Algerian Singer Cheb Mami Sentenced for Abducting Woman

A French court sentenced the Algerian singer Cheb Mami on Friday to five years in jail for abducting a former lover and forcing her to undergo an attempted abortion, the BBC reported. Cheb Mami, 42, whose real name is Mohammed Khalifati, is one of the biggest stars of rai music, an Algerian pop style, and has recorded with Sting. Prosecutors at the court in Bobigny, near Paris, said that he was one of a group of men who in 2005 abducted, drugged and beat the woman, a 43-year-old French photographer, and... [read full story]                    

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