Nascent Drama

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The monkey god, Hanuman, is revered by Hindus who also regard monkeys as descendants of the deity.

 

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AFP/File Photo: Indian devotees gather around a statue of Lord Hanuman, the god monkey, at a temple...

 

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AFP: Offbeat News

Painter fuming over
fine for smoking
in own van ​

 

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Fri Jul 25,

 

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9:32 AM ET

 

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LONDON

 

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AFP/File Photo: A man smoking.

 

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A painter and decorator has been fined for breaching Britain's smoking ban -- by puffing on a cigarette in his own van, he said Friday.

 

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Gordon Williams, 58, of Llanafan in west Wales, was told by officials that his van was classed as a workplace and so fell foul of the ban, brought in last year to cover enclosed public places but not private areas.

 

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He was fined 30 pounds, even though he says he was not working and was on the way to buy his wife some teabags at the time.

 

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"I appreciate that a driver of a coach or a bus can't smoke at the wheel because obviously, that is the law of the land," he said.

 

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"Of course, there are tools and things in the van but a barrister would carry about documents in a briefcase in his own car -- this is no different to my mind."

 

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Ceredigion County Council, which imposed the fine, said it would be inappropriate to comment on individual cases.

 

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Go Gagh go!

 

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AFP: Offbeat News

Nigeria coach orders
short back and sides
for Olympic team ​

 

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Fri Jul 25,