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Afghan judge outlaws 'immoral and smutty' cable television Rory McCarthy in Islamabad Wednesday January 22, 2003 The Guardian Afghanistan's most senior judge outlawed cable television yesterday saying it was against Islam, a decision reminiscent of the Taliban regime. Fazl Hadi Shinwari, a religious cleric and the new government's chief justice, said cable television, which now provides foreign news, movie, sports and entertainment channels in Afghanistan, was filled with "prostitution" and "nudity". "I don't want such TV in this country," he said yesterday in Kabul. Some of the programmes shown were "clearly contrary to Islam and against morality", he said. The...

<p>LOS ANGELES(AP) - Two men who allegedly fired more than 300 gunshots into the air to mark the beginning of 2003 were arrested Wednesday, police said.</p> <p>The men, who police identified as possible gang members, were taken into custody at a South Los Angeles home around 1 a.m. for investigation of weapons possession and negligent discharge of a firearm, Sgt. Ray Garvin said.</p>