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Ethiopia should ditch plans to impose strict controls and harsh criminal penalties on NGOs.

To view humans as having to bear specific cultures is to deny a capacity for transformation.

Draft law would apply death penalty to bloggers and website editors who ‘promote corruption or apostasy.’

Islamic conservatives, whose influence has grown, point to Muhammad’s marriage to a 9-year-old.

Two students refused to kneel and ‘pray to Allah’ during a religious education lesson at state school.

China has the largest gender imbalance in the world, with almost 20% more newborn boys than girls.

Patriotism of affirmation appeals to conservatives, patriotism of dissent is cherished by liberals.

Anyone deemed to be causing annoyance could be arrested and fined up to $5,500.

11. Thou shalt not annoy.

Define ‘Islamophobia’ as hatred of Muslims then rail at anyone who is critical of Islam.

The religion is one thing, the people are another.

‘It was not very radical to advocate embracing sharia law in the context of family disputes.’

Survey finds personal freedom even more important to happiness than prosperity.

A broadminded, witty cosmopolitan, for whom the varieties of human custom were a source of fascination.

Imam notes ‘Because this is Britain, you cannot tell anyone what to do. I can tell my wife, but cannot tell other women.’

China’s propagandists have studied the theories of ‘manufacturing consent’ by Lippmann and Bernays.

French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages have been rescued by government troops.

So it substitutes ‘homosexual’ in wire stories. Sprinter Tyson Gay becomes Tyson Homosexual.

‘Not of an extreme nature.’ BC Human Rights Commission has not yet ruled.

MDC said Friday’s one-man election had killed off any prospect of a negotiated settlement.