Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday World In brief April 30 2001 — A5 G China's legislature cracks down on extramarital affairs spousal abuse BEIJING (API — After heated debate China's legislature has passed sweeping revisions to the nation's marriage law to curb extramarital affairs and spousal abuse state media said Sunday The revisions passed almost unanimously by senior legisla- ' tors on Saturday ban unfaithful spouses from living with their lovers They also empower victims of domestic violence to seek official protection and police punishment for abusers State media expressed hope that the changes would help stabilize Chinese marriages and curb "Bigamy and keeping concubines by the country's new rich are eroding social morality" the state-ru- n Xinhua News Agency said Communist "party and government officials involved have also tarnished the image of the government" The revisions to the marriage law the first law drafted by communist leaders after they took power in 1949 and last revised in 1 980 w ere one of the most openly discussed legal issues in recent years in a China that carefully restricts public media frequently aired opposdebate China's w holly state-ru- n from and views legislators divided over how to curb ing experts affairs and punish unfaithful spouses particularly men who keep mistresses The legislature in January took the unusual step of publishing a draft of the hotly debated law to elicit public comment' wife-beati- ' British pub culture set fora change LON1XJN i AP) — Britain's tradition-soake- d pub culture is — in decades an easing of the set loee its biggest change nation s strict 1 pfn last call for alcohol a government ter said Sunday The licensing change to allow pubs bars restaurants and stores to sell alcohol later — and perhaps around the clock — is slated to be one of the first acts of Prime Minister Tony Blair's government if it wins a second term of office this summer officials said While ii may seem counterintuitive that keeping pubs open longer will minimize problems with drunkenness the Home Office argues that the current limit encourages binge drinking before closing and causes chaotic crowds of revelers to spill into the streets all at once straining nighttime law enforcement “Our proposals w ill deal w ith the antiquated and bureaucratic " licensing system and modernize it" Home Office Minister Mike O' Briery said "They w ill give business greater freedom protect local residents help the police deal w ith law and order and give the public more opportunities to socialize" Blair's chief political rival the Conservative Party decried the announcement as a cheap attempt to grab votes ahead of the national election planned for early June 1 long-debat- - ISLAM QALA Afghanistan t AP) — Tens of thousands of anguished Afghans fleeing drought and war are being turned away nations or 1 returned to an inhos- forcibly land w here half a Fiitable are refugees in their own country The L'nited Nations warns that the result w ill be catastrophic’ L'N High Commissioner ' for Refugees Ruud Lubbers arrived in Afghanistan today from Iran and was to make a road jour- torturoas three-hou- r ney from the border to Herat in western Afghanistan ’ Lubbers said on arrival that it is crucial that fighting stop between the rulingTaliban militia and rebels led by Ahmed Shah Massood so that ' refugees can return to their country "We think ifjs really insane to see the drought and the miserable conditions in Afghanistan and you still go on fighting" he said "My plea to both the Tal- -' ihan and to commander Massood will be to stop fighting at’ least for six months or one year to give us an opportunity io help" Hesaid the L'nited Nations would like to see more aid but "it is loo simple to blame the international community There is a sort of hopelessness because there have been so many diplomatic ahd foreign missions and still the fighting ' l Sei hi'iil Hi Mill )! 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