Rights groups deplore Pakistan rape law compromise
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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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Pakistan's upper house of parliament, the Senate, passed a bill curtailing the scope of Islamic laws on rape on Thursday, paving the way for President Pervez Musharraf to sign it into law.
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Followers of late Benazir Bhutto condemn armistice pact with group alleged to have assassinated former PM
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A radical approach by Pervez Musharraf to solving the Kashmir dispute sparks off furious debate in Pakistan.
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Hundreds have been snatched by Pakistanâs military and intelligence services since 2001, rights activists say.
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Pakistan's top human rights organisation  calls for access to a tribal area where it accuses the army of abuses.
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Pro-Taliban militants in a Pakistan tribal border region with Afghanistan said Sunday they had scrapped a controversial peace accord reached with the government last year.
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Rights groups express concern about reports of clashes in Tibet between Chinese police and Buddhist monks.
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Pakistan deplored on Monday Britain's decision to award a knighthood to author Salman Rushdie, whose novel "The Satanic Verses" outraged many Muslims around the world.
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KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz opposes amendments to the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Charter that would allow the discussion of bilateral issues, but
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Radical Islamic groups in Pakistan hold a day of protests over the UK's decision to knight author Salman Rushdie.
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Pakistan's government bows to pressure and delays presenting a bill to reform controversial rape laws.
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A coalition of Israeli human rights groups condemned the government's decision this week to cut back fuel and electricity supplies to the Gaza Strip, saying it violated international law.
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A formula proposed by Pakistanâs President General Pervez Musharraf for solving the long-running issue of Kashmir has been rejected by opposition groups.
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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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Pakistan  says it will present a bill in parliament on Wednesday to reform the handling of rape cases.
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Some are Al Qaeda, 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 the United States.