Two train drivers and six other transport ministry employees have been jailed in Egypt for the manslaughter of 18 people killed in a train crash October. The busy passenger service ran into the back of stationary train south of Cairo. Sentences handed down range from 3 to 7 years.
President Jacob Zuma of South Africa has married his third current wife in a traditional Zulu ceremony attended by leading politicians as well as local people in traditional dress. He had already married 36-year-old Thobeka Mabhija in a civil ceremony. In all, Mr. Zuma has had five wives but one died and he divorced from another. Karen Allen reports.
Jacob Zuma formalized his marriage to Thobeka Mabhija who's already been seen with him during a number of public engagements. Wearing traditional Zulu dress, the couple danced and celebrated their union in front of guests strewn from the world business and politics. President Zuma embracing of polygamy has endeared him to a large numbers of South Africans. But some voices from the church and women's groups expressed concern about what signal they’ve sent out, given South Africa's high HIV rates.
In Malaysia, dozens of unmarried Muslim couples may face charges of sexual misconduct after being arrested by Islamic morality police. Officers in the western state of Selangor raided hotels in the early hours of new year's day detaining unmarried Muslims who were sharing rooms. The latest Sharia code forbids unmarried men and women from being alone in private.