| Museums: In Turkey’s Museums, Sacred and Secular Interweave In Istanbul, a city of transitions, the forces of secularism and Islam are in contention, and everything appears to shimmer with unsteadiness. feeds.nytimes.com |
Syrian Lawyer, 79, Sentenced to 3 years in Jail The defense team for Haitham Maleh, who spent six years as a political prisoner in the 1980s, fears that he might not survive the incarceration. feeds.nytimes.com |
Woman Sentenced to Death by Stoning Reportedly Appears on Iranian Television Lawyers for Sakineh Ashtiani, an Iranian woman whose sentence of death by stoning for the crime of adultery has sparked an international campaign to save her, said she was tortured into making a confession on state television. feeds.nytimes.com |
Court: Jerusalem Must Fund Gay Center JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's Supreme Court has ordered the Jerusalem city government to provide more than $120,000 in funding for a prominent gay community center. feeds.nytimes.com |
'You can beat your wife, but not bruise' THE Federal Supreme Court in the United Arab Emirates has ruled that a man can beat his wife and young children as long as no marks are left, according to a report. news.com.au |