The reason for the ban? Its coz many Ehtiopians have been diagnosed with dangerous and infectious diseases during tests after their arrival in Kuwait. Thus, the Kuwaiti government gave orders not to issue any work or visit visas to people from Ethiopia. The ban comes after several meetings between health and interior ministry officials, where discussions centered around the appearance of infectious diseases among workers from Asian and African countries, especially Egypt, Ethiopia, Guinea, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

It was agreed as a start to ban Ethiopian citizens from working in Kuwait, and not allow them entry even with visit visas, with the exception of ministers and officials. The health ministry has sent official letters to the interior ministry asking it not to issue entry visas to all Ethiopians – be they domestic helpers, those who want to work in the private sector or even professional athletes. The ban is part of national security and constitutes a preventive measure for Kuwait.

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According to news reports, women have been BANNED from wearing mini-skirts at the Beijing Olympics. This is part of China’s strict dress code in the upcoming 2008 Games. Men will also be banned if they strip off their shirts, and anyone who will wave a large banner (more than 2 meters long). Outdoor music and eating outdoors in bars and restaurants near any Olympic venues are also banned. These items are just one of the few listed in a nine-page code of regulations called the House Spectator Rules drawn up by the Beijing Olympic Organising Committee.

Harsh huh?? But its get even “better” — even locals will be banned if they wear Go China T-shirts or waving banners reading I Love China in case they give the impression of a pro-China bias. Huang Keying, of the Beijing Organising Committee, said: “We have specially trained staff who will communicate with spectators. But refusal to comply with these rules will be subject to punishments or criminal prosecution.”

Last year, an Iraqi national known as AE appealed against Home Secretary Jacqui Smith’s decision in refusing to permit him to undertake the AS-level courses (chemistry and human biology) in the 2008-9 academic year at a regional college. AE said his purpose for studying the courses was to continue his medical studies. Mr Justice Silber, sitting at London’s High Court, ruled that the Iraqi national had taken part in terrorist activities and knowledge from his preferred courses could be used to make explosives. Thus, AE will be banned from taking chem and bio classes.

Mr Justice Silber said: “The use by a terrorist of the practical experience learnt on those courses to produce explosives or pathogens could lead to a substantial loss of lives. It requires relatively small amounts of either to cause loss of life and damage to property. It will be recollected that the bombs which caused so much loss of life on 7 July 2005 were created by individuals in their own homes. There is no suggestion that AE was involved with those events but they show how much damage can be caused by such bombs by people who have the expertise and confidence to produce dangerous items.”

And what hurts most, the pro-democracy opposition leader’s father is also one of the honored during Martyrs’ Day. Fore some reason, unlike the previous years, Aung San Suu Kyi was not invited this year to pay tribute to her late father on Burma’s Martyrs’ Day ceremony. Supporters of the Nobel peace laureate say she was kept under house arrest as the military government held a short memorial service early Saturday in Rangoon. Aside from her, foreigh diplomates were also banned at the ceremony in the Martyr’s mausoleum close to the famous Shwe Dagon shrine.

General Aung San (her father) and eight other people were shot by political rivals on July 19th, 1942, while they were holding a meeting for Burmese independence from Britain. Last May 27, Aung San Suu Kyi’s house detention was extended by one year. She has been under house arrest continuously since May 2003, for more than 12 of the last 18 years, and has been a recipient of the Nobel Peace award.

According to reports, the “Karma Chameleon” singer has been refused a visa for the US leg of his summer tour (which was to include a special performance for his former colleagues at New York’s Department of Sanitation) over complications arising from the singer’s criminal past and pending his London trial this November. The singer, whose full name is George O’Dowd, pleaded not guilty in February to falsely imprisoning a male escort (chained him to a wall in his London apartment). He was released on bail. Boy George’s rep said the singer was “devastated” he would not be able to play in the States for what would have been the first time in a decade.

The singer’s management said in a statement: “George is astounded at the decision and is having lawyers here in the States look at it in the hope that someone will change their mind. George has not been convicted of anything in London and there is a presumption in the Western World of innocence until proven guilty.” His management continues: “He is clearly not considered any form of risk. George really would love to come to America and repay his American fans’ loyalty, and that is why we are asking the U.S. authorities to reconsider their decision.”

Three Brooklyn high school seniors will be banned from their graduation ceremony because of a prank involving a cake that apparently was laced with laxatives. Department of Education spokeswoman Margie Feinberg said Wednesday that the cake sickened two crossing guards, a social worker and three teachers — two of them sought treatment at a hospital.

As punishment, the students will finish their year at an alternative learning center. They will be banned from their school, and a parent or guardian will have to escort them if they need to stop by the Brooklyn School for Global Studies. Feinberg says the students didn’t realize anyone would be harmed. The NYPD is testing the cake’s ingredients, but Feinberg says a laxative is suspected.