Pakistan Votes to Amend Rape Laws
16th Nov 2006, 11:31 GMT
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 15 - Pakistan's parliament approved amendments Wednesday to an Islamic-based law on rape, dropping the death penalty and flogging for those convicted of consensual sex outside marriage, officials said.
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