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Mexico's Senate has approved a right-to-die bill that would allow terminally ill patients to refuse further treatment.
26/11/2008
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Britain has introduced new laws bolstering rules against forced marriages.
25/11/2008
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A group of Japanese Christians who were killed in the 17th century for refusing to renounce their religion have been beatified in a ceremony in the city of Nagasaki officiated by a representative of Pope Benedict XVI.
24/11/2008
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Robert De Niro, an award winning US film actor, has signed an agreement in Qatar to launch a Doha international film festival.
24/11/2008
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The world's largest collection of Islamic art has gone on display in the Gulf state of Qatar.
23/11/2008
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Tens of thousands of gay rights advocates have taken to the streets across the US, protesting California's recent vote to ban same-sex marriage.
16/11/2008
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Thirty-two people in Somalia have been arrested and whipped for taking part in a traditional dance in rebel-held territory south of the capital Mogadishu.
16/11/2008
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Tens of thousands of Thais have paid their respects to the elder sister of the country's king at a lavish, six-day cremation ceremony.
15/11/2008
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George Bush, the US president, has challenged Saudi Arabia to overturn its ban on apostasy - the changing of a person's religion - at a United Nations interfaith conference in New York.
14/11/2008
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Five Afghan schoolgirls have been attacked with battery acid by suspected Taliban fighters in the southern city of Kandahar.
12/11/2008
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The Uruguayan senate has voted to decriminalise abortion in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, a rare move for a Latin American country, although Tabare Vazquez, the country's president, is expected to veto the bill.
12/11/2008
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Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has launched a bitter attack on the rival Hamas movement as he attended events to mark the fourth anniversary of the death of Yasser Arafat, the former Palsetinian leader.
12/11/2008
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Miriam Makeba, the world-renowned South African singer, has died at the age of 76 after collapsing on stage during her last performance.
10/11/2008
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Pope Benedict XVI has told a conference comprising clergy, professors and experts from both Islam and Christianity that the two religions need to overcome their misunderstandings.
07/11/2008
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The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan has crowned an Oxford-educated, 28-year-old bachelor as its new king.
06/11/2008
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