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Internet Censorship's First Death Sentence? [del.icio.us]
9 months agoA journalism student in Afghanistan has been sentenced to death by a Sharia court for downloading and sharing a report criticizing the treatment of women in some Islamic countries. The student was accused of blasphemy and tried without representation.
Five killed in US shopping centre
9 months agoFive women are shot dead in a shopping centre in a suburb of the US city of Chicago, police say.
Turks protest over headscarf plan
9 months agoThousands rally in Ankara to protest against a plan to allow women to wear the Islamic headscarf in universities.
Iraq market bombs toll nears 100
9 months agoThe toll from Baghdad market bombs, carried by mentally disabled women, rises to nearly 100, say officials.
Curvier spines aid pregnant women
11 months agoWomen evolved curvier spines than men to stop them wobbling under the weight of pregnancy, say researchers.