PAKISTAN: Parliament resumes debate on controversial rape law
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP): Pakistan's parliament yesterday resumed debate on a bill to change controversial Islamic rape laws that human rights groups want to have repealed. Parliamentary discussion on the Protection of Women Bill...
INDONESIA: Suspected Muslim militant apologises for beheadings of Christian girls
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP): A suspected Islamic militant told judges yesterday he took part in the beheadings of three Christian girls on an Indonesian island wracked by sectarian violence to avenge the deaths of Muslims, but apologised to their families.
KENYA: Cutting emissions less costly than facing global warming - Annan
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP): Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the U.N. conference on climate change yesterday that it is clear it will cost far less to cut greenhouse-gas emissions now "than to deal with the consequences later."
UNITED KINGDOM - Terrorism, climate change threats top Blair's agenda
LONDON (AP): Bold new laws to tackle the threats of climate change and terrorism were proposed yesterday as Queen Elizabeth II read Prime Minister Tony Blair's final legislative programme aloud in an opulent annual ceremony.
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