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Iran lawmakers pass bill allowing men to marry adopted daughters from age 13
Parliamentarians in Iran have passed a bill to protect the rights of children which includes a clause that allows a man to ...US government shutdown begins after Congress fails to break impasse
The U.S. government began a partial shutdown on Tuesday for the first time in 17 years, potentially putting up to 1 million ...This Way
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America cannot afford to be withoutUS government shuts down, Obama blames Republicans
US President Barack Obama has blamed Republicans in the House of Representatives for a partial government shutdown, saying they are carrying out ...Bangladesh MP Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury sentenced to death
A Bangladesh court on Tuesday sentenced to death a top opposition MP for genocide, the first lawmaker to be convicted of war ...Africans say growth has not improved their lives
Improved economic growth over the past decade in Africa has failed to reduce poverty in a majority of countries on the continent, ...Chemical weapons experts in Syria to start mission
A chemical weapons disarmament team has arrived in Damascus to begin evaluating the country\'s arsenal of the banned weapons.Bosnia begins first census since 1991
Bosnia began holding its first post-war census Tuesday, a sensitive exercise expected to reveal the effects of ethnic expulsions during the 1990s ...