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posted by The Vidiot @ 5:38 PM Permalink Pain of Afghan suicide womenhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6196716.stm
Afghanistan
Deputy minister of women's affairs Maliha Sahak says that 197 incidents of self-immolation have been recorded since March 2006, 35 of them in Kandahar province alone. A total of 69 women lost their lives.
Britain.
Honour Killings in the UK
In the UK, murders have sometimes taken place after a family has reacted violently to their son or daughter taking on the trappings of western culture. Killings are often disguised as suicide, fire or an accident.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/ethics/honourcrimes/ crimesofhonor_2.shtml
Overview http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/ethics/honourcrimes/
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