Wednesday, April 01, 2009

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Utahns urged to avoid Easter pets (Deseret Morning News)

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:16:50 -0700
The Humane Society of Utah has issued its annual appeal to the public to refrain from purchasing live bunnies, chicks, ducklings and other traditional Easter symbols as pets at this time of year.

Afghanistan law legalizes rape within a marriage

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:36:33 -0700
Quote: Outrage over Afghan law legalizing rape in marriage Updated Wed. Apr. 1 2009 3:16 PM ET CTV.ca News Staff A new Afghan law that dramatically inhibits the rights of women, including reportedly legalizing rape within marriage, has raised the ire of Canadian politicians from all parties, who are demanding that President Hamid Karzai clarify his position on the legislation. The new law, which conflicting reports say has either passed or is still under consideration,

Sweden 5th European Country to Allow Gay Marriage (Fox News)

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:37:03 -0700
Parliament adopted a new law that gives same-sex couples the same marriage rights as heterosexuals.

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Karzai's administration "Worse than Taliban"

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:00:00 -0700
I almost got stroke while reading yesterday a headline “Worse than the Taliban – new law rolls back rights for Afghan women” in the Guardian.Not due the act itself but because it reflects the substance and outcome of EU’s civil crisis management mission. First I thought it was April fools’ joke but it wasn’t and unfortunately the case is not so unique example among EU’s capacity building efforts in different missions. On 31.3.2009 foreign ministers of 73 states had Afghanistan conference