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Divorcee Amina Lawal, 30, leaning on the wall of her Kurami mud home as she ponders about her chances at the next hearing of her adultery charge. The Funtua Upper Sharia court will 05 August begin hearing from the prosecution who insist that Amina should be stoned to death for committing adultery in accordance with the strict Islamic law of the state. AFP

Frances urges India, Pakistan to resume dialogue

By Penny MacRae

French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin called on nuclear-armed India and Pakistan on Friday to begin "a substantial and comprehensive dialogue" to avert war over disputed Kashmir.Villepin, who travels to Pakistan on Saturday on the second leg of a whirlwind South Asian trip, said France did not wish to interfere in the long-running row over the Himalayan region that brought the two nations to the brink of war in May.
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