Afghan parliament fails to pass divisive women's law

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Afghan parliament fails to pass divisive women's law

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/afghan-parliament-fails-pass-divisive-womens-law-114412607.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/a4FPlfxkIe1qXD55EU6Lsg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-18T115140Z_1_CBRE94H0WYB00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-AFGHANISTAN-WOMEN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="An Afghan woman in a burqa walks along a road on a windy day on the outskirts of Kabul" align="left" title="An Afghan woman in a burqa walks along a road on a windy day on the outskirts of Kabul" border="0" /></a>By Miriam Arghandiwal and Ibrahimi Aziz KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's parliament failed to pass a law on Saturday banning violence against women, a severe blow to progress made in women's rights in the conservative Muslim country since the Islamist Taliban was toppled over a decade ago. President Hamid Karzai approved the law by decree in 2009 and parliament's endorsement was required. But a rift between conservative and more secular members of the assembly resulted in debate being deferred to a later date. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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