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Committee to Strengthen Oversight On Domestic Violence Laws [press release]
Nov 25, 2011 (South African Government/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Women, Children and Persons with Disabilities says the fight against violence on women shouldn't only happen once a year as an event
Updated: 11/25/2011 11:11A
Georgia lawmakers poised to consider substantial changes to criminal justice
ATLANTA — Georgia lawmakers are poised to consider substantial changes to the state's criminal justice system that could reshape the way courts are run and offenders are sentenced. The effort has the backing of Gov.
Updated: 11/25/2011 11:10A
Fair trials, but done Libya's way
National Transitional Council officials insist that Saif al-Islam and Senoussi must be tried in Libya because “local justice is the rule and international justice is the exception.” The pair will be given a fair trial, they argue.
Updated: 11/25/2011 10:38A
According to Twitter, Toronto Really Is The 'Good'
Kate Heartfield of the Ottawa Citizen wonders why we need a polygamy law at all, considering that there are enough other crimes documented in Bountiful for the Crown to sink its teeth into. "This is a question of criminal law, not social policy," says
Updated: 11/25/2011 10:37A
According to Twitter, Toronto Really Is 'Good'
Kate Heartfield of the Ottawa Citizen wonders why we need a polygamy law at all, considering that there are enough other crimes documented in Bountiful for the Crown to sink its teeth into. "This is a question of criminal law, not social policy," says
Updated: 11/25/2011 10:37A
IT'S BLACK FRIDAY MADNESS!!!!!!
"On an intellectual level, polygamy amongst men and women who have reached the age of consent should be no one else's business but the participants'," says Gunter. "But all of this is theoretical," continues Gunter. "The cold, hard fact is that in the
Updated: 11/25/2011 10:20A
Poland's rightists want death penalty back
Warsaw - Polands biggest opposition party, Law and Justice (PiS), said Friday it would push for bringing back capital punishment. 'There are no EU rules which forbid this,' Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the chief of the right-wing party, said in Warsaw.
Updated: 11/25/2011 10:00A
South Africa: Committee to Strengthen Oversight On Domestic Violence Laws
Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Women, Children and Persons with Disabilities says the fight against violence on women shouldn't only happen once a year as an event because it is an ongoing concern that requires attention throughout the year.
Updated: 11/25/2011 09:54A
Guest column: Canada doesn't need a law banning polygamy
Every time a woman gives birth in Canada, she has a one-in-15000 chance of dying. Should women be allowed to choose how often they incur that tiny risk? I ask this ridiculous question because
Updated: 11/25/2011 09:49A
Alberta Oil Sands Worker Discovers Plesiosaur Fossil
Staff from the Royal Tyrell Museum in Drumheller were called in, and they have begun the tricky process of carefully excavating the plesiosaur's remains. So far, just the neck and upper vertebrae have been recovered, although it's believed its ribs
Updated: 11/25/2011 09:48A
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