War on Women News:
Egyptian Sunni Cleric Denounces Women's Rights, Promotes Wife Beating -- Mazen Al-Sarsawi
-- also promotes hatred against Shiites
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/04/mazen-al-sarsawi/
Turkey Detains Mother for Newborn's "Honor Killing"
-- Reuters: "The baby was suffocated by her grandmother after the family learned the 25-year-old mother became pregnant out of wedlock, Anatolian said."
-- "'My family decided to kill my baby,' the mother told the police, according to Anatolian. 'My 55-year-old mother choked the baby with a cloth. Then, my brothers buried the baby in a hole in the garden and covered the hole with cement.'"
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=10396031
Australia: Judge warns of honour killing cases
http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/breaking-news-national/judge-warns-of-honour-killing-cases-20100416-shzi.html
Congo: Sexual violence 'becoming normal' in Congo
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article7098932.ece
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