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Bikini-clad Briton detained in Dubai

MICHAEL CASEY
August 5, 2010 - 8:34PM
AP

An Emirati police official says a British woman was briefly detained after stripping down to a bikini and walking in her beach wear through a five-star mall in Dubai.

The official says the British woman was shopping in the mall on Wednesday, when a conservatively dressed Emirati woman came up to her and criticised her low-cut top. The Briton responded by stripping down to her bikini and walking like that through the mall, popular for its many luxury shops.

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