Four Moldovan women accidentally violated a 1,000-year-old ban on women entering the all male monastic community of Mount Athos, when they were left on Greek shores by human traffickers.
Police said on May 26 that the women -- aged between 27 and 32 -- as well as a 41-year-old Moldovan man were smuggled from Turkey by boat to the Greek Orthodox community of 20 monasteries, long off limits to women. The reached land on May 25.
"They told police and the monks they were sorry but they couldn't have known this was a no-women area," said a police officer, who declined to be named. "They were forgiven."
Monks spotted the women late on May 25 and alerted police. Under Greek law, the violation of the ban on women on Mount Athos, considered Orthodox Christianity's spiritual home, is illegal and can be punished with up to two years in jail.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Bit by bugs at work, woman sues landlord
A Fox News employee sued the landlord of her company's office building on May 29, claiming she got bedbug bites at work.
Jane Clark, a satellite feed coordinator, says in a lawsuit filed on May 29 in Manhattan's state Supreme Court that she picked up the bugs in the mid-Manhattan tower that houses the New York Post and the Fox News Channel.
Clark, 37, says the critter encounter last year left her unable to work and suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. She said an investigation revealed that another employee was bringing the bugs to work from his home, but that person no longer works at Fox.
The lawsuit asks unspecified damages from the building's owner, a management company and two maintenance companies. The Fox News Channel and its parent News Corp were not named as defendants.
Clark's lawyer, Alan Schnurman, said he has filed lawsuits over bedbug infestations in hotels, cruise ships, and apartment buildings, but said this was ``the first we know about in the work environment.''
Ashley McCown, spokeswoman for building owners and managers Beacon Capital Partners LLC, 1211 6th Avenue Property Owner LLC, and Cushman & Wakefield, said they learned bedbugs were in an area of the Fox newsroom.
``We have been informed that the bedbugs have been exterminated,'' McCown said. ``We have no indication they spread outside a limited area within the newsroom. Nonetheless, as a prudent step, we are bringing in outside, independent experts to review the situation.''
Defendants Triangle Maintenance Service Inc. and American Quality Cleaning Corp did not immediately return calls for comment.
Jane Clark, a satellite feed coordinator, says in a lawsuit filed on May 29 in Manhattan's state Supreme Court that she picked up the bugs in the mid-Manhattan tower that houses the New York Post and the Fox News Channel.
Clark, 37, says the critter encounter last year left her unable to work and suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. She said an investigation revealed that another employee was bringing the bugs to work from his home, but that person no longer works at Fox.
The lawsuit asks unspecified damages from the building's owner, a management company and two maintenance companies. The Fox News Channel and its parent News Corp were not named as defendants.
Clark's lawyer, Alan Schnurman, said he has filed lawsuits over bedbug infestations in hotels, cruise ships, and apartment buildings, but said this was ``the first we know about in the work environment.''
Ashley McCown, spokeswoman for building owners and managers Beacon Capital Partners LLC, 1211 6th Avenue Property Owner LLC, and Cushman & Wakefield, said they learned bedbugs were in an area of the Fox newsroom.
``We have been informed that the bedbugs have been exterminated,'' McCown said. ``We have no indication they spread outside a limited area within the newsroom. Nonetheless, as a prudent step, we are bringing in outside, independent experts to review the situation.''
Defendants Triangle Maintenance Service Inc. and American Quality Cleaning Corp did not immediately return calls for comment.
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