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A male journalist (48) wrote: Your recent question about women and Botox prompts me to raise a much more serious problem: baldness. Until recently, I had thought that the only dignified response to my bald patch was to try not to look in the mirror. ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Saudi women leading a campaign against the kingdom's ban on female driving are calling on the courts to take up their lawsuits demanding the right to drive....

The role that many women played in the history and formation of the ANC has barely been recognised, President Jacob Zuma said.

Team Romney emails reporters with the following bullet points on the results from Nevada, including a reminder that Romney's LDS advantage alone doesn't account for the scale of his win: Just like Florida, Nevada’s exit polls showed a very broad victory for Mitt Romney. Mitt Romney won among conservatives, Tea Party members, women, men, low income, high income, etc. Mitt Romney...

You might think the TV show The Good Wife is best suited to middle-aged women (so much so that my fiance enforces reference restraint when we're out with friends). Seriously though, it's one of the best shows on TV. Character Depth! Complex, contemporary issues! And tons of tech. Bear with me. More »

Alarmed by the plight of deserted NRI women, the Centre has drafted a policy to protect them as well as provide them with financial help to fight legal battles.

Black Rod, Lieutenant-General David Leakey, was angry when Judy Murray posted a photograph on Twitter of the sign on the ladies' toilets in the House of Lords – which reads 'Women peers'.

CAIRO — Their kidnappers gave them tea and dried fruit, and talked about religion and tribal rights. The California women were allowed to bring their Egyptian tour guide with them. One even put out his cigarette in the car when a hostage said the smoke was bothering her.The women abducted for several hours Friday by armed Bedouin tribesmen in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula hesitated to call the men "c...

Blog post by Guillermo JonesChacanaThe text of this image says: The increase of consumption, which can be seen as an auspicious figure for the economy, leaving aside the fact that resources are not infinite. That after these conceptualizations there lives. What we value and reward? I hope we can reformulate our structures to achieve generating other realms. Bourdieu says "those who deplore the ...

Release Time:  For Immediate Release Thirty years after his father massacred tens of thousands of innocent Syrian men, women, and children in Hama, Bashar al-Assad has demonstrated a similar disdain for human life and dignity.  Yesterday the Syrian government murdered hundreds of Syrian citizens, including women and children, in H...

WASHINGTON - Pakistan’s Ambassador to the US Sherry Rehman hosted Mehfil-i-Milad in connection with Eid Miladun Nabi at the Embassy. Pakistani-American women, wives of diplomats from the Muslim countries and officials attended the Mefil-i-Milad. The Ambassador laid stress on following Sunnah, saying that the life and teachings of Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBHU) provide enlightened guidance on ...

Activists claim the military carried out a night of shelling on the city of Homs killing 200 people including women and children.

Peeling back the political to reveal the personal

More female priests are joining the Church of England than male ones for the first time ever, it can be disclosed as it takes another step towards the introduction of women bishops.

Brian Hutchinson: Cameron Ward is a lawyer who represents the families of 23 missing and murdered women at the inquiry. Five months into public hearings, his faith in the process has crumbled

Marriage and love now come with added cost for men in China. Some women go even further, putting a price for going on a date with a man.

If you’re not aware of Kim Dotcom, the man who changed his last name to pay homage to the World Wide Web, we offer you this brief history…

Two women who said they were attacked in a car park at a beauty spot ran from the location for half a mile and hid in a ditch because they believed their attackers were searching for them in a car, a court was told yesterday.

Cancer of the lung is the commonest cancer among men in Delhi, while that of the breast is way ahead of all other forms of cancer among women in the national Capital.

Employers are increasingly realizing the benefits of flexible working arrangements for both genders, so let’s stop corralling women into the career ghetto

Employers are increasingly realizing the benefits of flexible working arrangements for both genders, so let’s stop corralling women into the career ghetto

To many people, breast cancer screening means a mammogram. But for millions of poor women who visit Planned Parenthood, it's usually just a physical exam by the only health professional they may ever see....

