Middle East

Population Policy Under Scrutiny

Damascus government accused of failing to encourage contraception to deal with soaring birth rate.

16 Feb 10

New survey reveals that majority of women in Kurdistan have undergone genital mutilation.

16 Feb 10

Constitutional referendum proved that minorities not only have a voice, but their voices can effect change.

15 Feb 10

Those who voted in favour of the constitution because they felt there was no alternative were mistaken.

15 Feb 10

One year after leaving the capital, a reporter returns to a ghost town.

15 Feb 10

Repressive policies from Central Asia governments have done nothing to curb the rise of the banned Islamic party.

15 Feb 10

Now that Saddam has been convicted, Iraq's other criminals - its corrupt officials, militia leaders and terrorists - should be tried too.

15 Feb 10

Iraqi rulers have long employed the death penalty as a way of getting back at their enemies.

15 Feb 10

Ruling marks an important development in international law - the first time the Genocide Convention has been applied at the ICJ.

15 Feb 10

Equality and democracy in higher education must be practiced, not preached.

15 Feb 10

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