Cairo - An Egyptian court has granted a divorce to a woman who complained that her husband was "addicted" to the Internet, the government newspaper Al-Gomhuriya reported on Wednesday.
The family affairs court ruling came under a March 2000 law that makes it easier for a woman to divorce on condition she abandons her financial rights and returns to her husband the dowry he gave her before their wedding.
The woman told the court that her husband spent 14 hours a day on the Internet, and that he visited pornographic sites in particular, which made their married life impossible, the newspaper said.
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After an attempt to reconcile the couple, under the three months allotted by law, the divorce was granted.
Since the law was passed in March 2000, a total of 11 714 divorce cases have been brought before the courts in Egypt's six largest governorates, most of them in Cairo and Alexandria, according to the Centre for Legal Aid to Egyptian Women.
A total of 220 divorces were granted in 2000 but there are no figures available for the following years. - Sapa-AFP
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