If you travel to the island of Delos in Greece, you might be surprised to visit ruins dominated by statues of gigantic stone penises. Even in its ancient, mythological context, it's jarring to see such a disembodied representation of the human form. Women, of course, are perhaps a bit more accustomed than men to being reduced to a collection of body parts. Even so, it was startling to hear earl...

Today M.I.A., aka Maya Arulpragasam, debuted her video for new single “Bad Girls,” working again with “Born Free” co-conspirator Romain Gavras. Filmed in Ouarzazate, Morocco, the country’s film capital also seen in “Lawrence of Arabia,” “The Last Temptation of Christ,” “Gladiator” and several other Western movies, the video is meant to evoke a Persian Gulf landscape – dusty, bak...

Dozens of religious leaders are set to speak out about the real teachings of Islam amid anti-Muslim sentiment generated by the Shafia murder trial

Dozens of religious leaders are set to speak out about the real teachings of Islam amid anti-Muslim sentiment generated by the Shafia murder trial

As a brand new year gets underway, people all over America are resolving to better manage their weight and have a more healthy 2012. According to a new study, those starting new weight loss programs may be surprised to find out that both location and level of experience may influence their success. A recent article published in The Journal of Black Psychology (a journal from the Association of ...

Two American women kidnapped by gunmen in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Friday were released into army custody a few hours later, security sources said.

Here are the eleven women who made it to the best 100 of Silicon Valley

My email inbox has been flooded over the last three days with messages of outrage over Susan G. Komen for the Cure's surprise metamorphosis into...

Surrounded by an army of perfectly toned asses, devout virgin Tim Tebow appeared UNFAZED at a Super Bowl pre-party in Indianapolis last night ... but he did pull off one pretty awesome maneuver for a fan. Tim was hanging out on the balcony at the…

Lucy looked cheerful alongside cast mate Billi Mucklow, in contrast to Wednesday's episode when she broke down after reading sexy emails from 'at least 40' other women on Mario's iPad.

Nokia's UK YouTube account has posted a video promoting the pink Lumia 800, and shockingly enough it seems pretty targeted toward women. Here's the thing: It's pretty obvious that, with a pink phone, the majority of its owners will be teenage young ladies. That's fine. But doesn't a commercial that shows only women enjoying the phone kind of ruin it for guys? What if there's a young ...

Bon Iver's Justin Vernon has announced plans to collaborate with Alicia Keys on a project he hopes will include many other female singers "I have a big idea to do an American songbook of the greatest women singers There are so many Casey [Dienel] from White Hinterland Bonnie Raitt Alicia"...

Update, 11:51 p.m.: The two American tourists have been released The women were not immediatebly identified, but Egyptian officials said they were age 60 and 65. Two female tourists and their Egyptian tour guide Friday were intercepted by gunmen and kidnapped in the southern part of the Sinai peninsula, The Post’s Ernesto Londono reports. Read full article >>

Kuwait's Islamist-led opposition has won a landslide majority in Kuwait's snap polls, with women and liberals the big losers.

CHARLES Dickens could have no better interpreter of the women in his novels than Miriam Margolyes.

Gunmen in Egypt's Sinai peninsula have kidnapped two American women tourists, Egyptian security sources say.

CAIRO (Reuters) - Gunmen in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula kidnapped two American women on Friday in an apparent attempt to hold them for ransom, security sources said.

The United Nations human rights office today voiced concern over a cattle raid in a northern state of South Sudan earlier this week, which led to 78 deaths and numerous injuries among civilians, most of whom were women and children.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Markeshia Grant scored 27 points and South Carolina beat No. 8 Tennessee 64-60 on Thursday night for its first win over the Lady Volunteers since 1980....

Victory over Korea 4-1 sets up Champions Trophy semi-final against Germany.

This primary season, pro-choice Republican women don’t have good options.

