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Although most countries' laws against torture are simply not enforced, the practice is in some places not only tolerated but legal. Under Pakistan's Islamic and martial laws, flogging is a common punishment for ordinary criminal acts and political offenses, while amputation is an acceptable penalty for thieves...
Over the past decade, 250,000 residents have been made homeless, and thousands have died. Some 10,000 children are orphans, many with no last names, only painful memories. "That's Ahmed," says a teacher, pointing to a quiet four-year-old in West Beirut's Islamic Orphanage...
The Islamic fervor of the Shi'ite newcomers worries the more tolerant Sunnis. Posters of Khomeini now hang incongruously next to credit-card signs on shop windows, while ever growing numbers of women wear head scarves. An edgy rug merchant no longer offers browsers sherry, but instead asks, "Iced...
But the tremors from the December bombings may not subside for a while. With as many as 30% of its 1.6 million people Shi'ites, Kuwait is highly vulnerable to those who aim to spread Islamic fundamentalism throughout the Middle East. "Now the whole question of Shi'ite...
Shrime's company, Micro Star, next month will begin offering the paperback-size instrument in both a plastic case ($400) and a brass one ($700). To use the device, travelers press a button to enter the name of the city they are visiting. A built-in microprocessor then does...