South Africa debuts tougher laws on rape
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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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President Robert Mugabe's government,  responding to opposition demands, has published amendments to  tough security and media laws that critics say have helped him  entrench his rule.
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South Africa will unveil a new plan aimed at fighting its HIV/AIDS crisis on Friday, seeking to calm bitter debate and revamp policies that have thus far done little to stop the epidemic.
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Improving women&#39;s rights could  boost the battle against AIDS in southern African countries,  where women are often forced into risky sex by male partners or  economic desperation, a new report said on Friday.
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The most controversial provisions of the new anti-social behaviour act are coming into force.
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After a long and passionate political debate about the virtue or vice of spanking, a new law went into effect that will allow mothers and fathers to chastize their offspring physically but send parents to jail for up to five years if they beat them too hard.
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Parliament is expected to vote to allow evidence in rape cases other than the required four male eyewitnesses.
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South Africa has become the first country on the continent to authorise marriage for gay and lesbian couples after the controversial civil union bill received the final seal of approval.
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Turkey&#39;s parliament passed a revamped penal code that widens freedom of speech and stiffens punishment for torture, a step the European Commission said was needed to win membership talks with the European Union.
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Rape victims and convicted felons would both have greater access to DNA testing under legislation the House passed Wednesday.
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Watching and possessing images of rape and sexual torture is to be made a criminal offence, punishable with a jail term of up to three years.
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New US government guidelines say rape victims and others exposed to Aids should get anti-retroviral drugs.
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The most wicked acts are spoken of openly and without reserve in Iraq. Rape is different.
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JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 2 -- A series of attacks on prominent South Africans, including entertainers, business leaders and a renowned historian, has pushed a contentious, racially charged debate over crime to the center of the country's political agenda as lawmakers begin their new parliamentary year in...
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Zimbabwe's government announced a new law Saturday making it an offense to defy steep price cuts ordered in an effort to control runaway inflation and a growing economic crisis.
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South Africa will unveil a new plan  aimed at fighting its HIV/AIDS crisis on Friday, seeking to  calm bitter debate and revamp policies that have thus far done  little to stop the epidemic.
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The Scottish Tories call for tougher management of sex offenders in the wake of the Angelika Kluk trial.