Women lose their desire for sex over time, but men don’t, researchers at the University of Guelph have found

Headline Title:  Cambodia: Stop the use of excessive force against peaceful land activists 02 February 2012 Cambodian authorities must stop the use of excessive force against peaceful land and housing activists, Amnesty International said today, after police violently dispers...

UGH!! We still can't believe someone would do this!! To recap, two women found a severed head while hiking in the Hollywood Hills. It was the head of Hervey Medellin's, and his other severed remains were found in the Hollywood Hills as well. Seriously, why did this happen?? Will we ever know?? Will the family [...]

Donald Trump, left, will endorse former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, right, in the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, according to new reports.

While Romney held a narrow lead over the former House speaker among men, he easily outdistanced him among women, winning around five of their votes for every three that went to Gingrich.

The SlutWalk protest movement of young women in scanty clothing is coming to a town near you, writesANTHEA McTEIRNAN

A MAN who was arrested in a police raid this morning in Cabramatta was allegedly trafficking women from Thailand to Australia.

NEW YORK (AP) -- New research offers hope for the first pill to treat a common problem in young women: fibroids in the uterus. The growths can cause pain, heavy bleeding and fertility problems, and they are the leading cause of hysterectomies....

Welcome back to 1+1, Kate Carraway’s biweekly column aimed at deconstructing the dynamics of every possible type of relationship. Today: grown women and their adolescent selves

QUETTA - A man was killed and seven others, including three women, wounded when unidentified men lobbed a hand grenade grenade at a brothel in Sibi on Wednesday.According to police, unidentified people hurled a hand grenade at a house in Killi Dur Muhammad area of Sibi and fled. The grenade went off, killing Wazir Khan and wounding seven others. The injured and dead were shifted to hospital. Th...

QUETTA - A man was killed and seven others, including three women, wounded when unidentified men lobbed a hand grenade grenade at a brothel in Sibi on Wednesday.According to police, unidentified people hurled a hand grenade at a house in Killi Dur Muhammad area of Sibi and fled. The grenade went off, killing Wazir Khan and wounding seven others. The injured and dead were shifted to hospital. Th...

Sofia Vergara is the oldest person to win the title in AskMen.com's Top 99 Most Desirable Women in the World list.

Small loans probably won't lift people out of poverty or empower women. But that doesn't mean they're useless.

IT was a victory for all low paid workers - but the real winners were women, after an historic equal pay decision by Fair Work Australia.

When Newt Gingrich enticed the ladies of South Carolina to support him in that state’s primary, his campaign concluded a repentant Gingrich had vanquished the shadow of his serial adultery and thrice-wed marital history in the minds of female voters. Read full article >>

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Women abandoned Newt Gingrich in droves Tuesday and helped fuel former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's triumph in Florida's Republican presidential primary, according to data from an exit poll of voters....

ALMOST 150,000 community sector workers, mostly women, have been awarded a pay rise by the industrial umpire in a landmark test case. 

WITHOUT A competitive fixture since the conclusion of last year’s campaign, a 31-0 reverse at home to England, Ireland’s women will open their Six Nations account against Wales this Friday as something of an unknown quantity with two new caps in their ranks.

Collateral damage in the abortion wars, and bad news for working class and low-income women who rely on Planned Parenthood clinics for breast cancer screening services: the Susan G. Komen Foundation is reportedly cutting funding to the women's health organization, in response to pressure from anti-women's health political groups. Washington Post has the dirty backstory. [...]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Tuesday defended a new federal rule requiring religiously affiliated nonprofit groups to provide free birth control coverage to women, as opponents ratcheted up pressure to alter the provision.

Nobody fills out a dress like Sofia Vergara ... so it's no surprise that the almost cartoonishly curvy "Modern Family" actress is the top hottie on AskMen's 11th Annual "Top 99 Most Desirable Women" list.

Two weeks ago I was at Science Online 2012, the annual conference for science bloggers and writers in Raleigh, NC. While there, I attended the session on Blogging Science While Female (a more detailed summary of the session can be found here ). At the session, many of the women in the room expressed discouragement at how many comments they have received that, while seemingly complimentary, s...

