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Thousands of people marched in Washington on Saturday to demand stronger gun control legislation, in a solemn rally six weeks after the shock massacre of young children at a Connecticut school.

• 27 января 2013, 20:08

Russia's parliament has given initial backing to a bill banning homosexual "propaganda" among children that could lead to gays being fined for demonstrating or kissing in public.

• 27 января 2013, 13:33

Japan's foreign minister said Friday his country's new government would sign a treaty on child abductions, addressing one of the few rifts in relations with its main ally the United States.

• 20 января 2013, 18:35

President Barack Obama Wednesday demanded an assault weapons ban and universal background checks for gun buyers as part of sweeping gun control measures in response to the Newtown school massacre.

• 18 января 2013, 16:38

The US gun lobby lashed out at President Barack Obama Tuesday as an "elitist hypocrite" for providing Secret Service protection to his daughters but balking at having armed guards in all schools.

• 16 января 2013, 17:00

President Barack Obama pledged Monday to vigorously pursue "sensible" gun control but, a month after a school massacre traumatized America, questioned whether tough new laws could pass Congress.

• 15 января 2013, 18:27

Depositing a certain amount in the name of their child, parents enjoy both the bank’s interest and a special premium from the government.

• 15 января 2013, 13:01

A law allowing Cubans to travel abroad without special permits took effect on the communist-ruled island Monday for the first time in half a century.

• 15 января 2013, 10:53

Deaf Belgian identical twins used a decade-old euthanasia law in a mercy-killing pact after they began to go blind.

• 14 января 2013, 17:56

Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a Law On amendments to several legislative acts of Kazakhstan on countering terrorism.

• 10 января 2013, 17:42

Washington is trying to help hundreds of American families whose dreams of adopting a child from Russia are in limbo after the passage of a controversial Russian law.

• 10 января 2013, 10:28

Passions and tensions are rising in France ahead of an expected giant weekend rally against the government's plan to legalise same-sex marriage and adoption that has angered influential Catholic and Muslim groups.

• 09 января 2013, 13:51

President Barack Obama has signed into law a contentious compromise bill hammered out in Congress that narrowly averted the US 'fiscal cliff of tax hikes and drastic, immediate cuts in spending.

• 03 января 2013, 13:42

Kazakhstan President has signed amendments to Kazakhstan state service legislation called to improve efficiency of the state machine.

• 01 января 2013, 18:21

China has passed a new law stipulating that family members should pay regular visits to their elderly relatives, according to the government's official website.

• 31 декабря 2012, 11:35

President Barack Obama enacted a law Friday to counter Iran's alleged influence in Latin America, through a new diplomatic and political strategy to be designed by the State Department.

• 31 декабря 2012, 10:02

The Senate approved a five-year extension Friday of a George W. Bush-era surveillance law that allows US spy agencies to conduct wiretapping on foreign citizens without a warrant.

• 31 декабря 2012, 09:57

President Benigno Aquino's government called for reconciliation on Saturday after a "divisive" birth control act was signed into law despite bitter opposition from the influential Catholic church.

• 30 декабря 2012, 12:21

The most powerful gun lobby in the United States stood firm Monday against any additional restraints on firearms and ammunition sales -- despite a national outcry in the wake of the Sandy Hook school massacre.

• 24 декабря 2012, 14:52

Tens of thousands of petitioners are calling for US President Barack Obama to escalate the diplomatic feud that led Moscow to propose a law barring Americans from adopting Russian children.

• 24 декабря 2012, 10:45