'Westernised' woman dies

A 20-year-old Arizona woman from Iraq whose father allegedly hit her with his car because she had become too westernised has died from her injuries.

Noor Faleh Almaleki had been in a local hospital since October 20, when police say her father, Faleh Hassan Almaleki, ran down her and her boyfriend's mother with his 4WD as the women were walking across a car park in Phoenix.

Almaleki fled after the attack but was arrested last Friday.