Congress should resurrect the nationwide gambling ban that existed through most of the 20th century to help soothe a fragile U.S. economy shaken by the worst credit and financial crisis in decades, a University of Illinois professor and national gambling critic says.

An international meeting in New Zealand has produced a draft treaty to ban cluster bombs. Campaigners say the meeting has given a decisive push to efforts to create a meaningful global agreement, but as Phil Mercer reports from Sydney, success is far from guaranteed.

Turkey's parliament has approved controversial constitutional amendments that lift a decades-old ban on women wearing Islamic head scarves at universities.

An Iranian court has sentenced a 22-year-old man to death for his fourth violation of the country's ban on drinking alcohol.

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