Afghans block law protecting women’s rights Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked a law that aims to protect women’s freedoms, with some arguing that parts of it violate Islamic principles or encourage women to have sex outs... (photo: AP / Rafiq Maqbool) The Independent Afghanistan Law Parliament Photos Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present) Afghanistan MPs to debate law on women's rights Afghan MPs are to debate a law to prevent violence against women, amid a fierce argument between leading Afghan women over tactics. | A law banning violence against women, child marriages and forced m... (photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq) BBC News Afghanistan Parliament Photos Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present) Women Top Stories Iranian cleric says women cannot be president as 30 females try to have names added ... A member of Iran's constitutional watchdog group insists that women cannot be presidential candidates, a report said on Thursday, effectively killing the largely symbolic... (photo: AP / Ben Curtis) The Daily Telegraph Election Iran Photos Wikipedia: Iranian presidential election, 2013 Women Bombings kill at least 33 in Iraq Updated: May 15, 2013 6:28PM | BAGHDAD (AP) — A car bomb exploded near a bus station in Baghdad’s main Shiite district Wednesday, the deadliest in a series of explosi... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim) Chicago Sun-Times Car Bombings Iraq Photos Terrorism Wikipedia: Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal) Rafsanjani enters presidential race Iran's powerful former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has entered the race for the June presidential election. | Simultaneously, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's close... (photo: AP / Ebrahim Noroozi) Belfast Telegraph Business Photos Politics Tehran Wikipedia: Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei UN honours work of three Iraqi women journalists Print | 9 May 2013 – Three Iraqi women journalists have been selected as the winners of a United Nations contest which seeks to highlight the everyday challenges face... (photo: UN / UN) United Nations Iraqi Journalists Photos Wikipedia: Iraq Women Has Stephen Hawking joined boycott of Israel over treatment of Palestinians? Has physicist Stephen Hawking joined a boycott of Israel in a show of solidarity over treatment of Palestinians? His cancellation of plans to attend a conference there ha... (photo: Creative Commons / Doug Wheller) The Examiner Boycott Israel Palestine Photos Wikipedia: Stephen Hawking Syrian women giving birth in exile of refugee camp DALE GAVLAK | Associated Press= ZAATARI, Jordan (AP) — In a tent hospital bed, a Syrian woman who was four months pregnant when she fled her country's civil war cradles... (photo: AP / Manu Brabo) The Guardian Photos Refugee Syria Wikipedia: Syrian civil war Women Saudi girls will be allowed to play sports in private schools Saudi Arabian girls will be allowed to play sports in private schools for the first time, the latest in a series of incremental changes aimed at slowly increasing women's... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar) The Daily Telegraph Girls Photos Saudi Schools Sports Wikipedia: Saudi Arabia Egypt open to tourists who drink booze and wear bikinis, says tourism minister Islamist-ruled country sets out strategy to win back foreign visitors spooked by years of unrest and political instability | Sharm el Sheikh on Egypt's Sinai peninsula is... (photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub) The Guardian Egypt Photos Politics Religion Tourism Wikipedia: Egypt
