Women Are Not 'Chattel,' Says India's Supreme Court In Striking Down Adultery Law
India's Supreme Court has struck down a colonial-era law that made adultery illegal, calling it arbitrary and saying it is unconstitutional because it "treats a husband as the master."
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SP: Demonstration at consulate demands reappearance of Dr. Sernas
An important demonstration organized by the Brazilian Center for Solidarity with Peoples (Cebraspo) and the Brazilian Association of People’s Lawyers (Abrapo) took the entrance of the Mexican consulate, in São Paulo, demanding the reappearance with life of Dr. Ernesto Sernas García, a people’s lawyer and Mexican university professor, on September 17. The action was part of the international campaign for this purpose.
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France refuses to let Aquarius dock as EU seeks to block refugees
The French government refused to let the migrant vessel ship Aquarius dock in French ports on Tuesday, as it carried 58 desperate refugees fleeing war-torn Libya. This came as the European Union (EU) sought to block all rescue operations for refugees in the Mediterranean, where thousands have drowned, and Rome successfully put pressure on Panama to de-register the Aquarius, which was flying a Panamanian flag.
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Israel prepared to reopen Golan crossing with Syria: defense chief
Israel is ready to reopen a crossing point into the Syrian-controlled Golan Heights now that Syrian government forces have regained control from rebels, Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Thursday.
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Face Paint, Balloons and ‘White Power’: German Neo-Nazis Put on a Pretty Face
The children came colorfully dressed to the family festival. They tumbled around an inflatable bounce house and in neon-colored sacks, wearing face paint and bright smiles.Scattered amid the children’s games and guitar-strumming folk singers, though, were unwelcoming messages. “Stop the asylum flood” on a brochure. “Asylum traitors not welcome” on a T-shirt. “White Power” on an album.
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Wave of strikes, protests in Dutch public sector
Anger is building in the Netherlands over the anti-social policies of the major political parties and the trade unions. More strikes have taken place since the beginning of the year than throughout the whole of 2017, which, with 32 walkouts, recorded the highest number of work stoppages since 1989. Primary school teachers have led the protests.
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The US F-35 has entered combat for the first time, conducting its first airstrike against the Taliban in Afghanistan
A Marine Corps F-35B launched from the amphibious assault ship USS Essex conducted an airstrike on a fixed Taliban target in Afghanistan sometime within the past 24 hours. The Essex arrived in the Middle East earlier this month, with the onboard F-35s being deployed for intelligence and surveillance operations in Somalia prior to operations in Afghanistan.
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Italy budget under pressure over plan to 'abolish poverty'
A vow by Italy's populist leaders to "end poverty" is in jeopardy because of a clash with the economy minister.Technocrat Giovanni Tria wants to stick to lower spending to avoid adding to Italy's debt of €2.3tn (£2tn),But his political colleagues, who ran on a promise of a guaranteed minimum income for the poor, as well as tax cuts, want to free up money.
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Months Of Protests Roil Iraq's Oil Capital Basra
As dusk falls in Iraq's port city of Basra and searing heat of day cools to under 100 degrees, the public square across the street from the city's burned provincial government building starts to fill with protesters.Young Iraqis have gathered almost every night for more than three months to protest faltering public services and lack of jobs in the city in the heart of Iraq's rich southern oil fields..
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