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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 ...Best-selling US author Tom Clancy dies at 66
Tom Clancy, the bestselling U.S. author of popular spy and military-themed thrillers such as "The Hunt for Red October" and "Patriot Games," ...Miss Philippines Megan Young crowned Miss World 2013
Miss Philippines Megan Young was crowned the 63 rd Miss World pageant at a ceremony in Indonesia\'s resort island of Bali on ...Egypt shuts down Muslim Brotherhood newspaper
Egyptian security forces have shut down the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood newspaper in Cairo after raiding it and confiscating material, the ...Iran releases human rights lawyer, other prisoners
Iran has released several political prisoners this week, among them a prominent human rights lawyer, in the first sign that the moderate ...Woman survives 15 days trapped in well in China
A Chinese woman has been found alive after becoming trapped at the bottom of an abandoned well for 15 days, living off ...Miss World organiser lashes out at government
The billionaire media mogul who brought Miss World to Indonesia lashed out at the government on Monday for bowing to Muslim hardline ...Indian-American crowned Miss America
Nina Davuluri won the 2014 Miss America pageant on Sunday, becoming the first Indian-American to wear the crown, which went to Miss ...Slovenia starts work on first mosque after wait of over 40 years
Slovenia\'s prime minister, Alenka Bratusek, on Saturday laid the foundation stone for what will be the country\'s first mosque -- 44 years ...Canadian woman arrested in Colombia for smuggling drugs in fake pregnant belly
A Canadian woman who used a fake pregnant stomach to smuggle two kilograms of cocaine has been arrested Wednesday at Bogota airport ...