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Saturday, January 17, 2009

Shift in 'honour' killings

"Shift in 'honour' killings

Calgary HeraldJanuary 17, 2009

When certain practices are rampant in a society, it requires a paradigm shift in public thinking to get them outlawed.

A Turkish court took a huge step in the direction of just such a shift when it handed out life sentences to five members of a family found guilty of instigating the honour killing of a 16-year-old Kurdish girl."

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