Court Rules Virginity not an Essential Quality
An appeals court in France reinstated a marriage between two Muslims who split up on their wedding night because the bride had lied about her virginity.
An appeals court in France reinstated a marriage between two Muslims who split up on their wedding night because the bride had lied about her virginity.
Prosecutors had requested that reporters not be allowed in the courtroom as some of the potential evidence is classified.
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The Turkish Prime Minister makes his first public speech in the United States outside of the United Nations Security Council.
Interview with Anthony W. Gambino author of a recent Council on Foreign Relations report, Congo: Securing Peace, Sustaining Progress, about the crisis in Congo.
Dozens of investigations over the past few years that have revealed a network of Nigerian clinics and orphanages involved in breeding babies for sale.
China announced on Tuesday that it will draft its first "national action plan" on issues such as torture and freedom of speech.
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The northeastern region of India has experienced more than a decade of violence and more than 10,000 people have died in the region as a result.
Bill Moyers interviews Clyde Prestowitz, author of the book hree Billion New Capitalists: The Great Shift of Wealth and Power to the East.
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah has announced plans to build the first women-only university in the kingdom, and vows that it will be the largest women’s university in the world.
A variation on a theme, this scenario has been playing out from Congo to the Philippines: mining operations from the developed world move into ore-rich, but impoverished areas of developing countries.
The global financial crisis is starting to filter down to China’s job market.
When you think of bastions of women’s rights, Eastern Africa does not immediately spring to mind. But this month Rwanda became the first country in the world to have a majority-female parliament.
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