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This Article is From Jan 22, 2010

Saudi girl to get 90 lashes for carrying cell phone

Dubai: A 13-year-old schoolgirl in Saudi Arabia was sentenced to 90 lashes and two months in prison for carrying to her classroom a mobile phone equipped with a camera.

The girl, who has not been named, was sentenced to 90 lashes in front of her classmates followed by two months of detention.

A Saudi court pronounced the judgment after she was caught with a cell phone equipped with a camera. The gadget is banned in girls' schools in the country, Press TV reported on Thursday.

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