World Yemeni girl, 15, 'burned to death by father' -CNN

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A 15-year-old Yemeni girl was burned to death by her father for "communicating with her fiance," according to Yemen's Interior Ministry.

The father, a 35-year-old man, was arrested Tuesday in a village in Taiz Province. The statement did not clarify when the girl was killed.

The case, which activists are calling an honor crime, is once again highlighting the plight of young girls in Yemen, where child marriages and honor killings still happen.

Read more at http://edition.cnn.com/2013/10/24/w...urned-to-death-by-father/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
 
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