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• Iran bill to ease polygamy angers women
TEHRAN, Iran - A bill that would allow Iranian men to take additional wives without the consent of their first wives has angered women and the country's top justice official, who say it would undermine women's rights and could be a government attempt ...
• Don't let them eat cake, senior Saudi cleric says
In many Muslim nations, including Egypt, Dubai, Lebanon and Iran, people routinely celebrate birthdays, especially for children. Among middle-class and affluent families, parties can be elaborate, with cakes, toys, clowns, ponies and many presents.
• Former professor guilty of passing military data
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A federal jury convicted a retired University of Tennessee professor Wednesday of passing sensitive information from a U.S. Air Force contract to two foreign research assistants from China and Iran. Jurors deliberated about six ...
• McCain: End ‘the constant partisan rancor’
Turning to foreign affairs, an arena in which Republicans say he is vastly more qualified than Obama, McCain called Iran “the chief state sponsor of terrorism” and accused Moscow of harboring ambitions of “reassembling the Russian empire.
• Romney sounds Republican call to arms
Delegates cheered when Romney recalled President Bush’s labeling of North Korea, Iraq and Iran the “axis of evil.” They cheered when he called for “taking a weed-whacker to excessive regulation and mandates ”and “for putting a stop to ...