BBC News - Women in Gaza: Life under Hamas
The announcement of recent restrictions to stop male hairdressers from cutting women's hair in the Gaza Strip appears to be the latest step by the ruling Islamist group, Hamas, to impose more conservative Islamic customs there. But how far are these measures enforced? Five middle-class Palestinian women in Gaza City discuss how life has changed in Gaza since Hamas won elections in January 2006 - a
Catholic Church sex abuse scandals around the world
A series of scandals involving child sex abuse by priests has rocked the Catholic Church around the world. The Catholic Church has faced a raft of allegations of child sex abuse by priests and an inadequate response by bishops. Here is a round-up of some of those events: The bishop of Bruges, Roger Vangheluwe, resigned, external in April 2010 after admitting that he had sexually abused a boy for y
BBC News - Slovak President Gasparovic sends back patriotism law
The president of Slovakia has vetoed a controversial patriotism law passed recently by parliament. The law, which among other things would require schools to play the Slovak national anthem every Monday, was due to come into force on 1 April. But President Ivan Gasparovic says schools have not had enough time to conform to it. There has been a public outcry over the law, drawn up by a nationalist
BBC News - The bitter battle over bluefin tuna
"Welcome to the strange world of globalisation." That is Roberto Mielgo's response to the fact that it is commercially viable to catch and keep live tuna in off-shore pens - or ranches - in the Spanish Mediterranean and feed them vast amounts of expensive caught fish (around 10kg of feed fish serve to make the tuna put on 1kg of body weight). And to cull them by hand using divers, ship them to sho
BBC News - Greece bomb hits Pakistani leader's home in Athens
A bomb has exploded outside the home of a Pakistani community leader in the Greek capital Athens - the second blast in the area in less than 24 hours. Police said there were no injuries, but some damage was done to the entrance of the apartment building and three cars. On Friday, a bomb damaged the office of a far-right anti-immigration group. No group has said it carried out the attacks, but ther
BBC News - Fresh Israeli air strikes wound 11 in Gaza Strip
Hillary Clinton seems to believe that the spat over settlements with Israel might produce something positive. In a BBC interview she appeared to concede that escalating the tone with the Israelis had been a risk but she said it was "paying off". She added she believed there would be a "resumption of the negotiating track soon". In other words, pressure on Israel is working. But the pressure will h
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BBC News - Vatican to issue Pope's letter on Irish child sex abuse
The Vatican is due to publish a letter from Pope Benedict XVI to Irish Catholics, asking forgiveness for paedophilic abuse by priests. The pastoral letter is the first public statement by the Vatican on the sexual abuse of children dating back decades. It follows revelations of paedophilia within the Irish Catholic Church, which have rocked the institution. Scandals involving Catholic priests have
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