- Breast Cancer
- A new nano-drug is able to attack breast cancer cells from the inside, as opposed to older technology
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- Woman's Body Image
- A new study from Ohio State University examines women's body image
- • Apparently women base their image on other's opinion rather than their own weight
- • Alternatively, better body image is caused by health and functional physical awareness in a woman
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- Woman carries petrified fetus for 30 years
- The 59 year old says she has been suffering from stomach pains for years, but had never recieved
- • The doctors removed the fetus, which weighed 1.73 kilograms
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- Vegan parents charged with child neglect following death of baby
- The French couple became vegans following a television show
- • They chose to treat their baby's health problems with alternative treatments found in books
- • The death was likely caused by vitamin deficiency, resulting from an all vegan breast milk diet
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- Child Trafficking in Scotland
- An Eastern European woman has claimed she was brought to Edinburgh and forced into prostitution
- • Despite reports of human trafficking, authorities have yet to record a single confirmed case
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- A London based widow found guilty of trafficking a woman for exploitation
- The Tanzanian woman came to work for Saeeda Khan, for £38 a month
- • Khan confiscated her passport and belongings, monitored and isolated her
- • A doctor treating the victim contacted police about her situation
- • Khan has been ordered to pay 25k in compensation, 15k in legal fees, and has been given a 9 month suspended sentence
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- Feminist Reaction to Elizabeth Taylor Death
- Camille Paglia, a feminist writer, reacts to the death by criticizing women celebrities images
- • She claims that the body type that is being projected today is neither feminine nor maternal, in contrast to Taylor and her contemporaries
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- Woman killed by car bomb outside hospital in Iraq
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2011-03-16
- Woman kidnapped and murdered on honeymoon in South Africa
- Dewani has recently attempted suicide, swallowing up to 46 pills at his home last month
- • He is now entering a psychiatric hospital, where he will be monitored closely
- • He will still keep his electronic tag, and report to a police station each day
- • He is still facing extradition to South Africa
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- Benefits fraud by asylum seeker in Britain
- The 38 year old mother of seven was granted asylum from Afghanistan in 2001
- • She apparently hid a bank account with significant sums, in order to receive benefits from the local council and Government
- • She currently lives with her children in a £1.2 million house
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- Shark mauls 24 year old woman in Australia
- The woman fell off her wakeboard and was then mauled by a shark
- • She suffered head, neck and arm injuries, but her condition is apparently stable
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- Women vs Technology
- A research in Canada finds that women use smartphones less than men
- • A senior mobile analyst says: "Techno gadgets, by default, seem to be more attractive to men."
- • A vice president at Mastercard says than women take a more utilitarian approach to purchasing technology
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2011-03-16
- Burger King's Cheif Executive insults British women and food
- He is quoted as saying “The food is terrible and the women are not very attractive."
- • The company spokesman has apologized, claiming it was an anecdote meant to connect with the audience
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2011-03-13
- Thieves take hundreds of thousands from Spanish nuns
- Nuns of the Cistercian Order have reported the robbery of their convent
- • At first they reported a €1.5m theft, then changed the claim to €450,000
- • The nuns of Zaragoza's Santa Lucia Convent restore old books and paint portraits
- • The nun's lawyer has denied that they worked for black economy money
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- Mum raped in front of children
- A man followed a young mother and her children in a park
- • He approached and raped her
- • Police and the community are in search of the man so that he can be "caught and caged"
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- The Hillary Doctrine
- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tries to connect the changes in the Middle East with women's rights
- • She has received indication that women will be included in the formation of the new government
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- India's cartoon porn star to become Bollywood film
- A popular online porn-cartoon is banned in India under the country's anti-pornography laws
- • In it a wife of a traveling business man has relationships with several men
- • The cartoon is to be turned into a Bollywood movie
- • The film's producer has assured that there will be very little sex in the film
- • In some parts of India a woman who has casual sex can become a victim of an honor killing
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2011-03-07
- London imam subjected to death threats for supporting evolution
- Dr Husama Hasan has been an imam of an east London mosque for more than 25 years
- • He has expressed views about evolution and women's right to refuse the veil
- • His prayer service was disturbed by 50 muslim protesters
- • They handed out leaflets calling for his execution
- • The incitement for the incident apparently originates in the website Islamic Awakening
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- Mother forced by timetable to leave toddler on German train
- A young mother was unloading her bags when the train doors closed with her two year old still onboard
- • She was told by the German railway officials that the train couldn't be stopped because it mustrun on schedule
- • She met her daughter an hour later at the next stop, after racing through the countryside with a police car
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- 'A paedophile can make a child's world ecstatic': The disturbing account of a young girl's 15-year abuse starting when she was just seven
- Margaux Fragoso writes a book about her relationship with a pedophile from the age of seven
- • She started to write it after the abuser committed suicide
- • Some critics have condemned the sexual content in the book as pornographic
- • Some reviewers have questioned the truth of her story, which can read like a love story
- • Her editor claims to have her journals from the age of 12, and love letters that he wrote her
- • The book has already been sold to more than 20 countries
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- Dame Barbara Clayton obituary
- Dame Barbara Clayton, dies at age 88.
