-ever-guessed-country-or.html

 now being confused is it good or not

Well, it´s always better then having a crooked nose! (as Turkish nation representatives do )