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Harsh laws on free speech, homosexuality, and adultery are remnants of British colonial rule and Victorian sensibilities and are unworthy of a true democracy, writes Shashi Tharoor

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

Despite promises of a new constitution by January, Nepal’s people are tired of waiting, and

An Indian government minister promised to co-operate in a probe into the death of his wife days after she accused him of adultery in a case that has become an embarrassment for the ruling Congress in an election year.

The father of an Indian student whose brutal rape provoked a global outcry said he wanted her name made public so she could be an inspiration to victims of sexual assault.

A gang of men who raped a woman on a bus in New Delhi last month tried to run her over after the attack which left her fatally injured, reports said, citing a police account.

The UN Security Council votes today on a successor to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

South Korea’s foreign minister cemented his position as favourite to succeed UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan when he became the only candidate to escape a veto during an informal Security Council ballot.

An internal UN investigation has concluded that a UN official steered millions of dollars in contracts to a company owned by the government of his native India, in exchange for favours that included low-rent apartments.