en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/world/law/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/world/israel_mulls_citizenship_changes/ Israel's interior minister has called for reforming the law that grants Jews around the world Israeli citizenship. Meir Sheetrit said citizenship should be earned by a strong commitment to Israel and not granted automatically. He was addressing the news world 2007-10-31 08:16:26 http://www.newsique.com/world/israel_mulls_citizenship_changes/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/7070868.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [6] 80 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/israel_mulls_citizenship_changes/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/uganda_scraps_sexist_adultery_/ Uganda scrapped an adultery law Thursday that campaigners said discriminated against women. Uganda's Constitutional Court ordered the changes to the Penal Code, under which it was legal for a married man to have an affair with an unmarried woman but ag news world 2007-04-06 11:27:29 http://www.newsique.com/world/uganda_scraps_sexist_adultery_/ Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070405/od_nm/uganda_adultery_dc http://www.newsique.com/sources/yahoo_news/ 93 Interesting [6] 80 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/uganda_scraps_sexist_adultery_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/hungary_may_legalize_porn_involv/ A bill modifying Hungary's penal code could allow pornographic material involving 14- to 17-year-olds to be made and kept for personal use. The Justice Ministry said the draft proposal, presented last month by Hungarian Justice Minister Jozsef Petretei news world 2007-02-22 09:57:57 http://www.newsique.com/world/hungary_may_legalize_porn_involv/ USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2007-02-19-hungary-porn_x.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/usatoday/ 91 Shocking [14] 70 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 1 http://www.newsique.com/world/hungary_may_legalize_porn_involv/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/judge_sentences_girl_to_abort_ba/ An Italian judge ordered a 13 year old girl from Torino to abort her unborn child because her parents were opposed to the baby. Italian legislation states that a minor is not allowed to decide whether to abort or not and the 'decision' falls entirely news world 2007-02-20 20:24:54 http://www.newsique.com/world/judge_sentences_girl_to_abort_ba/ Malta Star http://www.maltastar.com/pages/msfullart.asp?an=9985 http://www.newsique.com/sources/maltastar/ 95 Shocking [12] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/judge_sentences_girl_to_abort_ba/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/thousands_rally_over_pakistan_ra/ More than 20,000 supporters of an Islamic alliance rallied Sunday, demanding the government withdraw changes to a controversial rape statute that they say go against Islam. news world 2006-12-11 12:51:56 http://www.newsique.com/world/thousands_rally_over_pakistan_ra/ ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2715462 http://www.newsique.com/sources/abc_news/ 91 Important [11] 100 mrmdc http://www.newsique.com/profiles/mrmdc/ 1 http://www.newsique.com/world/thousands_rally_over_pakistan_ra/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/belmont_to_be_first_us_city_to_b/ Belmont is set to make history by becoming the first city in the nation to ban smoking on its streets and almost everywhere else. news world 2006-11-20 01:40:27 http://www.newsique.com/world/belmont_to_be_first_us_city_to_b/ www.smdailyjournal.com http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=66988 Under Rated [7] 80 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/belmont_to_be_first_us_city_to_b/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/part_of_anti-terrorism_act_viola/ An Ontario judge has struck down part of the Anti-terrorism Act, but legal experts were divided on whether it will make successful prosecutions more difficult. news world 2006-10-29 14:45:48 http://www.newsique.com/world/part_of_anti-terrorism_act_viola/ CBC http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2006/10/24/khawaja-ruling.html?ref=rss http://www.newsique.com/sources/cbc/ 98 Under Rated [3] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/part_of_anti-terrorism_act_viola/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/man_detained_over_paris_bombing/ Police in Paris have detained a man in connection with Thursday's parcel bomb attack at law offices which killed one person and injured several others. A police source told the French news agency AFP that the man had been reported in 2005 for harassmen news world 2007-12-07 08:32:33 http://www.newsique.com/world/man_detained_over_paris_bombing/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7132179.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/man_detained_over_paris_bombing/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/italy_starts_deporting_romanians/ Italian authorities have started deporting Romanian immigrants with criminal records under a controversial new law to tackle crime. The move was prompted by the murder of a woman in Rome, allegedly by a Romanian illegal immigrant. Italy's government news world 2007-11-05 08:16:53 http://www.newsique.com/world/italy_starts_deporting_romanians/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7078532.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/italy_starts_deporting_romanians/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/iraqi_oil_workers_union_founder_/ The proposed oil law facing the Iraqi cabinet would allow Western oil companies to take about 50% of all production as their share, an "obvious robbery of the Iraqi oil," says oil workers union heavy. As the Iraqi cabinet approves part of a controversi opinion world 2007-07-09 12:48:11 http://www.newsique.com/world/iraqi_oil_workers_union_founder_/ Alter Net http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/56301/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/alternet/ 86 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/iraqi_oil_workers_union_founder_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/china_officials_break_one-child_/ Authorities in the Chinese province of Hunan say that nearly 2,000 officials broke the ban on having more than one child, in the years 2000-2005. The Chinese government announced earlier this year that fines for breaking the one-child law were to be in news world 2007-07-08 12:59:47 http://www.newsique.com/world/china_officials_break_one-child_/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/6282186.