Mexico enacts law on domestic violence
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President Felipe Calderon praised on Thursday a new law that obligates federal and local authorities to prevent, punish and eradicate violence against women, and he promised a "relentless" fight against gender-related abuse.
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Policy to be implemented this month aims to protect children from violence and sexual content
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Dozens of gay and lesbian couples lined up to register as domestic partners Monday as a new Washington state law went into effect.
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico  - One night in May 1994, former U.S. naval officer Saul Sanchez and his wife Abigail were getting ready for the theater in this northern Mexican city when armed men banged on their door and dragged them away. They were never seen again.
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Mexican men who display extreme jealousy or avoid sex with their wives could be tried in court and punished under a new law, the special prosecutor for crimes against women told a local newspaper on Friday.
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The US House of Representatives passes tough legislation against immigration.
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After a protracted delay, tough new laws against sexual abuse will finally go into effect Sunday in South Africa, which is often called the "rape capital" of the world.
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Venezuela's assembly is to finalise a law granting President Chavez sweeping powers to rule by decree.
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MEXICO CITY -- This is what Mexico's presidential campaign has come to: For three days this month, dozens of legislators climbed atop the speaker's platform in the lower house of Congress and brought proceedings to a halt. In one widely televised scene, two congresswomen tried to grab a microphone from the speaker's hands, then shoved a placard in his face.
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Mexican President Felipe Calderon accused the United States on Sunday of stepping up persecution and abuse of undocumented Mexican workers with a crackdown on illegal immigrants.
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Mexico on Monday proposed creating a regional organization to promote and evaluate human rights throughout Latin America, a mechanism meant partly to depoliticize conflicts with Cuba over the island's human rights record.
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President Vicente Fox presented a plan Friday to improve Mexico's checkered human rights record, pledging to eradicate torture and to hold corrupt and abusive authorities accountable for wrongful arrests and shoddy police work.
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MATAMOROS, Mexico  - Mexico vowed on Friday to  overhaul its anarchic prisons where drug lords are accused of  ordering high-profile killings and running narcotics operations  in defiance of President Vicente Fox's government.
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Illegal immigrants who are victims of violent crimes in the US can now apply for special visas, seven years after Congress offered protection against deportation to those who cooperate with law enforcement agencies
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By IOAN GRILLO MEXICO CITY - Leftist lawmakers threw punches and chairs at their conservative colleagues and some tried to block the doors of the congressional chamber Friday just an hour before incoming President Felipe Calderon was to take the oath of office there.
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A divorce law comes into effect in Chile on Thursday, despite strong opposition from the Church.
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Mexico has created a new federal position to prosecute violence against women and human exploitation, as rights groups urge the government to do more to investigate the killings of women, especially along the U.S. border.