Pankh Organises Signature Campaign Against Female Foeticide: Huge Turnout makes the event a Huge Success. Pankh, a women rights organisation based in India, did a commendable job once again to uphold its stance of opposing all forms of Violence against women. This time it was in the form of a signature campaign, that was held at the Avadh Girls' Degree College, an Institution of higher educatio...

Men in Ireland are four times for more likely to die from suicide than women, and account from three times as many road fatalities as females.

Last year, Blake Lively was No.1. Did she repeat this year?

Rugby:Without a competitive fixture since the conclusion of last year’s campaign, a 31-0 reverse at home to England, Ireland’s women will open their Six Nations account against Wales this Friday as something of an unknown quantity with two new caps in their ranks.

With a flick of the head, Abby Wambach sent Alex Morgan on a 30-yard run that gave the United States an early lead, the first of three goals resulting from impeccable teamwork between the veteran and the up-and-comer.

Cherie Blair, the former prime minister's wife, says that she's never met a working mother "who didn't constantly feel that she wasn't doing either job very well."

The pattern of calls and texts between humans reveals how women invest more heavily in their main relationship than men; and how this changes as they age Various studies have shown that the frequency of contact between individuals is a reliable indicator of the emotional link between them. So it should come as no surprise that the data from mobile phone calls is a potential treasure trove of i...

"Banning veil might make it more popular,” says Elatik, an Amsterdam-born practicing Muslim of Moroccan descent.

Don't the roses smell especially sweet scandalous today? There are 11 women left on The Bachelor and everyone has jetted to the beautiful Vieques Island in Puerto Rico, where all the...

Saudi Arabia is taking steps to change a mindset left from the days when the oil kingdom's citizens were few and jobs were many: that its citizens take the cushiest jobs or take no jobs at all.

LOOSE Women star insists everything is fine with her marriage – despite affair claims

Tweet Widget Facebook Like Thirty five Ethiopian Christians are awaiting deportation from Saudi Arabia for “illicit mingling,” after police arrested them when they raided a private prayer gathering in Jeddah in mid-December, 2011. Of those arrested, 29 were women. They were subjected to arbitrary body cavity searches in custody, three of the Ethiopians tol...

Im glad none of you accused me of joking or exaggerating when I told this story:A *very* common exchange I have with the general public regarding HIV-1:Person-- Where did HIV-1 come from?Me-- HIV-1 is related to a virus we can find in African primates, SIV. SIV crossed over from chimpanzees to the human population to make 'HIV' sometime in the late 1800s, ear...

Case highlights growing concerns about the rights of women in Afghanistan, particularly as international troops pull out of the country

LONDON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Nicola Horlick, one of the most high-profile women in Britain's financial industry, is launching a business aimed at making it easier for wealthy individuals to make...

The U.S. forward had two goals and two assists to lead the Olympic-bound U.S. team past Canada, extending its winning streak over its neighbors to the north to 25 games.

Newt Gingrich's lead has vanished in the polls here ahead of Tuesday's presidential primary. One reason: He's having trouble winning over Republican women.

HIS ARRIVAL IS announced by nervous, giggling laughter from the young women standing by the stairs. “Hey, how are you doing?” he says to them, before sharing a quiet joke. More laughter ensues.

A frenetic, pressing defense has been the hallmark of the Georgetown women’s basketball team during its recent ascension to national prominence, and on Sunday, the 18th-ranked Hoyas got started right away. Read full article >>

MORE  than 1000 female journalists will next month take part in a study into whether women working in newsrooms find them bleak.

NEW YORK -- Both Skylar Diggins and Devereaux Peters are strong-minded, opinionated women so don't read too much into it if you hear them engage in some R-rated language every now and then. Last week following a blowout win over Tennessee, Peters admitted that she and Diggins will curse each other on the court one minute and be fine the next, and when her words were read back to Notre Dame's Mu...

After a lackluster first half, the U.S. women's soccer team beat Costa Rica 3-0 to earn a spot in the London Olympics.

