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September 8, 2009

Sudan Fines Woman Who Wore Pants

By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN and WALEED ARAFAT

NAIROBI, Kenya — A Sudanese woman who wore pants in public was fined the equivalent of $200 but spared a whipping on Monday when a court found her guilty of violating Sudan’s decency laws.
The woman, Lubna Hussein, an outspoken journalist who had recently worked for the United Nations, faced up to 40 lashes in the case, which has generated considerable interest both inside and outside Sudan.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/08/world/africa/08sudan.html