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No Final Decision on Death by Stoning

Iran is reeling under an international uproar over the sentencing of a woman to death by stoning for adultery, and now says no final decision has been made in the case, which is "under review
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Afghanistan Taliban execute pregnant woman

The Taliban publicly flogged and then executed a pregnant Afghan widow by emptying three shots into her head for alleged adultery, police said on Monday....
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Iran stoning woman says charges are fake

A woman sentenced to death by stoning in Iran for adultery accused authorities of lying about the charges against her so they could execute her in secret, in an interview published Saturday....
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New Rules for Gaza Women: No Smoking

The Hamas regime in Gaza has issued a new rule aimed at enforcing its strict interpretation of Islam on residents of the region in discriminatory rules for women that consitute apartheid...
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Jordan debates teenage marriages

Women groups try to push marriage at 18...
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Woman stabbed to death in Jordan ‘honor killing’

Men stab sister to death over suspected sex affair ...
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Saudi woman beats up virtue cop

Incident follows a wave of challenges to religious authorities. ...
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Mali imam living in fear after backing women's rights

An imam in Mali is living in fear after backing a new family law which no longer obliges wives to obey their husbands, angering Muslim groups. ...
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No bikinis, miniskirts in Lebanon by force of law

The thousands of women parading along Lebanon's sunny beaches this summer in skimpy bikinis or strolling the city's pavements in miniskirts or shorts will all technically be breaking the law....
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Woman alleges capture, threats by parents

A Campbell woman of Yemeni descent says she was abducted by her parents and taken to Hermitage, Pa., where they threatened to send her back to her homeland....
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US Women Leaders: Keep Iran Off UN Women's Rights Commission

A nationwide campaign has been launched in the United States to urge Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to denounce the election of Iran to the United Nations' commission on the Status of Women. International human rights and women’s rights leaders, attorneys, scholars, columnists, Iranian human rights activists, media figures, women in the arts, and other prominent women signed an open letter, quoted below. A partial list of signatories follows and additional names are to be publicized this week. ...
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Runaway Saudi girls on the rise

Number of young women fleeing domestic violence increased tenfold....
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France to ban full Islamic face veil in public

France is moving towards a ban on wearing face-covering Islamic veils in public, with the government set to examine a draft bill next month amid heated debate over women's rights and religious freedom....
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Female runner tells Sudan women 'yes we can'

Sudan's first female presidential candidate knows she stands no chance against President Omar al-Beshir, but says her ambitious bid will allow future generations of women to strive for the country's top job. ...
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13-year-old Yemeni bride dies of bleeding

A 13-year-old Yemeni girl has died of injuries to her genitals four days after a family-arranged marriage, a human rights group said. ...
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Saudi woman poet lashes out at clerics in contest

Abu Dhabi's live poetry talent competition, The Million's Poet, features a Saudi woman poet who lashes out at hard-line clerics, reported the United Kingdom's The Independent on Wednesday....
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Saudi woman divorces husband over 2nd wife

A Saudi woman divorced her husband after he violated a condition in their marriage contract that stipulated he would not marry another woman. ...
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Iran slaps travel ban on 82 year-old poetess

Iran's most celebrated living poetess Simin Behbahani faced a travel ban on Monday after being prevented from leaving for France for International Women's Day ceremonies, an opposition website said....
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Women's rights improving in Middle East

Women's rights have improved in 15 of 18 countries in the Middle East and North Africa over the past five years, although violence against women remains widespread throughout the region, a U.S. study has found....
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Yemeni 10-year-old raped daily by old husband

Law stipulates girls can marry at just 9 in Yemen ...
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Polygamy on the rise in Malaysia

Rohaya Mohamad, a 44-year-old Malaysian doctor, chats happily about her plans for the evening, a romantic dinner for five with her husband -- and his three other wives....
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Female Iraq election runner shot dead in Mosul

A woman planning to stand in Iraq's March 7 general election was gunned down on Sunday in the restive northern city of Mosul, police said, just days before campaigning is officially due to start....
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Saudi girl, 12, drops push to divorce 80-year-old

A 12-year-old Saudi girl unexpectedly gave up her petition for divorce from an 80-year-old man her father forced her to marry in exchange for a dowry, Saudi media reported Tuesday. ...
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A Woman’s Life in Muslim Sudan

Sudanese Muslim officials arrest tens of thousands of women a year for wearing "indecent clothing,” including trousers, and many have been fined and subjected to 40 whip lashes. One woman tells related the story after being spared the punishment, apparently because she attracted too much bad publicity. ...
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