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NEWS ABOUT: misunderstanding

misunderstanding stories: 3 news summaries

 Quaids: $10K Hotel Bill 
 Got Lost in Mail 

Couple didn't think they had to pay at checkout, moved before tab arrived: lawyer

Sep 30, 09 7:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Randy and Evi Quaid didn’t pay the $10,000 hotel bill they’re accused of skipping out because it got lost in the mail, their lawyer told a Santa Barbara, Calif., court today. The Quaids didn’t think they had to pay upon checkout, and changed addresses before the... More »

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mail • lawyer • misunderstanding • Santa Barbara County • Randy Quaid • Evi Quaid • San Ysidro Ranch

Man Arrested
for Kissing His
Own Daughter

Italian tourist faces 15 years in prison after Brazil pool incident

Sep 7, 09 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - A controversy is brewing in Brazil over a 48-year-old Italian tourist who was arrested for touching and kissing his own 8-year-old daughter, the BBC reports. A couple reported seeing the man touching a young girl inappropriately at a hotel pool, apparently unaware that the girl was his daughter. Under a... More »

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Brazil • Italy • child molestation • sexual abuse • misunderstanding

TRAVEL

 11 Travel Faux Pas to Avoid 

Touching is too intimate in some Asian nations

Jun 21, 08 1:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - A great pleasure of this wide world of ours is the multiplicity of cultures and customs. That diversity can also get you into a heap of trouble. So, when traveling, here’s what not to do, and where not to do it, from Travel and Leisure.
  • Touching: Too
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travel • eating • hospitality • gaffe • tourists • ancient customs • tradition • misunderstanding

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