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/china_officials_break_one-child_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/confusion_clouds_new_iraq_oil_la/ The administration in the autonomous Kurdish region in the north of Iraq said on Wednesday that it had "not seen and approved the final text of the law". "We hope that the cabinet is not approving a text with which the KRG (Kurdish Regional Government) news world 2007-07-04 13:14:44 http://www.newsique.com/world/confusion_clouds_new_iraq_oil_la/ Al Jazeera http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/1B5B6E5C-019F-4D49-BD4A-BDA7542FB43D.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/al_jazeera/ 90 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/confusion_clouds_new_iraq_oil_la/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/iraqi_cabinet_backs_draft_oil_la/ The Iraqi government has approved an amended draft law on how to share the country's oil wealth, officials say. Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said parliament would begin debating the bill on Wednesday. There are no details about changes to the news world 2007-07-03 08:09:35 http://www.newsique.com/world/iraqi_cabinet_backs_draft_oil_la/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/6264184.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/iraqi_cabinet_backs_draft_oil_la/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/polish_court_rules_against_spy_l/ The ruling was an embarrassment for Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the prime minister, and his twin Lech, Poland's president, who have made the law a cornerstone of their political agenda. The brothers have exerted pressure on the tribunal in the past few days, a news world 2007-05-12 04:08:02 http://www.newsique.com/world/polish_court_rules_against_spy_l/ Al Jazeera http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/2A1E6B58-B64D-4D0E-8A3E-86BF3DB3EE72.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/al_jazeera/ 90 Interesting [4] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/polish_court_rules_against_spy_l/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/ugandan_adultery_law_too_sexist/ Uganda's adultery law has been scrapped by the Constitutional Court because it treated men and women unequally. The law made it an offence for a married woman to have an affair, but it allowed a cheating husband to have an affair with an unmarried woma news world 2007-04-05 08:02:26 http://www.newsique.com/world/ugandan_adultery_law_too_sexist/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/africa/6528869.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [4] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/ugandan_adultery_law_too_sexist/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/no_crime_too_small_in_tokyo/ This story begins with a crime. Under normal circumstances, there is no reason anyone would want to steal my bike. It's a basic get-around-town model that cost $150. It was the biggest bicycle a Japanese department store carried and it's still too smal news world 2007-03-29 00:58:00 http://www.newsique.com/world/no_crime_too_small_in_tokyo/ Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-bike28mar28,0,244160,full.story?coll=la-home-headlines http://www.newsique.com/sources/latimes/ 93 Under Rated [1] 60 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/no_crime_too_small_in_tokyo/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/make_way_for_copyright_chaos/ Berlin LAST week, Viacom asked a federal court to order the video-sharing service YouTube to pay it more than $1 billion in damages for some 150,000 videos that Viacom claims it owns and YouTube users have shared. “YouTube,” the complaint alleges, opinion world 2007-03-18 15:48:33 http://www.newsique.com/world/make_way_for_copyright_chaos/ New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/18/opinion/18lessig.html?ex=1331870400&en=51ab73d88d4bcf61&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss http://www.newsique.com/sources/nytimes/ 96 Under Rated [1] 80 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/make_way_for_copyright_chaos/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/first_gay_couple_unite_in_mexico/ An economist and a journalist became the first couple united under Mexico City's new gay civil union law Friday, kissing while an orchestra played "Besame Mucho" and police guarded their white wedding tent filled with guests. The new law, which took ef news world 2007-03-16 18:09:34 http://www.newsique.com/world/first_gay_couple_unite_in_mexico/ USA Today http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/102271723/2007-03-16-gayunions_N.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/usatoday/ 91 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/first_gay_couple_unite_in_mexico/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/china_passes_law_protecting_priv/ China's legislature on Friday passed a controversial law designed to protect private property rights, in what was described as a significant milestone on the path toward a market economy. The legislation stopped short of disavowing the principle that a news world 2007-03-16 18:07:54 http://www.newsique.com/world/china_passes_law_protecting_priv/ Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/16/AR2007031600512.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/washingtonpost/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/china_passes_law_protecting_priv/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/china_private_property_law_enact/ After more than a quarter century of market-oriented economic policies and record-setting growth, China enacted today its first law to protect private property explicitly. The measure, which was delayed a year ago amid vocal opposition from resurgent news world 2007-03-16 08:25:36 http://www.newsique.com/world/china_private_property_law_enact/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/102136367/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Insightful [5] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/china_private_property_law_enact/#comments