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A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced a woman to 10 lashes for breaking the country's ban on female drivers.

Builder prefers prison to house arrest with wife PALERMO, Sicily (Reuters) - A Sicilian builder transferred from prison to house arrest tried to get himself locked up again to escape arguments with his wife at home, Italian media reported Thursday. Santo Gambino, 30, did time for dumping hazardous waste before being moved to house arrest in Villabate, outside the Sicilian capital, Palermo, Italian news agencies reported. Gambino went to the police station and asked to be put away again to avoid arguing with his wife, who accused him of failing to pay for the upkeep of their two children.

‘Death Is Much Better Than Living With a Second Wife’ Mahmoud Ahmad, Arab News JEDDAH, 10 August 2006 — There’s a little saying among married women in Saudi Arabia. It goes like this: Death is much better than living with a second wife. Husbands who have crossed this line from one to more-than-one wife have encountered problems with their first wives. Sometimes these problems end up in violence. Women have resorted to stabbing or burning their husbands in their sleep. Men have discovered that taking on more than one wife has a downside. Polygamy is problematic that way. In a...