- • She became a doctor in 1946
- • She was one of the first to recognize the dangers of lead pollution
- • Her work led to advances in hormone chemistry
- • She was a member of the World Health Organisation advisory Panel on nutritionn
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- Women discouraged to home-birth in UK
- Midwife leader claims GPs tell women misleading information about the safety of home births
- • New research shows that home births are safe in the UK
- • Homebirthing is a luxury in the UK because of a shortage of NHS midwives and high demand
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- Women's shopping habits
- A 4,000 women survey says women bargain shop for an average 8 months of their lives.
- • They go shopping eight times a month
- • 10% hide their new purchases, and 17% lie about the price they paid
- • 35% go shopping to cheer themselves up and 30% do it because they feel they deserved a treat
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- Female suicide bomber kills over 40 in Pakistan
- A woman wearing a burqa approaches a crowd heading for a food distribution center.
- • She throws grenades at the crowd, then blows herself up
- • 43 people were killed and over 60 injured
- • Authorities say that it is difficult to prevent female bombers attacks because of lack of female police and conservative tribal society
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- US hospital is cut off from Catholic Church for performing life-saving abortion
- A woman's high blood pressure condition is escalated by pregnancy
- • Tests showed there would be 100% chance of death to the mother if she continued with pregnancy
- • Consultations were made with family, doctors, and the hospital's ethics team, before the abortion
- • The head of the Catholic Church in Pheonix has removed the hospital's Catholic affiliation
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- Treatment of pro-abortion health worker
- Christian mental health worker comes across pro-life pamphlet
- • She offers the pamphlet to family planning staff at the center where she works, during an informal conversation
- • She claims she was then bullied by the administration and staff
- • She has been suspended and faces an internal disciplinary committee
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- Men extradited and sentenced in muslim woman's honor killing
- Afshan Azad is a Muslim film actress
- • She dates a Hindu man, to which her father and brother do not approve
- • They attack her and make threats on her life
- • She flees through the window and goes to the police
- • She does not appear at her father's and brother's court trial
- • Her brother plead guilty of assault and both men were formally found not guilty of making threats to kill.
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- Iranian women will not be executed for adultery on wednesday.
- Ashtiani has appeared on the state run Press TV, talking with her son at his home
- • She has apparently been released
- • Her son, lawyer, and two German reporters who were arrested have also been released
- • There are 12 Iranian women and 3 men are on death row awaiting execution by stoning
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- Pakistani cleric puts bounty on woman accused of blaspheming against Islam
- Asia Bibi is accused of blaspheming Islam by her neighbours
- • She is sentenced to death
- • She appealed to the president who was prevented from pardoning her
- • A muslim cleric offers 3,700 pound reward to whoever kills her
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- Woman jailed for lying about sexual attack
- 25 year old pregnant woman engages in sex acts with three men
- • She is late for work the next day, and excuses it by saying she was attacked
- • One of the accused shows a cell phone recording of her consenting
- • She is sent to jail for a year for causing a public fear and lying to police
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