Thailand passes marital rape bill
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The Thai national assembly has passed into law the nation's first bill outlawing marital rape.
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By Aranee Jaiimsin, Bangkok Post, Thailand  Feb.
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Bans on same-sex marriage passed yesterday in all 11 states that considered constitutional amendments limiting marriage to a man and a woman.
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Hungary's parliament passed a law late on Monday that allows same-sex couples to register a civil partnership with many of the rights and obligations of marriage.
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'Offensive' video saga part 24 Thailand's powers that be are considering a new block on certain "offensive" YouTube material after last month lifting its ban on the site, Reuters reports.â¦
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Thailand's interim government votes to accept a recommendation to partially lift martial law.
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The Italian Cabinet on Thursday approved proposed legislation granting legal rights to unmarried couples in both heterosexual and same-sex relationships.Comment
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The Senate on Saturday approved legislation that would give rape victims and convicted felons greater access to DNA testing.
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The upper house of Pakistan's parliament approves a bill amending an Islamic law on rape and adultery.
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Saudi Arabiaâs King Abdullah has pardoned a female rape victim who had been sentenced to six months in prison and 200 lashes, a Saudi newspaper reported.
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The Thai government said today it has lifted a ban on YouTube after the Web site agreed not to allow videos that violate the countryâs laws or are deemed offensive there.
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A committee in the Indian state of Maharashtra provisionally approves compulsory HIV tests before marriage.
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Zimbabwe's parliament passes a controversial bill banning international rights groups from working in the country.
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State constitutional amendments to uphold marriage as the union of a man and a woman easily passed yesterday in all 11 states where it was on the ballot.
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The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday passed a five-year, &#36;1 billion bill that would provide greater access to DNA testing in rape cases and for convicted felons who claim innocence.
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Afghanistan's warlord-filled parliament has approved a bill ruling out judicial proceedings against men accused of rights abuses in the past 25 years of conflict, a spokesman said.
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Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej endorsed a stop-gap constitution on Sunday which the army says will be in place until a new long-term charter is drawn up in around nine months after September's bloodless military coup.