yesterday was...

a good day for:

Swaziland milliners, as Msweli Mdluli, a Swazi MP, blamed the lack of rain in Southern Africa on women who go about with their heads uncovered. "So long as women continue to ignore culture," he told a public meeting to discuss the water shortage, "the drought will never go."

a bad day for:

Lahcen Touijri, 25, given an eight month prison sentence in France for attempting to steal a handbag. The crime occurred while he was appearing before a tribunal on a charge of receiving and using false cheques.