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‘Leggings are not pants’
The Arab emirate of Qatar has issued a decree telling tourists that leggings are not pants. The Gulf state has launched a modesty drive to make sure tourists understand what is and isn’t appropriate dress. And leggings fail to make the cut. The Reflect your respect campaign, managed by Qatar’s state-run Islamic Culture Centre, uses Twitter, Instagram and leaflets distributed in public places to inform visitors of basic modesty laws in preparation for the 2022 Football World Cup. “If you are in Qatar, you are one of us. Help us preserve Qatar’s culture and values. Please dress modestly in public places,” the leaflets explain. The word “modestly” has been starred on the leaflet and a footnote reads: “Leggings are not pants”. According to Qatar leggings are not appropriate dress because they are too tight and they can be translucent.
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Piers Morgan ‘dacked’ by Harry Styles Notorious One Direction prankster Harry Styles embarrassed British newsman Piers Morgan by pulling down his shorts during a charity soccer game. The singer was joined by his bandmates Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan at the celebrity soccer tournament in Leicester, England on Tuesday. Morgan, Boyzone singer Ronan Keating and British comedian James Corden also took part in the match alongside former professional players. A short video has since emerged showing Styles running up behind Morgan and pulling his shorts down in front of the stadium crowd. Morgan swiftly hauls them back up and the singer runs off cheering.
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Timothy Hurley was charged with assaulting William Morcan by kicking him in the head. The offence occurred when Morcan demanded an apology for Hurley’s “insulting language” in the Chertsey hotel. When the defendant refused, Morcan struck him in the head; the defendant then knocked him down and kicked him three times.
Aussie charity blocks Kiwi Red Nose Day A New Zealand charity has lost its right to use the words “Red Nose Day”, after an Australian charity succeeded in a four-year court challenge to have the Kiwi trademark revoked. But Cure Kids, which raises money for research into child illnesses through Red Nose Day in New Zealand, vowed to appeal the decision and said the fundraising campaign would go ahead as normal this year. “We have owned the rights to Red Nose Day in New Zealand since 1989 and we continue to do so,” Cure Kids chief executive Vicki Lee said. “The Australians can do their own thing, in their own country. Prior to this challenge that is exactly what has always happened. We will appeal it to the High Court. “From my point of view, the public don’t want to see two charities arguing. It doesn’t look good for either charity, but we feel that we have to defend our New Zealand rights to this.”
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Thief with a sweet tooth It’s enough to make a candy junkie give up the sweet stuff forever. A self-declared chocolate addict has been sentenced to five months in one of Colombia’s harshest prisons for swiping $8 worth of candy bars. Luis Augusto Mora was caught stealing two boxes of locally-made Jumbo bars at a Bogota supermarket. After confessing, Mora was sentenced to La Picota prison, home to some of the country’s most hardened criminals and drug-traffickers. The tough punishment has caught the attention of President Juan Manuel Santos. In a radio interview yesterday he said that misdemeanors like Mora’s shouldn’t waste prosecutors’ time and effort. Meanwhile, prosecutors have distributed a statement saying the chocolate thief is expressing regret. Mora says he’ll “never again touch a chocolate in my life.”
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