Culture

Egypt also blocks YouTube

The country\’s administrative court ordered the ministry of communication to block the Google-owned site inside Egypt because it had carried the film \”Innocence of Muslims\”, according to state news agency Mena. The 13-minute video, billed as a film trailer and made in the United States, provoked a torrent of anti-American unrest in Egypt, Libya and […]

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India approves death penalty in some rape cases

NEW DELHI, Feb 3: India’s president on Sunday approved harsher punishments for rapists, including the death penalty, after a brutal gang-rape in New Delhi sparked national outrage and triggered demands for tougher laws. [caption id=\"attachment_7512\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"] Pranab Mukherjee[/caption] President Pranab Mukherjee gave his assent to the new rape law two days after cabinet ministers

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