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Turkish Airlines backs down on lipstick ban
Reuters* Ban was mistake by over-zealous junior managers - CEO * Secular Turks worried country becoming too Islamic * Turkey 99 percent Muslim with secular constitution By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON, May 9 (Reuters) - Turkish Airlines is quashing a ban on...Tags: Turkey, Islam, Religion and Belief, European Union, NATO
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Filmmakers to ask women, 'What ... if you weren't afraid?'
There's a new energy in the women's empowerment movement, experts say, one that focuses on issues far beyond suffrage or equal pay. Women today are asserting that they can have it all: The career, the family and the dreams. Two Chicago filmmakers are...
Tags: Kickstarter, Sundance Film Festival, Danica Patrick
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Justice Ginsburg: Roe v. Wade not 'woman-centered'
Tribune reporterForty years after the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Roe v. Wade case legalized abortion, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said the case is not her "ideal picture" for resolving the controversial issue of abortion. Instead, the landmark decision gave...Tags: General Practitioners, Laws, Bill Clinton, Abortion, Social Issues
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Pushing for gender equality a major part of Goodrich's career legacy in sports
The Bellingham HeraldOne of Lynda Goodrich's favorite poems is "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost. The poem speaks of one who decides to journey along a path less traveled, and concludes that doing so "has made all the difference." Goodrich's 42 years at Western...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Basketball, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Justice and Rights, Sports
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Tribute to women
The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa.The YWCA of Greater Johnstown will honor seven women from the area for their contributions to the community during the 27th annual Tribute to Women on May 23. The event will feature a reception at 5 p.m. and a dinner at 6 at Pasquerilla Conference...Tags: Politics, Marketing, Hospitals and Clinics, Teaching and Learning, American Red Cross
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150 Boise icons: Pioneer Cemetery
The Idaho StatesmanThe oldest legible grave marker in Pioneer Cemetery on Warm Springs Avenue is that of a little girl. Carrie Logan, age 5 years, 11 months and five days, died in the summer of 1864. Her father, Thomas Logan, became mayor of Boise 10 years later. Mayor...Tags: Washington Monument, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions
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Call for setting up judicial body to protect female inheritance
Arab News, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaFemale participants at a symposium entitled "Women, Commercial Inheritance and Family Rule" have called for "an independent body of a judicial nature" to protect their inheritance. This body should distribute inheritance money amongst heirs according to...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Justice and Rights, Saudi Arabia, Arts and Culture
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The News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Ind.) Kevin Leininger column
The News-SentinelIt's one of the self-evident tragedies of our times, a predictor of myriad miseries afflicting individuals and society alike. And yet, to acknowledge its very existence is often condemned as old-fashioned, judgmental or worse. Fortunately, Allen...Tags: Family, United States Census Bureau, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Social Issues, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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See the making of an Arizona opera
East Valley TribuneIt's not often art lovers get to see a work in progress let alone contribute to it, but Arizona Opera gives fans the opportunity to do just that this weekend when they present the first reading of "Riders of the Purple Sage" -- an original opera based...Tags: Landforms, Mountains, Sage, Entertainment, Music Industry
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Echoes of historical trauma: Effects of centuries of loss can hamper recovery from violence
Grand Forks HeraldPeople who want to help American Indian victims of domestic abuse, sexual assault and other crimes need to understand the deep, lingering effects of "historical trauma" suffered by Indians generally, a victim advocate from the Spirit Lake Nation told...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Sexual Assault, Nursing, Sex Crimes, Medical Specialization
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'Cleopatra' barges into Cannes
Liz Smith"I WILL have to ask you to mind what you say. I am Isis. I am worshipped by millions who believe it." So snapped Elizabeth Taylor to Rex Harrison in "Cleopatra," a movie that pretended to chronicle the life of Egypt's ancient queen, but was really "All...Tags: Liz Smith, Film Festivals, Richard Burton, AIDS, Jim Parsons
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Women's prayer at Western Wall sparks protest
JERUSALEM -- Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews flooded into the Old City’s Western Wall Plaza early Friday in a boisterous and sometimes violent protest against a group of female activists exercising a newly court-affirmed right to pray at the holy...
Tags: Riots, Judaism, Torah, Religion and Belief, U.S. Embassy
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