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'French kiss' earns Aussie-German couple a conviction in the UAE
Sydney Morning Herald ^ | May 18 2003 | DPA

Posted on 05/17/2003 9:36:52 AM PDT by knighthawk

An Australian and a German caught 'French kissing' in the emirate of Dubai have been given six-month jail terms suspended for three years under condition they do not reoffend, a local newspaper reported in the United Arab Emirates yesterday.

The Dubai Court of First Instance found a 26-year-old Australian man, and a 26-year-old German woman guilty of kissing in public.

Names for the couple were not provided. They were also fined 1,000 dirhams ($570) each for being under the influence of alcohol.

Dubai, one of the seven sheikhdoms that make up the United Arab Emirates on the Arabian Peninsula, is the commercial hub and the most permissive emirate in the UAE.

Nonetheless, alcohol consumption is strictly controlled and public displays of sexuality forbidden.


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KEYWORDS: conviction; couple; frenchkiss; uae
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1 posted on 05/17/2003 9:36:53 AM PDT by knighthawk
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To: MizSterious; rebdov; Nix 2; green lantern; BeOSUser; Brad's Gramma; dreadme; Turk2; Squantos; ...
Ping
2 posted on 05/17/2003 9:37:10 AM PDT by knighthawk (Full of power I'm spreading my wings, facing the storm that is gathering near)
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To: knighthawk
can hardly wait for islam to dominate America...those sodomite nude beaches ought to be a'gas
(literally)
3 posted on 05/17/2003 9:44:48 AM PDT by joesnuffy (Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)
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To: knighthawk
For the life of me, i can not imagine a more oppressive abuse of simple human freedoms.
4 posted on 05/17/2003 9:48:02 AM PDT by ChadGore (It's all an Amish plot)
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To: knighthawk
ROPMA
5 posted on 05/17/2003 9:48:16 AM PDT by ChadGore (It's all an Amish plot)
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To: knighthawk
This is going to do wonders for their tourism industry.
6 posted on 05/17/2003 9:53:18 AM PDT by BrooklynGOP
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To: knighthawk
"When in Rome..."

5.56mm

7 posted on 05/17/2003 9:54:39 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: knighthawk
It is not said wether they were allowed to leave the Emirate. Usually, they´re not - but what the #e** shall these two do Dubai?
8 posted on 05/17/2003 9:57:18 AM PDT by Michael81Dus
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To: knighthawk
Wouldn't it be Freedom Kissing?
9 posted on 05/17/2003 10:19:31 AM PDT by RJCogburn (Yes, I will call it bold talk for a......)
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To: knighthawk
However, this is acceptable conduct:


10 posted on 05/17/2003 10:37:27 AM PDT by PatrickHenry (Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas.)
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To: knighthawk
This kind of backwards behavior goes a long way to explaining why the Islamic world will never escape the yoke of the West.
11 posted on 05/17/2003 10:43:52 AM PDT by Mister Magoo
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To: RJCogburn
Wouldn't it be Freedom Kissing?

LOL!!! ... but, evidently not. ;)
12 posted on 05/17/2003 10:47:36 AM PDT by Fawnn (I think therefore I'm halfway there....)
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To: PatrickHenry
LOL!
13 posted on 05/17/2003 11:04:10 AM PDT by knighthawk (Full of power I'm spreading my wings, facing the storm that is gathering near)
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To: PatrickHenry
Good one!
14 posted on 05/17/2003 11:07:49 AM PDT by Prodigal Son
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To: knighthawk; All
Dubai, one of the seven sheikhdoms that make up the United Arab Emirates on the Arabian Peninsula, is the commercial hub and the most permissive emirate in the UAE.

Does anyone know the names of the rest of these "emirates"? Is ABU DAHBI one of them???

15 posted on 05/17/2003 11:28:03 AM PDT by Lael (Well, I Guess he DIDN'T go wobbly in the legs!! Now, "W", lets do the REST of the AXIS of EVIL!!)
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To: Lael
Yes...
16 posted on 05/17/2003 11:33:32 AM PDT by The Coopster
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To: Lael
Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al-Qaiwain, Ras Al-Khaimah, and Fujairah.
17 posted on 05/17/2003 11:35:01 AM PDT by The Coopster
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To: knighthawk
One reason why al and tipper never visit UAE.

FMCDH

18 posted on 05/17/2003 11:38:45 AM PDT by nothingnew
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To: Lael
Does anyone know the names of the rest of these "emirates"?

Dopey, Bashful, Grumpy, Sneezy, Sleepy, Happy & Doc ???? ;-)

19 posted on 05/17/2003 11:47:05 AM PDT by varon
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To: knighthawk
Dubai . . .is . . .the most permissive emirate in the UAE.

IOW, they're damn lucky to be alive.

"Dubai is for lovers."

20 posted on 05/17/2003 11:54:40 AM PDT by henbane
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