Stockholm
Jailed for a smack: A Muslim couple have been in jail for more than a month for allegedly breaking Swedish law by smacking their son on the hand. The four children of Azizul Raheem Awalludin, the director of the Stockholm office of the Malaysian government tourism agency, are in Swedish foster care while he and his wife are in detention pending trial. The children have asked to be placed with a Muslim family at the Malaysian Embassy instead. “We don’t feel comfortable staying with a non-Muslim family and are finding it hard to adjust,” Aisyah, 14, the couple’s oldest daughter, told Malaysian media. All forms of corporal punishment have been illegal in Sweden since 1979.
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Protesters killed: Ukraine’s ongoing anti-government protests turned tragic this week after police trying to regain control of the city center shot at least two protesters dead. Some 100,000 Ukrainians had turned out against a draconian new restriction that bars protesters from wearing helmets, setting up tents, or even traveling together to rally sites. Many protesters peacefully mocked the new law by wearing pots on their heads, but some attacked police, and Kiev turned into a snowy battle scene with tear gas and water cannons blasting. As smoke rose over the city and riot police marched through the streets, pro--Russian President Viktor Yanukovych finally agreed to meet with opposition leaders, including former boxing champ Vitali Klitschko. “We will not allow a dictatorship,” Klitschko said.
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