The Sinai-based Islamist militant group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis claimed responsibility on Sunday for an attempt last week to kill the Egyptian interior minister in Cairo, and promised more attacks in revenge for a crackdown on Egypt's Islamists.
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September 8th, 2013
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September 8th, 2013
Christians in Syria were fleeing one of the oldest Christian towns in the world on Sunday, after regime forces failed to win it back from Islamist rebel fighters.
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September 7th, 2013
The Crown Prosecution Service has been accused of “double standards” over abortion laws as campaign groups detailed how it brought criminal charges against a string of pro-life protesters yet refused to prosecute doctors over illegal practices.
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September 5th, 2013
The CPS's decision not to prosecute two doctors who have been accused of offering to arrange abortions based on gender is "concerning", Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.
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September 5th, 2013
Coronation Street is to explore the issue of the 'right to die' when terminally ill Hayley Cropper decides she wants to take control of her death.
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September 5th, 2013
The decision not to prosecute doctors who agreed to arrange sex-selective abortions was “not a policy decision”, the country's chief prosecutor has insisted.
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September 5th, 2013
No matter what subject you raise in Westminster bars, the discussion usually steers itself towards politics.
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September 5th, 2013
The UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has announced that it will not be pursuing criminal charges against two abortionists who were caught on camera agreeing to perform illegal sex-selection abortions, saying that such prosecutions are “not in the public interest.”
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September 5th, 2013
Coronation Street is set to tackle the issue of “right to die” – an individual’s entitlement to undergo voluntary euthanasia – in a storyline concerning terminally ill character Hayley Cropper.
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September 5th, 2013
Britain's legislation on abortion has become “meaningless”, MPs warned tonight, as the country’s most senior prosecutor was accused of putting above the law doctors who agreed to arrange illegal terminations.