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Thousands race in Egypt to fight breast cancer

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) – Thousands of runners and walkers have participated in the Middle East’s first-ever international Race for the Cure to raise awareness about breast cancer.

Saturday’s event took place near Egypt’s legendary Great Pyramids at Giza and included participants from all over the world.

The event was organised by the Susan G Komen for the Cure foundation and the Breast Cancer Foundation of Egypt.

The two groups said in a press release that the incidence of breast cancer is rising in Egypt and other countries in the Middle East and North Africa.

Saudi female journalist sentenced to 60 lashes

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – A Saudi court on Saturday convicted a female journalist for her involvement in a TV show, in which a Saudi man publicly talked about sex, and sentenced her to 60 lashes.

Rozanna al-Yami is believed to be the first Saudi woman journalist to be given such a punishment. The charges against her included involvement in the preparation of the programme and advertising the segment on the Internet.

Abdul-Rahman al-Hazza, the spokesman of the Ministry of Culture and Information, said he had no details of the sentencing and could not comment on it.

In the programme, which aired in July on the Lebanese LBC satellite channel, Mazen Abdul-Jawad appears to describe an active sex life and shows sex toys that were blurred by the station. The same court sentenced Abdul-Jawad earlier this month to five years in jail and 1,000 lashes.