Even with a bill of rights, Iraq’s new constitution is primarily based on Islamic codes.

Iraq’s interim constitution says that Islamic law may serve as a source for legislation, though it will not be the law’s main underpinning as some religious conservatives had hoped.A bill of rights similar to that in America guarantees the right to free speech and freedom of religion.

A total of 17 people have died from encephalitis B after being bitten by mosquitoes in Yuncheng, a city in north China’s Shanxi Province in the last two weeks, local health authorities said Friday. Encephalitis is an inflammation of the brain that can occur at any age and is usually the result of a viral infection. It may begin with a flu-like illness or a headache.