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Fisherman: Federal Monitor Aboard My Boat Costs More Than I Make

Matthew McDonald

A New Hampshire fisherman is suing the federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency for requiring that he pay for a federal monitor aboard his boat at a cost of $700 per day. The fisherman says he makes less than that himself, and will sell his boat if loses his court appeal.

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Tunisia Outlaws Letting Rapists Escape Punishment By Marrying Victim; Other Arab Muslim Countries Urged To Do the Same

Matthew McDonald

In several predominately Muslim Arab countries a rapist can escape punishment if he marries the victim. But human rights advocates want those countries to abolish such provisions in the law.

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