World IN BRIEF : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES : Attorney to Appeal Maid’s Prison Term

The lawyer for a young Philippine maid sentenced to seven years in prison for killing her Arab employer, who the court concluded had raped her, said he was confident of winning an appeal of the verdict. An Islamic court in the United Arab Emirates sentenced 16-year-old Sarah Balabagan to prison and fined her $40,000 for stabbing to death her employer--identified in court papers as Almas Mohammed Baloushi. But the court also concluded that Balabagan had acted in self-defense because she was raped, and it ruled she should receive $27,000 in compensation from his family.