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| Israel's parliament moves to quell anger over short skirt ban | | | By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's parliament speaker went on national radio on Thursday to try to quell anger over a ban on female staff wearing skirts deemed too short, a move that has caused a scandal in a legislature where informal dress has long been the fashion. The furore began about 10 days ago when Knesset security guards began turning away women they accused of being dressed immodestly, even though the rules do not specify a skirt length. The lawmaker, Professor Manuel Trajtenberg, complained that soon women would "have to wear burkas". |
| Somali militants cut off hands of two accused thieves - al Shabaab | | | By Feisal Omar MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Al Shabaab militants cut off the right hands of two alleged thieves in a region of Somalia controlled by the al Qaeda- affiliated group, a senior al Shabaab official said on Thursday. The Islamist movement has been fighting for years to drive out African Union peacekeepers, topple Somalia's Western-backed central government and impose its brand of sharia (Islamic law) in the Horn of Africa country. Two men, Farah Bile Mohamud and Quri Osman Abdi, admitted at a trial to stealing money from a shop and a judge ordered the right hands of both to be cut off, the al Shabaab governor of the Galgadud region, Sheikh Hassan Ali, told Reuters. |
| Businesswoman daughter of Mozambique's Guebuza murdered | | | Valentina Guebuza, the influential businesswoman daughter of former Mozambican President Armando Guebuza, was shot dead by her husband in their apartment in a wealthy neighbourhood of the capital, Mozambican police said on Thursday. Guebuza, a member of the ruling Frelimo party's Central Committee and ranked as one of Africa's most powerful women, was rushed to hospital after being shot four times but died en route, police spokesman Orlando Mudumane said. A South Africa-trained civil engineer, Guebuza held prominent positions in the telecommunications and banking sectors and led several family businesses. |
| Closing arguments due in Charleston church shooting suspect's trial | |  By Greg Lacour CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - Lawyers are set to give their closing arguments at white supremacist Dylann Roof's federal hate crimes trial on Thursday after six days of chilling testimony about the shooting massacre at a historic black church in South Carolina last year. For Roof's defense team, it could be the last time they speak to jurors in Charleston. Roof confessed on video that he shot and killed nine parishioners during a Bible study at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church on June 17, 2015.
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| Massachusetts tiptoes into pot legalisation; OK to smoke, not to sell | |  By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - Massachusetts on Thursday became the first state in the densely populated U.S. Northeast to legalise marijuana for recreational use, a step that advocates say could help spread the drug's acceptance across the United States. Massachusetts is now one of eight U.S. states that have legalised use of the drug for recreational use since voters in Washington and Colorado first approved the idea in 2012. Distances between cities in the Northeast are smaller than in the West, leading some to suggest Massachusetts' move could motivate neighboring states to consider similar steps, given how easy it will be for people to cross state lines to acquire the drug.
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| Thai PM defends cyber controls as censorship concerns rise | |  Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on Thursday defended a decision to amend a cyber-crime law to increase the military government's ability to remove online content as authorities seeks to tighten control on dissent. A royal transition this month saw new King Maha Vajiralongkorn ascend the throne following the death of his father, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, on Oct. 13. Thailand has some of the world's toughest laws against royal insult, which has curtailed public discussion about the monarchy's role following the death of King Bhumibol, who was seen as a unifying figure.
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| France's Valls would give more power to parliament if elected president | |  Would-be Socialist French president Manuel Valls on Thursday proposed to hand more power to parliament by limiting a government's rights to force through legislation without a parliamentary vote. Valls himself used the so called Article 49.3 of the constitution to force through a controversial labour reform this year while he was prime minister, upsetting fellow Socialists in the process. The only way for members of parliament to block a 49.3 move is to propose, and pass, a vote of no confidence in the government.
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| Foreign NGOs on back foot as new Chinese law looms | | | By Christian Shepherd BEIJING (Reuters) - Foreign organisations including social and environmental advocacy groups fear they could inadvertently break broadly defined new rules that take effect in China next month, with some even shutting up shop to avoid such pitfalls. China says the NGO law, which grants broad powers to police to question NGO workers, monitor their finances and regulate their work, is necessary to regulate an unruly sector and that only those operating illegally have anything to fear. Western governments say the law, which was passed in April, treats groups as criminals and would severely limit their ability to operate in China. |
| Austrian lawmakers pass bill to seize house Hitler was born in | |  Austria's lower house of parliament has approved the compulsory purchase of the building Hitler was born in, a step towards changing the site beyond recognition to reduce its appeal as a pilgrimage site for neo-Nazis. Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka has said the government supports a planned "thorough architectural rearrangement" of the house Hitler was born in near the border with Germany in 1889, which could include demolishing the building. The compulsory purchase of the house in the town in Braunau am Inn should put an end to a long-standing dispute with its owner, a retired woman who has turned down previous offers by the state to acquire the site.
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| Kabul security gates in storage as Afghan officials trade accusations | |  By Hamid Shalizi KABUL (Reuters) - A set of giant security gates financed by China and intended to protect Kabul from large bombs and drug smuggling lie stored in a warehouse more than five months after they arrived, while Afghan authorities bicker over who should install them. Intended for the four main entry points into Kabul, they have been delayed by infighting between departments and by a land dispute, underlining the difficulty of getting things done in a country where conflict and corruption have slowed progress. The hangar-style gates, each weighing around 30 tonnes, are to reinforce the so-called "Ring of Steel" that surrounds Kabul, a city of five million people already protected by blast walls, armed checkpoints and eye-in-the-sky surveillance cameras.
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| Egypt executes prominent Islamist militant Habara amid threats of retaliation | | | Egypt executed prominent Islamist fighter Adel Habara on Thursday, state media said, days after a top court rejected his final appeal and in defiance of militant threats to ignite "a volcano of jihad" across the couuntry. Habara, 40, was sentenced to death in 2014 for killing 25 army conscripts in Northern Sinai in August 2013. Sisi has launched a fierce crackdown on Islamists since as Egypt's then-military chief he overthrew the country's democratically elected president, Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood, in July 2013. |
| Australian court cracks down on illegal downloads | | | By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - More than 60 websites devoted to helping people illegally download films and television shows will be blocked in Australia, the country's Federal Court ruled on Thursday, in a landmark victory for content providers. News Corp's local cable TV company Foxtel and cinema owner Village Roadshow Ltd won the case, which requires internet service providers such as Telstra Corporation Limited, Optus and TPG to block access to more than 60 file-sharing websites, widely used to download popular TV shows such as Game of Thrones. |
| Washington state coroner's inquest finds police shooting justified | |  A jury found on Wednesday that Washington state police officers acted lawfully when they shot dead a Mexican farm worker after he threw rocks at them, city officials said. The finding by a coroner's inquest jury, which was convened as a fact-finding process for the February 2015 shooting of Antonio Zambrano-Montes in the farming hub of Pasco, follows decisions by federal, state and local prosecutors not to charge the three officers who opened fire. Zambrano's death sparked local protests and was condemned last year by Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto who called it a disproportionate use of force.
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