World Jan 02 Indonesia's new penal code takes effect, marking historic break with colonial law By Niniek Karmini, Associated Press
World Sep 27 India chief justice's new decision strikes down adultery law Chief Justice Dipak Misra and the rest of the five-member court struck down a 158-year-old law that treated adultery in certain cases as a criminal offense punishable by up to five years in prison. By Ashok Sharma, Associated Press
World Feb 26 South Korea strikes down ban on adultery South Korea’s Constitutional Court struck down a 1953 law on Thursday that made adultery illegal and punishable by up to two years in jail, on the grounds that the more-than-60-year-old law was unconstitutional. By Corinne Segal