NEWS FLASH

Saudi Arabian Women Defy Ban On Driving | Some Saudi Arabian women stepped in for their drivers today and got behind the wheels of their cars, defying a ban on female driving in the conservative country. Like other Arab Spring protests, the civil disobedience action — in a country that brooks no dissent — was organized on social media sites. Human rights groups called on the autocratic Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to lift the ban and a State Department spokesperson, jumping at an opportunity, said yesterday, “We stand with all women around the world who want to live and have the same opportunities that men have.”