Word: virginities
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...deportation. The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service has said it will not target illegals who were victims of the attacks. Genelle still must legalize her residency so she can travel freely--she and Roger had to postpone a trip to Trinidad and an expenses-paid honeymoon to the U.S. Virgin Islands--but Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's office is on the case...
...threat of punishment is miniscule, as there is no legislation prohibiting sex with children. (However, some cases have been brought against men who have raped children.) Meanwhile, child advocates say the fear of AIDS has boosted the allure of underage partners for local men, and that buying a virgin is a sign of prestige to some members of Cambodia's ?lite. "It's become socially acceptable to sleep with young girls," says Sochua. "The message is, 'It's O.K. Do it. You won't be punished...
...record label (a division of British music giant EMI) has been in financial straits since Aaliyah's death, and the executives who allegedly made the promises, former EMI chief executive Ken Berry and his wife, former Virgin vice-chairman Nancy Berry, have left the company. (They did not return phone calls seeking a comment.) Nevertheless, Turner says, she is outraged at Virgin's behavior. "We worked 24/7 to get the bodies out as expeditiously as possible. We had to bring in extra staff. People worked on their day off." There has not been "one word of thanks to anyone...
...singer Aaliyah in a small-plane crash last August was a sad event for everyone in the music world, but it has had a particularly bad aftertaste for one small business: Butlers' Funeral Homes and Crematorium in Nassau, the Bahamas. Loretta Turner, the funeral-home director, told TIME that Virgin Records, the singer's label, is reneging on a verbal agreement to pay the costs of preparation and transport of the bodies of Aaliyah and eight members of her entourage who died in the crash. The mortuary...
...Virgin has indicated to us that they will not honor the agreement," says Turner, who has even appealed for help to the U.S. Embassy in Nassau, to no avail. Robert Spragg, an attorney who is representing Aaliyah's parents, Michael and Diane Haughton, in a lawsuit against Virgin and other defendants stemming from the crash, says the Haughtons were also told by Virgin executives that they would be reimbursed for their funeral expenses, but have received nothing. A Virgin representative declined to comment...