en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/world/legal/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/world/msps_to_raise_legal_smoking_age/ MSPs are expected to give the go-ahead to government plans to raise the legal age for buying cigarettes to 18. The move has attracted cross-party support and will also take place in England and Wales from 1 October. However concerns have been raised news world 2007-09-13 09:46:57 http://www.newsique.com/world/msps_to_raise_legal_smoking_age/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/6992036.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [6] 50 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/msps_to_raise_legal_smoking_age/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/britain_raises_legal_cigarette_b/ The move will come into effect on October 1, three months after a ban on smoking in enclosed public places is introduced. news world 2007-01-01 23:43:00 http://www.newsique.com/world/britain_raises_legal_cigarette_b/ Physorg http://www.physorg.com/news86854097.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/physorg/ 91 Interesting [8] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/britain_raises_legal_cigarette_b/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/uk_girls_guilty_over_ghana_drugs/ A Ghanaian court Wednesday found two British teenage girls guilty of attempting to smuggle drugs out of the west African country, and a legal adviser for the girls said they planned to appeal. The girls, both 16, were convicted of possessing an illegal su news world 2007-11-21 08:13:03 http://www.newsique.com/world/uk_girls_guilty_over_ghana_drugs/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/11/21/ghana.drugs/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/uk_girls_guilty_over_ghana_drugs/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/legal_action_to_ban_kurdish_part/ Turkish prosecutors have reportedly moved to ban a pro-Kurdish political party in Turkey that has been accused of colluding with Kurdish rebels. Supreme Court prosecutors asked the Constitutional Court to bar the Democratic Society Party (DTP), the sta news world 2007-11-16 08:27:07 http://www.newsique.com/world/legal_action_to_ban_kurdish_part/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7097988.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/legal_action_to_ban_kurdish_part/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/its_like_you_sign_a_contract_to_/ If you believe their PR, Nevada's legal brothels are safe, healthy - even fun - places in which to work. So why do so many prostitutes tell such horrific tales of abuse? Julie Bindel reports. There is only one place in the US where brothels are legal, news world 2007-09-07 10:39:45 http://www.newsique.com/world/its_like_you_sign_a_contract_to_/ Guardian Unlimited http://www.guardian.co.uk/women/story/0,,2164270,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/guardian/ 92 Shocking [4] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/its_like_you_sign_a_contract_to_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/india_woman_dumped_on_tip/ Authorities in India's southern Tamil Nadu state plan legal action against the relatives of an elderly woman who was found abandoned on a rubbish tip. Chinnammal Palaniappan, who is thought to be 75, told locals who found her she was driven miles from news world 2007-07-19 16:36:31 http://www.newsique.com/world/india_woman_dumped_on_tip/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/south_asia/6907269.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/india_woman_dumped_on_tip/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/law-abiding_majority_is_a_my1/ More than six out of 10 people regularly commit crimes against the government, their employers or businesses, research suggests. Keele University researchers said it showed petty crime was rife among the middle classes and exposed the "law-abiding majo news world 2007-06-26 08:26:15 http://www.newsique.com/world/law-abiding_majority_is_a_my1/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6235988.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Insightful [5] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/law-abiding_majority_is_a_my1/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/chaudhry_gains_ground_in_legal_r/ Support for Chaudhry has grown into a broad campaign for the restoration of democracy and is seen as a significant threat to Musharraf who came to power in a coup in 1999. For nearly a month the supreme court has been listening to legal arguments aime news world 2007-06-11 10:28:49 http://www.newsique.com/world/chaudhry_gains_ground_in_legal_r/ Al Jazeera http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F02ED362-42D7-4C16-A23D-005DFE93A611.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/chaudhry_gains_ground_in_legal_r/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/huge_crowds_greet_pakistan_judge/ Thousands turned out to greet Pakistan's suspended chief justice as he traveled to a northwestern town on Saturday to muster support for his legal battle against President Pervez Musharraf's attempt to sack him. Chants of "Go Musharraf Go", that have b news world 2007-06-02 23:43:58 http://www.newsique.com/world/huge_crowds_greet_pakistan_judge/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/06/02/pakistan.protest.reut/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/huge_crowds_greet_pakistan_judge/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/malaysia_rejects_conversion_appe/ Joy's argument was that the sharia court, a parallel legal system governing Muslims on property and family matters, had no jurisdiction over her since she had renounced Islam. She argued that she had the right to profess the faith of her choice unde news world 2007-05-30 10:51:03 http://www.newsique.com/world/malaysia_rejects_conversion_appe/ Al Jazeera http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/7387C841-E8C8-455E-9AFC-5B0A132FF4CD.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/malaysia_rejects_conversion_appe/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/india_abolishes_husbands_right_t/ For the first time, women in India have legal protection against abuse in their own homes under a law which came into force yesterday. It is the first time Indian law has recognised marital rape, sexual, emotional or verbal abuse of a woman by her husband news world 2006-10-27 11:13:28 http://www.newsique.com/world/india_abolishes_husbands_right_t/ Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article1932745.ece http://www.newsique.com/sources/independent/ 94 Under Rated [2] 100 mrmdc http://www.newsique.com/profiles/mrmdc/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/india_abolishes_husbands_right_t/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/sony_admits_to_buying_grey_goods/ Sony admits senior staff bought PlayStation Portable (PSP) handheld consoles from an illegal source but only for investigatory purposes. news world 2006-10-26 08:21:08 http://www.newsique.com/world/sony_admits_to_buying_grey_goods/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6083856.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [2] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/sony_admits_to_buying_grey_goods/#comments