Producers cite credibility and resonance when explaining how it is that women are the second-choice sex when it comes to voicing movie trailers.

After watching men's teams from Duke, Syracuse and her own school lose last weekend, Baylor women's coach Kim Mulkey fires up the Lady Bears.

Nongovernmental organizations are suing a station over a show featuring a group of women on the hunt for “immoral” behavior.

Violence surges in Homs as the U.N. debates a resolution on Syria Around 60 people have been killed in the restive city of Homs in the past two days in a brutal siege by Syrian security forces and shabbiha, militiamen, according to activists and residents. Residents claim the killings were along sectarian divides, referring to the situation as "racial cleansing." Reports cou...

A bomb explosion during a funeral procession in the Iraqi capital has killed at least 32, including four women.

A school boy in the Indian capital, Delhi, claims to have invented a device that can help women ward off potential attacks.

The Executive Director of Global Programs at Women for Women International, Karen Sherman, discusses new laws in Pakistan aimed at the protection of women from domestic violence, forced marriages and even acid attacks

Get a first look at the drama as the women of Beverly Hills sit down for a three-part reunion

Dr. Eli Laluz, 70, found with stab wounds in burned out TA apartment.

History against Mexico says not to worry. But there is another kind of history at work here — a history of coming up short that has hounded Canadian national soccer teams of both genders for … well, forever

Raunchy R-rated comedies will push the envelope in 2012. And much of the credit goes to 'Bridesmaids' and its $169 million box office.

Single women over 35 aren’t ‘supposed’ to feel grief for lack of spouse or baby. But what happens if they do?

U.S. workers spend more than $1,000 a year on coffee and another $2,000 on lunch, with men and young workers more willing to indulge in a $5 coffee than women or older colleagues, according to a survey of Americans' workplace spending habits.

A pro wrestler who had sex with numerous women and didn't tell them about his HIV-positive status was sentenced to 32 years in prison.

A treatment that improved the vision of two women with forms of macular degeneration could be a breakthrough for regenerative medicine after a recent setback.

COATESVILLE, New Zealand (Reuters) - Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom's online profile was larger-than-life, with fast women, faster cars and chartered planes, yet he lived like a virtual recluse in a sprawling, manicured estate on the outskirts of New Zealand's biggest city, Auckland.

When a woman falls ill, her pain may be more intense than a man's, a new study suggests. [More]

Rescue workers located the bodies of two women on the wrecked cruise ship Costa Concordia, bringing the death toll to 15, Italian officials said Monday.

Women taking pomegranate seed oil, marketed as an alternative remedy for menopausal symptoms, got no more relief from hot flashes than women taking a pill containing sunflower oil as a placebo, according to an Austrian study.   

In “Crazy Horse,” Frederick Wiseman’s documentary about the legendary Paris nude revue, all the women have the same body—tall, with small, high breasts, long waists, long legs, and full, rounded rumps. There’s a definite preference, bordering on fixation, at Le Crazy Horse . . . (Subscription required.)

MOGADISHU – Somali militants firing vehicle- mounted anti-aircraft guns clashed with African Union forces for a second night in Mogadishu, killing at least nine people including women and children, an ambulance official said yesterday.

The South African women's hockey team drew 1-1 with Spain in Randburg to clinch the five-match Investec international series 2-1.

The Lancet NCD Action Group and the NCD Alliance highlight links between non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and some vulnerable groups such as children, young people, women, people with disabilities, and people living in poverty. They acknowledge that “policies, strategies, plans, and calls to action are common in international and national reports” but also note that their “implementation has be...

Hundreds of people protest in Malawi's city of Blantyre about attacks on several women who were beaten and stripped for wearing trousers.

Sven-Goran Eriksson has been compared to "Swedish James Bond" by Dietmarr Hamann.Related StoriesLiverpool and Manchester City midfielder Dietmar Hamann admits to losing £288,400 on a cricket match

A VISIBLE panty line is often one of the main concerns of fashion-conscious women, but a bride wearing this wedding get-up needn't worry - that's just the point.

