Pakistan to broaden rape laws, but women's groups see setback
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Parliament is expected to vote to allow evidence in rape cases other than the required four male eyewitnesses.
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Iraq's prime minister moves to put an end to disquiet about an alleged rape of a Sunni women by police.
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Pakistan's prime minister said Saturday the government is lifting economic sanctions in a tense tribal region near Afghanistan to encourage help in tracking down foreign militants and those who shelter them.    The sanctions, including the closure of shops and seizure of vehicles, were imposed in South Waziristan this year to punish tribesmen for failing to evict suspected foreign terrorists from their areas...
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Pakistan appears no closer to crippling al Qaeda or snaring its leader, despite scores of militant arrests in recent months which highlighted
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Pakistani rights activists called on   the government on Sunday to suspend Islamic laws on rape and   adultery until controversy over them is settled.
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The killing of a Pakistani woman whose family claimed she resisted an Islamic lifestyle and the suicide of an Indian woman to avoid a forced marriage have stirred a debate about culture clashes as Italy considers relaxing its citizenship rules for immigrants.
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Hiding women away in the home hidden behind veils is a backward view of Islam, President Musharraf of Pakistan has said during a visit to Britain.
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SIRIN VALLEY, Pakistan  - Sitting on the floor of an earthquake-damaged house, 25 women from Jigal village in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province listen to a veterinarian doctor tell them about animal husbandry.
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Some are al-Qaida, some are Taliban and others are homegrown. But all of Pakistan's militants share a vision and unshakable beliefs that include a ban on a woman leading the nation and opposition to a close alliance with America.
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Pakistan's lower house of Parliament on Tuesday strengthened a law against traditional honor killings, a practice human rights activists say claims hundreds of victims a year, mostly women.
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President Gen. Pervez Musharraf on Saturday withdrew new curbs on media covering Pakistan's growing political crisis, backing down after a week of nationwide protests by journalists and opposition parties.
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Despite nationwide protests by hard-liners, President Gen. Pervez Musharraf on Friday signed into law an amendment to the country's controversial rape statute to make it easier to prosecute sexual assault cases.
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President Pervez Musharraf lifted emergency rule in Pakistan and restored the constitution on Saturday, in a move Western nations hope will stabilize the nuclear-armed state as Islamic militant violence spirals.
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- The wave of violence that has gripped Pakistan in recent days spread to new parts of the country and featured more ferocious tactics yesterday, with suicide bombers targeting a mosque, a police academy, and a convoy of Chinese engineers in attacks that killed more than 50 people.
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Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf will lift emergency rule on Saturday in a move Western nations hope will stabilize the nuclear-armed state amid militant violence.
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Security forces outnumbered demonstrators at a tiny gathering yesterday afternoon commemorating International Women's Day, which was squelched by an aggressive campaign of detentions in preceding days. The days surrounding Women's Day have traditionally been marked by boisterous street demonstrations by human rights activists demanding an end to Islamic laws condemned as sexist and discriminatory. About 50 demonstrators ...
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Nigeria should urgently overhaul its  legal system to curb widespread sexual violence against women,  including rape by security forces and police, Amnesty  International said on Tuesday.