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 Veiled Indian Muslim women walk through a street during heavy rains in Bhopal, India, in this, Aug. 25, 2002 file photo. Muslim women wearing the head-to-toe Islamic robe, or burqa, could be banned from shopping at jewelry stores in this western Indian c
Government   Pakistan   Photos   Social   Women  
Give women their Islamic right to land: Researchers suggest
| By A Reporter | ISLAMABAD, July 24: A research on the denial of land rights to women in Pakistan has suggested to the government "to rely on religion" to meet women's demand for equal rights to land... (photo: AP Photo )
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A man mourns next to bodies of victims of a suicide attack laid at a hospital morgue in Baqouba, 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, July 15, 2008. Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in a crowd of army recruits northeast of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 28 people, Iraqi
Al Qaida   Iraq   Photos   Terrorism   US  
Female suicide bomber kills eight
| EIGHT people were killed and 20 injured when a female suicide bomber blew herself up as a Sahwa (Awakening) patrol passed in Baqouba in eastern Iraq, police and medical sources said. | The attack wa... (photo: AP / )
The Australian
Female Soldier receives Silver Star in Iraq Sexually assaulted female troops struggle to recover
| YORK, Pennsylvania (AP) -- It took Diane Pickel Plappert six months to tell a counselor that she had been raped while on duty in Iraq. While time passed, the former Navy nurse disconnected from her ... (photo: army.mil) CNN
Female   Harassment   Iraq   Pennsylvania   Photos   Troops  
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange in Ehad Haam Street ISRAEL: Tel Aviv shelter provides refuge for sex workers
web | Photo: Afif Sarhan/IRIN TEL AVIV, 22 July 2008 (IRIN) - Experts say the number of foreign women trafficked to Israel has decreased, following a government crackdown on brothels employing traffic... (photo: Creative Commons) IRINnews
Brothels   Israel   Photo   Photos   Trafficking   Women  
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Television                              Watching television in Kabul
| Last summer, I was at the end of a really lousy month in Kabul. It was my third visit in three years. One of the freelance-writing assignments that took me to Afghanist... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) International Herald Tribune
Afghanistan   Photos   Restaurant   Television   Trip  
 Lebanon - UNIFIL tanks patroling along the Blue Line. 16 November 2006. UN peacekeepers in Lebanon cg1 Malaysia sends new batch of UNIFIL peacekeepers
| Monday, July 21, 2008 | KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has sent a new batch of peacekeepers (Malcon III) to replace those currently serving with the United Nations Interim... (photo: UNIFIL file) Daily Star Lebanon
Defence   Lebanon   Malaysia   Peacekeepers   Photos  
OUR LADY OF MERCY SCHOOL - PHILIPPINES Canada embarks on ambitious Afghan education program
By Alexander Panetta, THE CANADIAN PRESS | Schoolchildren attend class at a Canadian-funded school in a private home in Kandahar City,, Monday, July 14, 2008, which helps... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo) Canoe
Afghanistan   Canada   Education   Photos   School  
Democratic presidential hopefuls, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C. and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., wave after the televised Democratic presidential debate at Saint Anselm College Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008 in Manchester, N.H. Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama visits with troops in Kuwait and Afghanistan
| KABUL, Afghanistan - Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama started a campaign-season tour of combat zones and foreign capitals, visiting with U.S. forces in Ku... (photo: AP Photo / Steven Senne) Star Tribune
Afghanistan   Democratic   Kuwait   Photos   Tour   Troops  
Michael Chertoff South African judge may be next U.N. rights chief.
| MEXICO | Chertoff: U.S. helped detect sub | MEXICO CITY — Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said U.S. intelligence led Mexican forces to a small submar... (photo: AP / Paul Sakuma) Austin American Statesman
Colombia   Media   Photos   UN   US  
Dubai Beach The degenerates of Dubai: How the widespread behaviour of our expats is causing a backlash
| Despite the presence of undercover 'love police' now patrolling its scalding white sands, and the promise of new signs warning foreigners of dire consequences should th... (photo: AP / Kamran Jebreili) The Daily Mail
Dubai   Love   Photos   Police   Warning  
 grameen bank - bank for poor - bangladesh - hires - am1 Micro Loans Foster Entrepreurship in Poor Countries
| In many developing countries, micro-financing has created possibilities for burgeoning entrepreneurs who would not have found funding before. VOA's Barry Wood reports t... (photo: creative common) Voa News
Bangladesh   Bank   Entrepreneur   Funding   Photos   Women  
 ** FILE ** Turkish Foreign Minister and presidential candidate Abdullah Gul, accompanied by his wife Hayrunisa Gul, greets Justice and Development Party supporters as they celebrate their election victory outside of the party headquarters in Ankara, Turk The Battle for Turkey
| "I cover my head, not my brain," the Turkish First Lady tells The Times, her head swathed in white silk. But Harunisa GÜl does not believe headscarves should be forced ... (photo: AP/Murad Sezer) The Times
Court   Photos   Secularism   Turkey   Women  
Education Entertainment
Italy, Libya on verge of deal
Students train for career in energy sector
Governor Saraki Counsels Muslims On Islamic Education
Balamand marks 20th year of promoting education
  Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi looks at reporters inside his tent prior to a meeting with French President Jacques Chirac at the former Presidential Palace in Tripoli, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2004. Chirac ended Thursday a two-day visit to Libya, the first by a French president since Libya's independence from Italy in
Italy, Libya on verge of deal
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Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame
Batman film is a bigger hit with grown-ups
Technophobic Taliban adds DVDs and ring-tones to propaganda
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Vision Beijing flies with Emirates to six continents
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Rights group wants US officials probed for ordering torture
'Nurse hero' to lead Madigan
Web-exclusive comment In Sudan, a disturbing case of déjà vu
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Somalia
GLOBAL: Humanitarian futures (part one) - "exponential complexity"
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From Carolina to Damascus, a world of music on tap
Taliban arms self with songs, text messages
Get a Taliban song for your ringtone
Parisian touch to party music
Music Festival
Tunisia’s Testour to host traditional Arab music festival
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