Monday, March 17, 2008

The Headlines


Oh Lord. The headlines. Please, someone say something. PLEASE!

Filipina back from the dead: A Filipino woman who was injured in a road accident on the Arabian Gulf Street has been admitted to a hospital, reports Arrouiah daily. The victim who works for a well-known hotel was on her way to a bus stop when a speeding Pakistani motorist hit her. It has been reported the victim’s heart stopped pumping and paramedics revived her with an electrical shock. The motorist has been referred to a police station.

What a morbid fucking headline.

UK, Kuwaiti families in sky-high brawl: The Kuwait International Airport police have referred two families - a British and a Kuwaiti - to the concerned authorities for fighting aboard a flight coming from London, reports Arrouiah daily. The daily did not give more details.

After such a sensational title (you know I love a good expat vs. kuwaiti gossip), the "daily did not give more details"? Seriously? Fuck the daily!


Daggers drawn over girl: A police lance corporal has filed a complaint with the Sabah Al-Salem Police Station accusing three men —including a first sergeant — of assaulting him, reports Al-Rai daily. According to the complainant the first sergeant pulled out a butcher’s knife and threatened to kill him. He added, some passersby intervened and saved the man’s life. The complainant said the incident took place when the first sergeant was harassing an unidentified Arab girl. When a Bedoun youth intervened the suspect took him to a police station and was beaten up. When the police officer on duty learned the truth he warned the first sergeant told him not to repeat the offence. The suspect thought it was the lance corporal who complained about him to the superior and picked up on him.

There are no daggers in this story. None at all.

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