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Tunisian president backs equal inheritance rights for women
TUNIS: Tunisia's president promised Monday to submit a bill to parliament soon that aims to give women equal inheritance rights with men, as debate...
Sadr backs Iraq protests, calls for delay in govt formation
BAGHDAD: Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, whose political bloc won Iraq's May 12 election, called on all politicians to delay efforts to form a new...
Macron backs sanctions on EU states that refuse migrants
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron came out Saturday in support of financial sanctions against EU countries which refuse to accept migrants.
"We can not have...
Czech government backs bill on same-sex marriage
PRAGUE: The Czech government gave its backing on Friday to a bill which would make the country the first in formerly communist Europe to...
Mexico minister backs marijuana legalisation in two tourist spots
MEXICO CITY: Marijuana should be legalised in two of Mexico’s main tourist hot spots, Cancun and Los Cabos, in order to reduce criminal violence,...