LAGOS, Sept 21, 2007 (AFP) - Deputies fought in the Nigerian parliament as assembly speaker Patricia Etteh was about to give evidence on millions of dollars (euros) used to renovate her official home, press reports said Friday.

Etteh was about to speak before a commission of inquiry on Thursday, when opponents started shouting 'thief! thief!' and the brawl erupted, said newspapers which put pictures of the fighting on their front pages.

Security forces escorted Etteh from the chamber before she was able to speak.

MIAMI, Sept 20, 2007 (AFP) - A Florida judge on Thursday sentenced a woman to one year in jail for instigating a fight between her nine-year-old daughter and another girl on a school bus.

In delivering the sentence, the judge said evidence clearly showed that Shayla Muldrow, 26, had told her daughter to 'handle her business' against the other child during the March 2 incident in Tampa, Florida.

Muldrow was also ordered to undergo and anger management class when she gets out of jail.