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• 30 lashes for smoking on plane  

Jump to full article: AAP (Australian Associated Press) (au), 2009-02-02
Author: From correspondents in Riyadh AAP

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A SUDANESE man has been sentenced to 30 lashes for smoking on a domestic Saudi Arabian Airlines flight, local media reported today.

The unnamed man had refused to put out his cigarette on the flight to the Red Sea port city of Jeddah from Qurayyat in northern Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Gazette said.

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