AL-AHSA, 19 September 2007 — She wasn’t a hooligan, but she might as well have been for all the match-interrupting trouble she caused by daring to attend a free sporting event. According to yesterday’s Al-Watan newspaper, a free football match at a public stadium here was stopped in the 36th minute in order for stadium officials to order a 12-year-old girl out, because apparently the presence of a girl at a sporting event is offensive to people who don’t have better things about which to complain and get self-righteous. Before the game started, one particularly offended referee refused to start the game with the indecency of a female child attending the match. Another more rational referee dismissed his colleague’s concern and managed to get the game started. Later, however, stadium management decided to stop the game and asked the girl’s relatives to escort her out. The sporting event had been billed as a free community event, but apparently “free” and “community” only refers to half of the population — the ones who were born male.

Man Killed After Averting Death<\b>

DULAM, 19 September 2007 — A truck driver slightly shaken from a terrible head-on collision, was struck dead moments later by another speeding truck, the daily Al-Jazirah reported yesterday. According to witnesses, the driver emerged from his wrecked truck apparently uninjured. But then as he was inspecting the damage to his vehicle, another truck slammed into him, killing him instantly.