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Indian student named world’s shortest living woman
NAGPUR, December 16, 2011 (AFP) – An Indian student measuring just 62.8 centimeters (less than two foot, one inch) was on Friday confirmed as the world’s shortest living woman, Guinness World Records said on Friday. Jyoti Amge took the title …
Women suffer quicker brain damage from alcohol abuse: study
STOCKHOLM, November 9, 2011 (AFP) - Women alcoholics suffer damage to the part of their brain that controls moods, impulses and sleep three times faster than their male
Human Rights Watch hails women’s Nobel win
NEW YORK, October 7, 2011 (AFP) - Human Rights Watch on Friday hailed the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to three women -- two Liberians and a
Japan’s Sawa eyes World-Olympic double
TOKYO, September 9, 2011 (AFP) - Japan's captain Homare Sawa is eyeing a double win for her World Cup-winning squad after they booked one of Asia's two places
Yingluck confirmed as Thailand’s first female Prime Minister
BANGKOK, August 5, 2011 - Yingluck Shinawatra was confirmed as Thailand's first female prime minister on Friday, as the volatile kingdom begins a new chapter after years of
Japan eye World Cup-Olympic double
TOKYO, July 19, 2011 - Japan captain Homare Sawa vowed Tuesday to go for gold at next year's London Olympics as her squad returned home to a hero's
Japan bathes in glory of World Cup win
TOKYO, July 18, 2011 - Japan erupted in joy early Monday after their women's football team won the World Cup in Germany, hailing the penalty shootout victory as
Japan beat USA on penalties to win World Cup
FRANKFURT, July 17, 2011 - Japan twice came from behind to win the women's World Cup for the first time on Sunday, beating the United States 3-1 on
Myanmar’s tattooed women lure tourists
PANMYAUNG VILLAGE - Ma Htwe recalled the day of agony she suffered, more than five decades ago, when her face was etched with the intricate tattoo that still
Nepal sisterhood tackles lecherous trekking guides
POKHARA - When Nepal's Chhetri sisters started their all-female trekking agency in the mid-1990s, the idea was so alien to local people that many thought it must be
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