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Nicaragua Overwhelmingly Renews Total Abortion Ban in 66-3 Vote By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman MANAGUA, September 13, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com)--The Nicaraguan congress voted today overwhelmingly  to renew the penal code's punishment of all abortions, striking down an amendment that would have created an exemption for "therapeutic abortion." Although there was concern that the governing Sandinista party might renege on its 2006 campaign promise to support the anti-abortion penal code, the party kept its promise and voted to maintain the law.  The three votes against were from the far-left Movimiento Renovador Sandinista (MRS), a group that split from the original Sandinista party in...

ANKARA, May 20, 2005 (IslamOnline.net) – Turkish circles expressed growing concerns over a new penal code that they fear would stifle the freedom of expression and restrict the work of political groups and NGOs in the European country. "The law restricts the basic freedoms and poses enormous threats to the mosque imams and preachers," A. Bolac, a journalistic writer, told IslamOnline.net on Wednesday, May 20. The new Penal Code is expected to take into effect by June 1 after it was touted by the government as a measure preserving human rights in Turkey and a move bringing Ankara closer to...

A 40-year-old lecturer at a college in Northern Norway, lost his job after he got an erection in the presence of two students. The court claims the incident can not be held against him. Two female students contacted college management after the incident where they claim the lecturer exposed himself indecently to them in a work-out room. The district attorney filed a suit against the man after the local police suggested not prosecuting the case. However, in the criminal case the lecturer was unanimously acquitted. In Hammarfest law of property, the ground for dismissal was found wrongful, and Høgskolen in...