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Here is today’s roundup of stories.

Comment

Jakob Illeborg (Comment is Free) - Danish doormats
The Swedes were supposedly wiping their feet all over Denmark - thanks to Ikea. But no one had checked the facts

Global Muslim networks - How far they have travelled (Economist)
A Turkish-based movement, which sounds more reasonable than most of its rivals, is vying to be recognised as the world’s leading Muslim network

Clare Dyer (Guardian) - Medical tests after rape may be handed to NHS
Responsibility for the medical examination of rape victims may be taken away from police and handed over to the NHS, amid concerns that services in some parts of the country are short-changing victims and contributing to the low conviction rate for rape.

Joanna Bourke (Times Online)

- Mini-skirt or burka - my choice
What is it about the way women dress that excites so much fury? In Johannesburg, a young woman was recently stripped, sexually assaulted and paraded naked by a group of taxi operators as punishment for wearing “indecent” clothes.

News

BBC (BBC) - Lib Dems plan tax for super rich
Lib Dem treasury spokesman Vince Cable says he wants to end the “ridiculous anomaly” which sees the owners of homes worth millions paying only council tax.

Ian Urbina (NYT) - To Revive Hunting, States Turn to the Classroom
When David Helms was in seventh grade, he would take his .22-caliber rifle to school, put a box of ammunition in his locker and, like virtually all the other boys, lean his rifle against a wall in the principal’s office so he could start hunting squirrels as soon as classes let out.

Roya Nikkhah (Telegraph) - Local council to buy out doomed post offices
Essex county council is set to become the first local authority to take over the running of post offices that have closed.

Lucy Bannerman (Times Online) - Forced marriage fear prompts a national count of missing girls
Ministers have called on local authorities to carry out immediate checks in 15 areas that have been identified as forced-marriage risk zones, after it emerged that 33 girls had vanished from the school roll in Bradford alone.

Obituary

Andrew Roth (BBC)

- Lord Pym of Sandy
After long and frequent battles with Margaret Thatcher in the privacy of cabinet, Francis Pym’s final defeat came at a pre-election press conference in 1983. Then foreign secretary, Lord Pym of Sandy, who has died aged 86, dared to contradict the prime minister in public. He said he would be satisfied with a majority of 50 to 100, while Thatcher proclaimed the sky as her limit.

Scotland

BBC (BBC) - E-count causes vote result delay
Electronic counting should not be used in Scottish elections until improvements to the system are made, the Electoral Commission has said. It comes after a council by-election declaration was delayed by more than 12 hours after a technical fault. The same counting software was used for the Cambuslang East count as that used in last May’s chaotic Holyrood election.

Wales

BBC (BBC)

- Six Plaid AMs to refuse pay rise
Six of Plaid Cymru’s 15 assembly members say they will refuse to take an inflation-busting 8.3% pay rise.

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