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Shirin Ebadi talking at World Social Forum in Bombay, India on Monday, 19 January 2004. The Iranian lawyer and human rights activist has argued for a new interpretation of Islamic law that is in harmony with human rights and democracy. The six-day anti-globalization event, which took place for the first time in 2001 in Brazil as a counter balance to the World Economic Forum, is held for the first time outside Brazil. About 80,0000 people from 150 countries are attending. (KEYSTONE/EPA/HARISH TYAGI)