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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Amadou Toumani Toure

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Mali's President Bails
on Women's Rights Law

Protests force him to send it back for review

(Newser) - Mali's president says he won't sign a controversial new law that gives more rights to women, the BBC reports. President Amadou Toumani Toure says he supports the so-called family law, which Muslim leaders have denounced as the devil's work, but is sending it back to parliament for review. "I... More »

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