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Chechen Leader Condones Not So Honourable 'Honour' Killing
Mar 3 2009, Incognito

Tell me, what’s so honourable about killing someone? I don’t care if it’s rooted in culture or religion or both, but killing someone to revenge one’s supposed honour is simply cold-blooded murder. There is nothing, whatsoever, honourable about...

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Visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrives for a meeting with Chechnya’s leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, in his home village, Tsentoroi, in eastern Chechnya, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2008. Kadyrov is a Kremlin-backed strongman and during his rule, large-scale..

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