But 22 years ago, at the height of the Rwandan genocide, Nkundiye murdered nearly all of Niyogira?s family, and left her and her siblings for dead. In Niyogira?s case, her family moved into the village first, and Nkundiye joined them after he was released from prison. When asked if she still holds occasional anger towards Nkundiye, Niyogira shrugs. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Mbyo village. Nkundiye was one of those prisoners, choosing to move to a reconciliation village after his confession.

Russian MPs have backed a controversial bill reducing the punishment for some forms of domestic violence in a crucial second reading, despite protests from rights groups. Fury at Russian move to soften domestic violence law Read moreThe bill?s authors say the new measure removes a legal anomaly and will reduce domestic violence by giving first-time abusers a chance to reform. Conservative backers of the bill have nicknamed it the ?law on slaps? and complain that domestic violence is punished harshly. Last week Amnesty International appealed to Russia?s parliament not to pass the bill, condemning it as a ?sickening attempt to trivialise domestic violence?. But lawyer Maxim Krupsky told RBK news site that ?decriminalisation could untie the hands of people who potentially could commit domestic violence?.

In 2006, the Congressional General Accountability Office concluded that the global gag rule, coupled with abstinence promotion, was impeding the global fight against HIV. And in 2011, researchers from Stanford University published striking evidence that the global gag rule had, perversely, increased abortion rates. All the failures, bureaucratic nightmares and -- yes -- increases in abortion rates will now follow the gag rule reinstatement. Laurie Garrett is a senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations and a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer. We have been here twice before -- under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush -- and we know that this order often backfires, leading to increased abortion rates.

My name is my father?s father?s, who emigrated from Norway. I embraced the lessons of my father?s family and carried on.?Lori Latus, 53, in Lexington, Ky., and Melbourne, Australia. It created an identity crisis ? I didn?t know who this new person was supposed to be.?Jennifer Lahue, 48, an American living in Vienna. Photo?I am deeply attached to my father?s family ? my paternal grandmother was widowed during the Great Depression with five children (and one in utero) to raise without family or financial assistance. But after a few years, I became strangely proud of my surname and it was firmly part of my identity.