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November 16, 2003 09:42 PM posted by lisa : track it (0)

High School Expels two Girls for Kissing
A public same-sex kiss designed to call attention to discrimination against gay and lesbian students at a high school in Clarksville, Md., certainly got people talking; however, it also got the two students involved suspended

Judges in N.Y., Calif. Block Abortion Law

The legal attack against a new ban on certain late-term abortions rapidly escalated Thursday as federal judges in New York and California blocked the law, delivering a serious setback to President Bush only a day after he signed the law.

Beauty pageant riot leaves one dead
Rumours of the staging of a beauty pageant provoked rioting on a Nigerian campus between Muslim and Christian students, leaving one dead and dozens injured, witnesses said on Monday

Mother appeals ruling on gays
A Christian mother is appealing a judge's decision that prohibits her from teaching her daughter that homosexuality is wrong.
Cheryl Clark, who left a lesbian relationship in 2000 after converting to Christianity, was ordered by Denver County Circuit Judge John Coughlin to "make sure that there is nothing in the religious upbringing or teaching that the minor child is exposed to that can be considered homophobic."

CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION: LV FBI used anti-terrorism law
The FBI used the USA Patriot Act to obtain financial information about key figures in its ongoing political corruption probe centered on strip club magnate Michael Galardi, federal authorities confirmed Monday.
Investigators "used a section of the Patriot Act to get subpoenas for financial documents," said Special Agent Jim Stern, a spokesman for the Las Vegas field office of the FBI. "It was used appropriately by the FBI and was clearly within the legal parameters of the statute."

Sex-case ruling could affect bribery trials
A legal decision on whether a police officer who allegedly traded sex for letting a drunken driver go free is guilty of 'unlawful compensation' might protect crooked public officials from prosecution.

Senate approves marriage bill
The Senate Wednesday approved legislation defining marriage as strictly a union between a man and a woman, and sent the measure to Gov. Jim Doyle, who called it divisive but stopped short of promising a veto.

The 'mouse' that caused an uproar in China
The "stainless-steel mouse" is her cyber nom de plume. Her name is Liu Di, and in the one picture available, she has a young face and a wide, shy smile. Until the authorities tracked her down a year ago Friday, she was one of the most famous Internet web masters in China.

Jessica: I was raped
Advance press of former POW Jessica Lynch's biography includes the shocking revelation the 19-year-old Army supply clerk was raped and sodomized by her Iraqi captors

Women Lead Applications to U.S. Medical Schools
More people are applying to medical schools in the United States, and women outnumber men for the first time, according to a report issued on Tuesday.
Nearly 35,000 people applied to attend medical school in the 2003-2004 school year, a 3.4 percent increase over last year, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges

Students fund sexual
bondage club
A college student group that teaches about bondage and other sexual fetishes has been granted funding by the school's student leaders.
The Iowa State University student body government voted 21-9 yesterday to give $94 to a group called Cuffs, the Des Moines Register reported.

Builders score victory in abortion-clinic battle
The conservative, pro-family residents of Austin, Texas, are shouting "Not in my back yard" to Planned Parenthood, and builders as far away as San Antonio are listening.
As News 8 Austin first reported, the general contractor overseeing the construction of an abortion clinic has pulled out amid a burgeoning boycott by subcontractors.

Death rate of Iraq mothers triples, UN survey finds
The number of women in Iraq who die of pregnancy and childbirth has almost tripled since 1989 according to a new survey, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) said

Army: No Punishment Set for Soldier Mom
A soldier who refused to return to Iraq so she could care for her children will not be punished, the Army said Friday.

Spc. Simone Holcomb, 30, had feared she would face criminal charges and a discharge that would cause her to lose the benefits she earned as a member of the Colorado National Guard.

Court: Homosexual sex not adultery
Married women are free to have extramarital sexual relations with other women, says the New Hampshire Supreme Court, without being at fault for the break-up of their marriage.
In a 3-2 ruling handed down today, the jurists decided the definition of adultery doesn't include homosexual sex, but requires heterosexual intercourse to have taken place.

Blind Woman Suing Fertility Clinic
A blind woman is accusing a fertility clinic of discrimination, charging in a lawsuit that the clinic would not help her become a mother because of her disability.

The case is unique and a possible violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, said fertility law expert Mark Rothstein

Online Competition Hurts Adult Magazines
After 35 years in the business of titillating and offending, pornographer Al Goldstein says his magazine can't compete anymore. The audience is just as large, he says, but the Internet has transformed the product and its delivery.
Just over a month ago, Goldstein stopped publishing Screw magazine and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, giving him a chance to cut costs, relaunch the magazine and refocus attention on his Web site.

Egypt bans foreign belly dancers
Egypt's foreign belly dancers have been given their marching orders.
The government says it wants to protect homegrown practitioners of the seductive Middle Eastern dance form and is no longer granting new work permits to foreign dancers or renewing existing ones.

