13 held in raid on vice den.Byline: SARA Sara or Sarah, in the Bible, wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac. With Rebekah, Rachel, and Leah, she was one of the four Hebrew matriarchs. Her name was originally Sarai [Heb.,=princess]. SAMI Sami: see Lapland. Sami or Lapp Any of the descendants of ancient nomadic peoples who inhabited northern Scandinavia. They may be Paleo-Siberian or alpine peoples from central Europe. MANAMA Manama Arabic Al-Manamah City (pop., 2001: 143,035), capital of Bahrain. Situated at the northeastern tip of Bahrain island, it is Bahrain's largest city, with about one-fifth of the emirate's population. : Thirteen people of Asian and Arab nationalities were arrested yesterday following a police raid on a suspected prostitution prostitution, act of granting sexual access for payment. Although most commonly conducted by females for males, it may be performed by females or males for either females or males. den in Manama. Sources informed police that several people, men and women, have been running a prostitution business in the building, a Public Prosecution spokesman said yesterday. "After investigations, the police arrested 12 women of Asian nationalities and an Arab man who works as a security guard at the building." The women were said to have confessed to the charges during questioning, except two of them who denied them, said the spokesman. They also confessed that the manager of the building, also an Arab, knew about the business they were running and that he approved of it. The defendants are currently being held in custody on charges of prostitution while the man has been charged with helping run the business. An arrest warrant has also been issued against the building manager. Copyright A[umlaut umlaut (  m`lout) [Ger.,=transformed sound], in inflection, variation of vowels of the type of English man to men. ] 2008 Gulf Daily News
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