Alcohol ban row rages in Algeria
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Algeria's chances of joining the World Trade Organisation (WTO) may be scuppered by its parliament's refusal to lift a ban on alcohol imports.
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LONDON, Sep 18 (IPS) - The Tunisian government is under fire for its last  minute ban of an international NGO conference to have been held  in Tunis Sep. 8-9.
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PARIS: France&#39;s state schools grappling with a new law banning Muslim headscarves have started expelling students refusing to put education before their religion.
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The kidnapping of French journalists has sparked anger across a broad spectrum of the Muslim world.
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Turkish smokers fretted on Thursday over an impending ban on cigarettes in bars, cafes and restaurants that many commentators believe is unenforceable in the nation of nicotine addicts.
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Muslim are angry at a police ban on women in Zanzibar driving whilst wearing veils, saying it is discriminatory.
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The relations of French officialdom have been uneasy of late. First there was the matter of the headscarf, which has been followed by a row over whether or not to ban broadcasts by the Al-Manar (The Beacon
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QUEBEC (CP) - An Algerian man removed from a church by police and sent to a U.S. jail faces deportation next month to Algeria, where he could be tortured, his supporters said on Sunday.
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FIFA banned Algeria's Abdelmalek Cherrad on Tuesday for four matches for insulting a referee during an African World Cup qualifying match against Gabon.
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ROCKPORT, Mass. - Residents of this tourist village where alcohol has been banned for nearly 150 years have asked the Legislature to take the first step toward allowing some sales of booze...
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Smokers and restaurant owners in Italy were fuming in a rather different way after a tough new law that bans smoking in public places.
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A plan by Indonesia's president to extend a ban on polygamy by civil servants sparks an angry response.
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The arrest of a Catholic priest drew criticism from human rights groups Thursday, who charged that the US-backed government was illegally trying to suppress support for ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
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French doctors appealed on Monday to President Jacques Chirac to intervene and stop changes in wine advertising rules the physicians fear will lead to more deaths from alcohol-related illnesses and drunk driving.
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Wine is less a beverage than an elixir of life in France, but the country's vintners say they're vexed by a problem that threatens their livelihood: too much of a good thing and not enough people drinking it.
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An attack on foreign oil workers in one of Algeria's most protected places is a reminder that rebels struggling to reverse a long decline retain the ability to menace Western interests.
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Wine is less a beverage than an elixir of life in France, but the country's vintners say they're vexed by a problem that threatens their livelihood &#151; too much of a good thing and not enough people drinking it.