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...PASSED. A BILL allowing the death penalty for people convicted of so-called honor killings; by the lower house of Pakistan's National Assembly; in Islamabad. Under current law, the maximum penalty for relatives who kill female family members who commit adultery or marry without family permission is seven years in jail. In Pakistan last year, more than 1,200 women were murdered in honor killings...
...birthday girl, I was afforded the inevitable honor of, well, getting hammered. The lights were low, and the stereo was playing some ridiculous eighties hit when I felt an arm slink around my waist, “So, sweetheart, how old are you turning? Seventeen...
...Dutch raw herring." Her other great passions in life are soccer - she's an ardent fan of the Amsterdam club Ajax - and royalty. She says one of the highlights of her life came in 2001, when she was invited to tea with Queen Beatrix. "I considered it a great honor," Van Andel-Schipper told the Courant. "She was really nice. I let her ask the questions. I thought that would be best." Although her sight is failing and she's become a little wobbly on her feet, the former needlework instructor remains mentally alert and socially engaged. "She's really...
...Heaney was elected as the Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory, an additional honor. The poet dubs his lectures and speeches his “bread and butter as an academic. That’s how I earn my keep,” he says. He often culls essays for volumes of prose from his addresses...
Still, even some of Kerry's Spanish-language ads have a drive-by reference to religion. One opens with Kerry playing soccer with his daughters and the voice-over, "We introduce you to a man of faith. A man of family. A man of honor ..." But don't touch that remote. On Friday, Bush began running an ad accusing Kerry of voting to raise taxes 98 times--his campaign's 11th Spanish-language TV spot. More are sure to follow. --By Viveca Novak