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Swiss to vote on tightening of asylum law, again The Swiss will vote Sunday on whether to approve an emergency tightening of the country's asylum law in a bid to stem the influx of refugees to the wealthy Alpine nation.

06 June 2013

French move to ban industrial food from 'restaurants' Worried its gastronomic reputation is being damaged by substandard eateries, France is considering banning establishments from calling themselves restaurants if meals are not made from scratch by in-house chefs.

04 June 2013

Russia's ambitious smoking ban goes into effect Russia's ambitious smoking ban, which aims to cut the number of smokers in half and improve public health, went into effect Saturday amid doubts that its measures can be fully enforced.

03 June 2013

New law reignites debate over Germany's 'baby hatch' Germany's "baby hatches", where women can safely leave their unwanted newborn, have come under fire as the government pushes a new law to guarantee a child the right to eventually know its mother's identity.

01 June 2013

Thousands protest gay marriage in Paris At least 150,000 demonstrators took to the streets of Paris to protest a new law allowing gay marriage, a largely peaceful gathering that later turned violent as riot police battled hundreds of right-wingers.

27 May 2013

Nazarbayev signs law on countering pornography Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a law on countering pornography.

22 May 2013

Japan parliament approves child abduction treaty Japan's parliament on Wednesday approved an international treaty on child abductions after decades of pressure from the United States and other Western nations.

22 May 2013

French president to sign gay marriage bill into law French President Francois Hollande will sign a gay marriage and adoption bill into law Saturday, after the Constitutional Council threw out a legal challenge by the right-wing opposition.

18 May 2013

Senate approves pension draft law in first reading Kazakhstan Senate has approved the draft law amending the pension system in the first reading.

16 May 2013

Kazakhstan ratifies military-technical cooperation agreement with Russia Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a law On ratification of the agreement between governments of Kazakhstan and Russia on development and implementation of joint action programs in military-technical cooperation.

15 May 2013

Senators suggest revising draft pension law Senator Svetlana Dzhalmagambetova suggests to return the draft pension law for rework.

15 May 2013

Kazakhstan to introduce fixed rates on electricity from renewable energy sources Analysis of global experience helped define 2 major support measures: fixed rates and green certificates: Kazakhstan expert.

08 May 2013

Lebanon 'liberal' for Mideast, but gays still targeted Lebanon has a reputation as the most liberal country in the conservative Middle East, but even a night on the town for gays can end in arrest and humiliating sexuality "tests".

08 May 2013

Libya adopts law barring Kadhafi-era officials Libya's General National Congress, under pressure from militiamen, on Sunday voted through a controversial law to exclude former regime officials from public posts in a move that could see the premier removed from office.

06 May 2013

China bans forced mental hospital detentions: media A new law has taken effect prohibiting Chinese from being committed to mental hospitals without their consent in an attempt to prevent "forced detentions".

02 May 2013

Modern Singapore grapples with archaic sex law With its gay bars and same-sex couples publicly displaying affection, the Tanjong Pagar district offers a glimpse of a Singapore whose outlook contrasts with its more conservative image.

29 April 2013

Kazakhstan mulls restricting cash withdrawal Kazakhstan financial police is suggesting to legally restrict withdrawal of cash by individuals and legal entities.

24 April 2013

Spain vows to tighten abortion law despite criticism Spain's centre-right government has vowed to "promptly" tighten the nation's abortion laws, angering the opposition Socialist Party which had eased access to the procedure.

18 April 2013

Battle lines drawn as US Senate readies gun debate The most significant US Senate debate on gun laws in 20 years starts Tuesday with the chamber introducing a bipartisan compromise on background checks.

16 April 2013

US senators reach deal on gun-sale background checks Senators struck a hard-fought compromise Wednesday that could expand US background checks to all commercial firearms sales, which may result in the most ambitious change to gun laws since 1994.

11 April 2013

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