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Egypt trains marriage registrars to investigate divorces

The Justice Ministry and Dar al-Iftaa organized training sessions for marriage registrars to investigate cases of verbal divorce before its official authentication in a bid to reduce the high divorce rates.

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Mahassen Saber works on the website of her Internet-based radio station "Divorcees Radio" at an internet cafe in Zagazig, 90 km north of Cairo, on Jan. 14, 2010. When Mahassen Saber divorced her husband after four years, she launched "Divorcees Radio" to fight gossip and prejudice. — VICTORIA HAZOU/AFP via Getty Images

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