Ireland rejects amendment to abortion laws in narrow vote
Prime Minister Bertie Ahern acknowledged defeat as Ireland's Protection of Human Life in Pregnancy Bill fell about 51 percent to 49 percent nationwide. Urban turnout higher amid divided views, with rural support for restricting abortion and fears of misused threats. The result pressures new legislation aligned with the 1992 Supreme Court ruling and upcoming election timing.
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Witness Describes Kosovo Atrocities Before NATO Bombing
Sabit Kadriu, a human rights activist from Vucitrn, testified of massacres in northern Kosovo in 1998. He described 14 naked, mutilated bodies in Galica and killings in Osijan Zilivode and Bivoljak. Kadriu recalled Serb police and army violence, forced expulsions, and later prison torture while he and his family fled toward Macedonia.
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Foreign Falun Gong Protesters Detained Near Beijing NPC Meeting
Seven foreign Falun Gong members were detained during a brief protest outside Beijing’s former imperial palace near the National People’s Congress. A Australian TV producer filming the event was briefly detained as police increased security around Tiananmen Square.
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Thailand withdraws expulsion plan for FEER reporters
The Thai government canceled the Feb 22 visa cancellation for Far Eastern Economic Review reporters Shawn Crispin and Rodney Tasker over a Jan 10 article on relations between the king and prime minister. Police dropped defamation charges. FEER apologized. The Nation says the government is probing assets of 33 people, including journalists.
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