Indian student deported from US for sex crime
FEB 8: An Indian student, studying in the Untied States, has been deported after he was convicted of sex crime over the Internet. 27-year-old Salman Shah-Malik, a University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) student, was last week deported to India by US immigration and customs enforcement officials. Shah-Malik was convicted in a Dallas court in September last year after he had many computer conversations with Garland and Arlington police department officers posing as a 15-year-old girl. The sexually explicit "instant messaging" computer discussions were used as evidence to show that Shah-Malik knew that soliciting an under-age girl for sex was illegal. He pleaded guilty to the charges and was sentenced to 10 years probation for his crime. However, as an alien and convicted aggravated felon he was placed into removal proceedings and was deported Tuesday last. Garland and Arlington police officers originally met Shah-Malik in a Dallas area computer "chat room." They provided detailed and sexually explicit transcripts of the computer discussions. The evidence against Shah-Malik also included recorded video from his web camera with him exposing his genitals. "Deporting criminal aliens is one of our highest priorities," said Nuria Prendes, field office director for Ice Dallas Detention and Removal Operations.
UK's top speller is a Keralite
FEB 8: If you were to go out into the street and ask people to spell, for example, Thiruvananthapuram, most would probably get it wrong. They probably wouldn't fare much better with, say, Mahabharat, or even poppadom at a pinch. But there's one person who will get them, and a host of other not so simple words, right, and that person is only 13-years-old. She is called Gayathri Kumar and she has recently beaten 100,000 young hopefuls to be crowned Britain's top speller. The competition was organized and televised by the BBC under the title "Hard Spell", and was inspired by the success of a similar event in the United States. The young winner only spelled one word wrong throughout the entire contest. In an interview with the Eastern Eye newspaper, she confessed to early nerves but: "as I went through the heats, I started to relax more. The most difficult word I got was "Garibaldi" and it was the only word I got wrong throughout the whole competition." The young girl never really thought she stood a chance of winning: "I felt really shocked when I won the competition and even started crying." That was after the final round in which she spelt chihuahua correctly and her rival spelt dachshund wrongly. Both of Gayathri's parents are doctors and she herself could well follow in their footsteps: "My favorite subject is English and I enjoy spelling and I am interested in becoming a psychiatrist". So, how did she get involved with the program in the first place? "I first found out about "Hard Spell" when my school sent a letter to everyone in years seven to nine telling us about it. Everyone did a test and the two people who got the best results went through to the regional heats. I then worked out a revision plan and my dad helped me out with some of the trickier words that sound easier than they are". As a result of her victory, Gayathri's school now has some new media equipment and the Kumar family has a free holiday to look forward to, as well as a trophy to admire in the living room. The competition has also brought the added bonus of making Gayathri even more popular at school than she already was: "My friends think it's really cool", she said happily. And so it is. (ANI)
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