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UK: Women living in fear of the 'hidden scourge' of honor killing
May 18 2007, Pooja

London is experiencing an increase in the honor killings. Thousands of young women in Britain are living in fear of the ‘hidden scourge’ of so-called honour killing, authorities are of the view that a murder for so-called honor is committed every two...

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