Turkmenistan ends ban on opera and circus
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Turkmenistan will end its seven-year ban on opera and the circus introduced by the Caspian nation's former eccentric leader, state media reported.
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Afghanistan has banned the import and exhibition of "The Kite Runner", a film about the troubled friendship of two Afghan boys, on the grounds that it could incite violence.
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Multiple construction plans were announced at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan. A new phase in the implementation of a large-scale construction program in Turkmenistan was announced by President Saparmurat Niyazov.
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The US House of Representatives voted to ban the slaughter of horses for human consumption, which could bring an end to a 40-billion dollar industry exporting horse meat to Europe and Japan.
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Tycho:  The enforced revelry period has finally come to a close.  Thank Christ.
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The Russian Parliament has passed a bill proposing a radical overhaul in the way Russia is run. The measure abolishes the direct election of regional governors, who will now be appointed by the Kremlin.
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The Afghan government has banned The Kite Runner film from theatres and DVD shops.
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ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan - Turkmenistan's authoritarian leader has scolded national television presenters for wearing too much makeup and told them to look natural.   "Female presenters wear too much whitening powder...
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Myanmar announced Saturday that it was lifting a curfew imposed following a crackdown on pro-democracy protesters and ending a ban on assembly, the latest sign that the government believes it has extinguished the largest demonstrations in two decades.
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Egypt has banned all female circumcision after the death this week of a 12-year-old girl undergoing the widely practised procedure.
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KIEV, November 3 (Itar-Tass) - Water cannons and armoured personnel carriers were removed from the territory of the Ukrainian central election commission on Wednesday.
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Ban on farm-to-farm movements in Norfolk and Suffolk after new case of bluetongue disease is found.
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Russia is lifting its ban on Moldovan wine and meat products, a move that appeared to be aimed at easing Moscow's entry into the World Trade Organization.
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Taiwan&#39;s parliament has amended a law to ban circuses from importing or exporting protected animals in an effort to improve protection of animal rights, a legislator said Friday.
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China&#39;s parliament passed a law Saturday banning the buying or selling of blood to prevent the spread of AIDS and outlawing discrimination against victims of infectious diseases, state media said.
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China's broadcasting watchdog bans all "sexually suggestive" advertising on television and radio.
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The move ends Israelâs fiscal isolation of the Palestinians, which began with the installation of a Hamas government last year.