Women's bill in Pakistan assembly
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Pakistan's national assembly starts work on a bill to safeguard women's rights to property and inheritance.
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A UN committee is calling for women in Saudi Arabia to be given basic freedoms.
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Pakistani Prime Minister- elect Shaukat Aziz Saturday secured vote of confidence in the National Assembly (NA), the powerful lower house of the parliament,a requirement under the country&#39;s constitution.
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Session of the International Council of Women General Assembly in Ukraine. Session of the International Council of Women General Assembly in Ukraine in May 2006.
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Pakistan&#39;s Senate on Friday passed a bill to allow President Pervez Musharraf to stay on as army chief despite his promise to quit as army chief by December 31st, 2004.
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Indian-administered Kashmir's state assembly rejects a bill affecting Kashmiri women who marry non-Kashmiri men.
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A bill is currently in Uganda's parliament that would strengthen women's rights.
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Pakistan&#39;s lawmaking National Assembly has passed a bill to allow dictator Pervez Musharraf to stay on as chief of the military.
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Pakistan's acting president Muhammadmian Soomro has signed into law a bill allowing President Pervez Musharraf to remain chief of the powerful army, a senior minister told AFP.
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Comment is free: Zoe Williams: Enough of the numbers game. The issue is not how many women are in power, but how many fight for collective rights.
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Pakistan's Senate on Thursday approved amendments to a controversial rape law amid protests by hard-line Muslim lawmakers who claim the legislation violates Islam.
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Pakistani women's activists deplored   on Tuesday a government decision to give in to religious   conservatives opposed to the amendment of Islamic laws dealing   with rape and adultery.
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Lawmakers in India were expected to elect the nation&#39;s first woman president in voting that began on Thursday, following the most scandal-dogged contest in six decades of independence.
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It was billed as a proud and historic day for Indian women, as lawmakers prepare to vote on Thursday for the country's first ever female president. But it has turned instead into a major embarrassment for the government.
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Description: Shaukat Aziz was chosen as Pakistan&#39;s 23rd prime minister on Friday after getting 191 votes in the 342-seat National Assembly.
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Arts & entertainment: Protests across Pakistan as parliament passes resolution condemning author's knighthood.
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Sierra Leone MPs pass a bill, which bans under-age weddings but drop a clause to outlaw female circumcision.