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Saudi Arabia, the chief holdout, has at least pledged to start issuing ID cards to women. Today the only legal evidence of a Saudi woman's existence is the appearance of her name on her husband's card. If she gets divorced, her name goes on her father's card; if he's dead, her brother's; and if she has no brother, the card of her closest male relative, even if she scarcely knows him. Manar, 35, a Riyadh translator, thinks ID cards for women will make a real difference. "As long as you are a follower, you cannot...
It’s 2:30 a.m., and the Quincy Grille is open for business. Believing that he will no longer wilt from his approaching starvation, Joe reaches into his pocket, only to find that he has forgotten his wallet. All this starving student has is his ID card and a few tears in his eyes. Okay, a lot of tears...
...Meanwhile, the fugitive, who professes his innocence, continues to play the daddy card. In a letter his father claims was found under a pillow after the young man fled, Duangchalerm tells Chalerm he was being unjustly portrayed as a criminal "simply because [I'm] your...
...protesters are playing the terrorism card. "Nuclear transport is always dangerous, but in this situation it shouldn't be done," said Greenpeace's Teske. "The casks wouldn't survive a plane crash." That case was boosted at a special session on nuclear terrorism held by the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna this month. There experts warned that the threat of sabotage on spent-fuel nuclear transport was being underestimated...
...methods hoping to keep the jolly St. Nick in each of us from turning into a poochy, green-haired Grinch. There are the usual caveats like “eat the roasted chicken instead of the fried BBQ wings,” “check that your credit card is not maxed out before going shopping,” and my personal favorite: “It’s okay to wish you still believed in Santa...