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France's embattled Hollande to meet pope, woo angry Catholics Abortion and euthanasia will be among hot button issues on the table when Pope Francis meets embattled French President Francois Hollande.

24 January 2014 14:29

US Supreme Court weighs 'straw' gun purchases challenge The US Supreme Court heard arguments in a case about legal provisions intended to prevent the "straw" purchases of guns by one individual for other buyers.

24 January 2014 10:11

Kazakhstan MPs suggest removing death penalty from Criminal Code In December 2003 Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev introduced an unlimited moratorium on capital punishment.

23 January 2014 16:31

Australia asylum policy 'draconian': rights group Australia has damaged its human rights record by persistently undercutting refugee protections, including a "draconian" policy to send asylum-seekers to Pacific island camps.

23 January 2014 10:18

Same-sex couples sue Florida for right to wed Six same-sex couples filed suit against the US state of Florida Tuesday for refusing to let them marry.

22 January 2014 13:20

Smoking pot no more dangerous than drinking: Obama President Barack Obama says smoking pot is no more dangerous than drinking but calls it a "bad idea," amid a push for legalization in several states.

21 January 2014 10:03

Uganda president blocks anti-gay bill: report Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has refused to approve a controversial bill that would see homosexuals jailed for life, saying there were better ways to cure the "abnormality", a report said Friday.

18 January 2014 10:14

Same-sex ban 'legalises' homophobic violence: gay Nigerians Gay activists on Tuesday vowed to fight the Nigerian government after the country outlawed same-sex unions, warning the act legitimised homophobic violence and increased fears of persecution.

15 January 2014 14:45

Kazakhstan prohibits Ponzi schemes The new legislation introduces 7-12-year-long prison terms for those arranging Ponzi schemes and bans advertising of such schemes.

15 January 2014 10:32

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14 January 2014 20:51

Kazakhstan vests EBRD with immunity and tax privileges Kazakhstan Majilis has ratified the agreement between Kazakhstan and European Bank of Reconstruction and Development.

09 January 2014 13:39

Hollande backs ban on 'anti-Semitic' comedian President Francois Hollande has backed attempts to ban controversial French comedian Dieudonne as a furore intensified over his sketches that have been widely condemned as anti-Semitic.

08 January 2014 18:30

Interior Ministry suggests DNA fingerprinting The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan has developed a draft law to introduce fingerprinting and DNA profiling in Kazakhstan.

08 January 2014 12:33

Kazakhstan MP offers to raise benefit at child birth Member of the Majilis (Lower Chamber of the Parliament) Tursynbek Omurzakov has offered to increase one-time benefit at child birth.

07 January 2014 15:25

Commercial catching of sturgeons at Caspian banned A moratorium on commercial fishing of sturgeons at the Caspian Sea came into force on January 1, 2014.

06 January 2014 17:38

Nepal's court rules out amnesty for serious war crimes Nepal's top court has rejected a demand by ultra-leftists that an amnesty be granted to people who committed serious rights abuses during the country's civil war, an official said Saturday.

05 January 2014 14:08

Ban on export of oil products from Kazakhstan prolonged until July 2014 Ban on export of petroleum products from Kazakhstan has been prolonged until the second half of 2014.

02 January 2014 14:07

Putin to keep within the law in terror hunt: UN Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed Monday to stay within international law in the hunt for the perpetrators of two bomb attacks in the city of Volgograd, the United Nations said.

31 December 2013 11:45

Huge crowds hold Madrid mass after new abortion law Tens of thousands of Roman Catholics joined in an open-air mass in central Madrid on Sunday to celebrate the Holy Family, just days after the Spanish government agreed to tighten the abortion law.

30 December 2013 14:21