'Corrective rape makes you an African woman'
Lesbians are being raped, assaulted and victimised "every day" in the townships, in an attempt to force a change in their sexual orientation. Since January this year, 33 black lesbians have come forward with their stories of rape, assault, sexual assault and verbal abuse to organisations fighting hate crimes in Johannesburg townships.

Lady Boss Busted
For years, conservatives have been saying that the "glass ceiling" holding American women back in the workplace is largely a trumped-up issue and that women aren't at the top because, mostly, they would much rather stay home with the kids or work in less demanding jobs.
For years, they have been denounced as sexists for making these claims. Now, a cover story in The New York Times Magazine seems to vindicate their position. The Oct. 26 article by Lisa Belkin, titled "The Opt-Out Revolution," examines the phenomenon of professional women giving up or curtailing their careers.

The Selective 'Right to Choose
Today, President Bush signed into law a bill banning what opponents call "partial-birth abortion," and feminists are up in arms. After the Senate joined the House in passing the bill, Kate Michelman, president of Naral Pro-Choice America, announced that her group would challenge the law in court. "Today, women's right to privacy is being sacrificed to politics by the United States government," she said. "The Senate took its final step toward substituting politicians' judgment for that of a woman, her family, and her doctor."

In Taliban territory, GI Janes give Afghans a different view
On a recent morning, Maj. Shawnna Paine and Capt. Kara Callaham took a rumble-tumble ride to a trio of villages to chat with local chiefs and win the war of hearts and minds.
It's standard procedure for this Army civil-affairs unit, but there's a subtle feminine touch. Major Paine is a woman. So is Captain Callaham. So is the psychological operations Spc. Andrea Vivers, who hands out pro-government propaganda and Beanie Babies donated by an American Girl Scout troop.

JESSICA: I AM NO HERO.. IT WAS JUST WHITE HOUSE LIES
US soldier slams dramatic tales of her Iraq rescue I'm just a survivor, I did nothing.. I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time PRIVATE JESSICA LYNCH

Women Take Lead in Reconstruction of Rwanda
Women in Rwanda have taken a leading role in helping their country recover after a genocidal extremist rampage ten years ago. Experts say their accomplishments provide an example to war-torn Afghanistan and Iraq

'Money Conferences' for Women Draw Eager Crowds
With women accounting for 71 percent of the elderly poor, "money conferences"--launched by states, financed by corporations and aimed at women--are spreading. At a recent event, one participant worried about debt she incurred while caring for family.

Women from Post-Conflict Countries Meet in Vienna
Women Without Borders opens today its first international conference in Vienna. Focusing on women from post-conflict countries, planners hope the two-day meeting will give participants strength in numbers and fortify democracy around the world.

Muslims Must Face Up to Women's Mistreatment
Our commentator argues that the events surrounding this Ramadan compel Muslim men to put aside interpretations of Islamic laws that repress women.

Controversy Arising over Female Combat Veterans
The war in Iraq has shifted the women-in-combat debate from a focus on women's right to fight in battle to their right to die in battle

More Older Women Staying In Paid Work Force
Older women's participation in the work force has not only withstood the recession, it has expanded in recent years. But before celebrating the finding, economists point out that such women are often driven by profound financial pressures

Congress Approves Rape Bill; Wal-Mart Sells Mail-Order
The House of Representatives approved legislation Wednesday that includes $755 million to reduce the backlog in unanalyzed DNA in rape cases. Passed by a 357 to 67 vote, the Advancing Justice through DNA Technology Act of 2003 will also provide funds to train law enforcement, medical and judicial professionals working on sexual assault cases.
During Halloween, in Seattle, Washington, Wal-Mart's shelves stocked a new type of costume--a mail-order bride wedding dress, replete with postage stamps and postmarks.

Women still denied reins in tech industry
The United States leads the world in many technological advances, but women are still denied many of the high-tech industry's leadership roles.
That's according to a study by Catalyst, a nonprofit research and advisory group dedicated to advancing women in business.
The obstacles women face while climbing the corporate ladder - a male-dominated business culture, poor recruitment and professional development, and work-life balance issues - hold them back regardless of the industry, the report said.

The vital voice of Iraqi women
When a doctor named Ibtisam opened her door to Baath secret agents, she was arrested and jailed for 10 years - terrified she'd never see her children again. Her crime had been bandaging the wounds of a dying man lying on the streets of Baghdad. She later heard that he had been left to die after an interrogation. She had stepped out of line by applying the Hippocratic oath of her profession. Her account is one among hundreds of thousands of untold stories of Iraqi women.

Alcohol abuse among women rising: report
A study has found the number of teenage girls drinking to excess is rising at an alarming rate.

It also found that more than 31,000 Australians died from alcohol misuse in the ten years to 2001, three quarters of which were male.

The report's co-author, Tanya Chikritzhs,from the National Drug Research Institute in Western Australia, says the number of young men drinking to excess declined during the study but the number of women drinking to dangerous levels continued to rise

Powell reveals he teaches sexual abstinence to girls
Colin Powell, the US Secretary of State, has made an admission reminiscent of Gladstone by revealing that he and his wife Alma help to educate girls in Washington about the virtues of sexual abstinence

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