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Afghan woman 'killed for giving birth to girl'
AFP, Published on 30/01/2012
» Afghan police were on Monday hunting a man who allegedly killed his wife after she gave birth to the couple's third daughter, an official said.
Rights report highlights Burma ethnic abuses
AFP, Published on 22/01/2012
» Burma's army raped, tortured and killed civilians in ethnic minority conflict zones last year, Human Rights Watch said Sunday, despite the government's recent political reforms.
Anwar verdict to test political waters
Spectrum, Luke Hunt, Published on 08/01/2012
» After two years of graphic and often offending evidence Malaysians will find out tomorrow whether opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim, will spend up to 20 years behind bars when a verdict is handed down in his sodomy trial.
Reform of Police and Judiciary
Jon Fernquest, Published on 01/07/2011
» "There is no peace without justice," the red-shirt catchphrase proclaims, but in Sunday's election no party has dared touch the real obstacles to justice.
Women, is the election helping them?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 02/06/2011
» "Of the 8.5 million households in the farm sector, 31% of household heads are women, and steadily increasing."
Software helps parents oversee children on Facebook
AFP, Published on 27/04/2011
» Internet security firm Check Point on Tuesday launched software that lets parents watch over offspring on Facebook without being "friends" at the online social network.
Think twice before seeking one's fortune abroad
Jon Fernquest, Published on 22/04/2011
» Largest human trafficking case ever in US agriculture industry exploited Thai migrant workers.
Bullies in the digital realm
Database, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 01/12/2010
» Bullying is a classic form of violence and intimidation employed by children, but adults may be overlooking the role modern technology is playing in the phenomenon.
The naked truth
Mylife, Published on 02/11/2010
» A woman in front of me has her eyes and mouth wide open as if she has just seen a ghost. "What caused that reaction?" I thought. In a second, my jaw drops and I, too, have an astonished expression.