UNITED STATES: Women leaders still lag in business, politics - UN
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters): DESPITE THE recent election of women heads of state in Chile, Liberia and Germany, women are making scant progress around the world in getting into leadership positions in business, government and academia...
INDIA: Fifteen killed in holy city blasts
LUCKNOW, India, (Reuters): AT LEAST 15 people were killed and scores wounded in a series of explosions which hit the Hindu pilgrimage city of Varanasi in northern India within a span of 45 minutes yesterday, police said.
SOUTH AFRICA: New twist in Zuma's rape case
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP): THE WOMAN who accused former Deputy President Jacob Zuma of rape had been raped once before, according to testimony yesterday in a trial that has thrown a spotlight on the high rates of violence against women...
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