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NYC college student sentenced to 1 year in Dubai prison over airport altercation, group says

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A 21-year-old New York City college student has been sentenced to prison time in the United Arab Emirates over an incident at a Dubai airport, an advocacy group said. A 21-year-old New York City college student has been sentence d to prison time in the United Arab Emirates over an altercation at a Dubai airport , an advocacy group said. Elizabeth Polanco De Los Santos, a student at Lehman College in the Bronx, was sentenced to one year in prison after being accused of "assaulting and insulting" Dubai International Airport customs officials, according to Detained in Dubai, an advocacy organization that supports foreign nationals who have been detained and prosecuted in the United Arab Emirates. De Los Santos was traveling back to New York from a trip to Istanbul with a friend when she had a 10-hour layover in Dubai on July 14, according to Detained in Dubai. While going through security, a security officer asked the student, who recently had surgery, to remove a medical w...

UK police hunt motive in Nottingham attack as friends mourn student athlete victims

Police in England are working to piece together details of a knife and van attack that killed two 19-year-old students and another man in the city of Nottingham LONDON -- Police worked Wednesday to piece together details and the motive of a knife and van attack that killed two 19-year-old student s and another man in the English city of Nottingham, as friends and family remembered the two younger victims as talented athletes with a passion for life. Nottingham University students Barnaby Webber and Grace Kumar were stabbed to death in a street near student housing before dawn on Tuesday. Police say a 31-year-old suspect also killed a man in his 50s more than a mile (1.6 kilometers) away, stole his van and ran down a group of pedestrians. Three people were hurt, one critically, in the hit-and-run. The slain owner of the van was Ian Coates, a school caretaker. His employer said he was a “beloved and respected” staff member at a Nottingham primary school. The rampage unfolded over abo...