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Man receives 15 years after killing pregnant wife By Rana Husseini AMMAN — The Criminal Court sentenced a 40-year-old man to 15 years in prison Sunday, after convicting him of murdering his pregnant wife in Hashemi Shamali in June 2001 following a domestic dispute. Faisal K., a taxi driver, was being tried for the shooting death of his pregnant 34-year-old wife at their Hashemi Shamali home on June 3. Court papers said the couple — married for 14 years — had been separated off and on for two months beginning in April 2001. On the day of the murder, the...

A 18 year old boy from Spijkernisse stabbed his three years younger sister on Tuesday. The Afghan stabbed his sister because she did not act according to the values and norms of their culture. The victim suffered a perforated lung, but is not in accurate danger of dying. The stabbing took place at the local fair in Spijkernisse. At 8:45 in the evning the brother and sister had an argument about the way of life of the girl. With a small knife he stabbed his sister multiple times, according the police Rotterdam-Rijnmond. When the girl collapsed, the boy kicked her...