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UK: 'Honour killings' reinvestigated

Source: 
BBC
Police are reinvestigating more than 100 murders in England and Wales they suspect could be so-called honour killings, it has emerged.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3828255.stm
Submitted on Wed, 06/23/2004 - 00:00
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  • United Kingdom
  • Violence against women
  • [violence] honour crimes

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