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Ky. court upholds decision in penis removal case
Louisville :: KY :: USA | 5 months ago
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The Kentucky Court of Appeals has upheld a decision awarding a man no damages from a doctor who cut off a cancer-riddled section of his penis during what was scheduled to be a circumcision. The appeals court on Friday turned away efforts by Phillip
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UN calls for ban on female circumcision
Sydney :: Canada | 5 months ago
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THE United Nations General Assembly has unanimously approved a resolution calling for a global ban on female genital mutilation, a centuries-old practice stemming from the belief that circumcising girls controls women's sexuality and enhances
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Circumcision Protects Against AIDS
Pune :: India | 5 months ago
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Research Institute in Pune, India, was published Friday as a "research letter" in The Lancet medical journal. "It is now about the ninth study which followed men who are HIV-negative over a period of months or years. It is the ninth study in a row
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Lawyer Says Ritual Circumcision Is Protected Activity
New York City :: NY :: USA | 5 months ago
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The lawyer, Shay Dvoretzky, said the practice, which is prevalent in parts of the ultra-Orthodox community, is a constitutionally protected religious activity. He said that requiring ritual circumcisers, known collectively as mohelim, to be involved
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N.J. woman indicted on murder charge in toddler's death
Philadelphia :: PA :: USA | 5 months ago
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A New Jersey woman accused of fatally shaking a 14-month-old child she was babysitting has been indicted on murder and child endangerment charges. Monmouth County prosecutors say a grand jury returned the charges Monday against 44-year-old Michelle
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How the city teenagers pass from childhood to adulthood
Nairobi :: Kenya | 5 months ago
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A few minutes after 9 o'clock in the morning at the Queen of Apostles Seminary on Thika Road, casually dressed teenagers scurry to classrooms with notebooks and pens. Just as they settle down, Martin Simiyu enters with charts and other teaching aids.
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Woman guilty of death by infant circumcision
MANCHESTER - A British jury has a nurse Friday found guilty of the death of a four weeks old baby. The boy bled to death by an improper circumcision. The punishment will follow later, British media reported.
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Reuters Claims IDF Attacked its Cameramen in Hevron
Jerusalem :: Israel | 5 months ago
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German parliament allows circumcision
Cologne :: Germany | 5 months ago
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S parliament has passed a law to allow religious circumcision, clarifying the legal situation after a court said the rite amounted to grievous bodily harm in a ruling that caused international uproar. Members of the Bundestag or lower house of
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Female circumcision accused face court
Perth :: Australia | 5 months ago
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The 44-year-old man and 42-year-old woman appeared briefly in Perth Magistrates Court on Wednesday for a committal mention and asked for more time to collect medical evidence. The pair were charged in September in what is believed to be a legal first
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