S Leone bans child brides not FGM
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Sierra Leone MPs pass a bill, which bans under-age weddings but drop a clause to outlaw female circumcision.
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Brad Pitt, ever the social activist, says he won't be marrying Angelina Jolie until the restrictions on who can marry whom are dropped.
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ANKARA, Turkey -- The government backed off its plan to outlaw adultery after criticism within the European Union, strident protests from opposition politicians, and a march on parliament yesterday by hundreds of outraged Turkish women.
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FIFA ruled today that Mexico&#39;s leading female football player, Maribel Dominguez, was not eligible to play for a professional men&#39;s second division club.
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A federal judge on Thursday ruled against the government&#39;s ban on so-called partial birth abortions, saying the measure was unconstitutional because it failed to provide an exception to protect a mother&#39;s health.
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OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO - Delegates to the Francophonie summit decided Saturday not to expel Ivory Coast from the organization, instead they passed a resolution condemning the violence in the country and threatened future sanctions.
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Denmark's Council for Animal Ethics said on Thursday there was no need to ban sex with animals unless it took place in pornographic films or sex shows.
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Newcastle full-back Celestine Babayaro has been banned for three games by the Football Association (FA) after admitting a charge of violent conduct.
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A proposed Nigerian law banning same-sex marriages is a threat to democracy, says Human Rights Watch.
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PARIS -- A powerful Islamic organization alleged yesterday that officials were abusing a new law banning religious symbols from schools by expelling Muslim girls who were wearing printed bandannas -- not Islamic head scarves.
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South Africa on Thursday became the first country in Africa, and only the fifth in the world, to legalize same sex marriages.
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Zimbabwe police have banned the carrying of dangerous weapons in public in the capital and the southern town of Masvingo to prevent violence in the upcoming joint presidential and legislative polls, an official said Wednesday.
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The government confirms it is to review the laws banning parents from smacking their children.
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The Thai national assembly has passed into law the nation's first bill outlawing marital rape.
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An Islamic appeal court in Nigeria today overturned a sentence of death by stoning handed down to a 29-year-old pregnant woman for having sex out of wedlock.
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Clinics offering abortions and cosmetic surgery are banned from opening in the UK's most famous medical district.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - The authorities announced a nationwide ban on all political and religious meetings except Friday Prayers after a car bombing early Thursday in the central city of Multan killed 40 people and wounded at least 100.