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Iranian Court Orders Woman To Obey Her Husband — And Promises To Enforce It

The decision is yet another example of how Iran’s laws since the 1979 revolution have restricted women’s rights both inside and outside the home.

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The Ethical And Emotional Debate Of Expanding Assisted Dying To The Mental Ill

Debate over Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying law shows the need to rethink the biological model of mental illness.

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Sri Lanka’s President Was A Hero – But Now He’s Got To Go

Gotabaya may blame the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war or the earlier COVID-19 pandemic for much of the mess, but there is widespread unanimity that the problems are a product of bad governance for more than a decade.

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Europe Deals Privacy Black Eye To Zuckerberg

Die Tageszeitung, Oct. 7, 2015 “In your face,” writes (in English) Berlin-based Die Tageszeitung on its Wednesday front page, one day after a landmark ruling by Europe’s highest court made it more dificult for Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook and thousands of other companies to transfer users’ data from Europe to the United States. The famously tongue-in-cheek […]

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Bail Ruling Allows Pistorius To Travel To Compete Again

The South African paralympian, accused of killing his girlfriend, has no immediate plans to travel abroad, his lawyer says.

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Big Tobacco Loses Plain Packaging Case in Australia

SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, HERALD SUN, THE AUSTRALIAN, (Australia), BBC (UK) Worldcrunch Australia’s High Court of Justice has upheld a new government law on mandatory packaging for cigarettes that remove brand colors and logos from packaging, reports the BBC. The new law mandates that cigarettes be sold in drab olive-green packs and ban all commercial logos. […]

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