Angela Ahrendts, chief executive officer of Burberry Group PLC, was named as one of Forbes' 100 Most Powerful Women in the World four times in the past five years.

Mary Spencer is expected to win an Olympic medal this summer

Police say two women walking dogs in the Hollywood Hills discovered a human head in a plastic bag.

Stick a bunch of beautiful women in one room to compete for a guy like Ben Flajnik's heart and whaddya get? A "classic case of mean-girlism," according to Ashley Hebert. E!...

Women spend more than men on consumer electronics. And men spend more than women on consumer electronics. Confused yet? Here's a different way of looking at it.

The responding police officers said it isn't unusual for women to give birth in facilities run by the Port Authority.

A study by the University of Minnesota found that when men believe they outnumber females, they spend more and save less.

It's been suggested women and children were not given priority for lifeboats when the Costa Concordia capsized. But is this a real rule for evacuations?

Around 90 percent of Britain's top companies have no women bosses, according to a parliament report.

Homai Vyarawalla, one of India's first professional women photographers, died here Sunday, days after being hospitalised due to a fall from her bed, close friends said. She was 98.

Pregnant women were among more than 1 500 protesters who took to Hong Kong’s streets to oppose the growing number of Chinese births in the city.

SIREN has said that women in the public eye should 'shut up' about work they've had

(Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Friday ordered the immediate enforcement of a new Texas abortion law that asks abortion providers to play pregnant women the sounds of the fetal heartbeat.

Yoko Ono says first her exhibition in India is tribute to women

The earliest known cases of totally resistant tuberculosis, or TDR, weren't the current 12 known cases in Mumbai or the 15 cases in Iran in 2009, but rather two women from Italy who died in 2003 after being sick for several years. Superbug blogger Maryn McKenna reports.

Lyndon Lea insists he is not a playboy. Stories of parties with sushi served on half-naked women have been blown out of proportion, says Lion Capital's 43-year-old, polo-playing founder.

Germany and the Czech Republic advise women with potentially faulty breast implants made by France's PIP company to have them removed.

However slowly, men have been the ones driving most of the economic recovery over the past two years. But that’s beginning to change, as women are starting to take back more and more of the jobs they lost during the recession. Women’s employment finally appears to be climbing, resulting in nearly equal job growth over the past three months for both genders, according to an analysis of the lates...

Eve Arnold was one of a small group of pioneering women who in the middle of the last century ignored the conventions of the time

Sunderland defender Titus Bramble faces a third charge of sexual assault. The 30-year-old was accused of indecently touching two women in separate incidents on a night out in Yarm, Teesside, in September.

In 2005, Nancy Hopkins sparked a firestorm of controversy by walking out during a presentation by Larry Summers, then-president of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He had suggested that innate differences might account for the lack of women in high-achieving roles in science, and Hopkins, a well-known champion of gender equality in science, wanted to register her outrage. This Ma...

Studies suggest that greater gender balance in the boardroom improves financial results

Poor Angelina Jolie Before you can sit down and examine the film that marks her debut as a director – a love-hate story set during the 1990s Bosnian War – you must deal with the bricks being thrown at her During shooting the Bosnian Women Victims of War Association protested...

 A new study has revealed an alarmingly small number of Asian-born women at ANZ executive levels as the bank gears up for its Asia push.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As early as 2000, U.S. health authorities raised concerns about the French breast implant maker at the heart of a scandal affecting hundreds of thousands of women worldwide. That was almost ten years before the company came under scrutiny from European regulators.

LAHORE - A function to cut the Christmas Cake was held at Lahore College for Women University on Friday in VC Office lawns. Christian employees of the institution along with their families attended the function. Acting VC Riffat Saqlain, Chairperson Employees Welfare Fund LCWU and others joined… Visit: http://www.nation.com.pk for full story

CAIRO (Agencies) - Hundreds gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square ahead of a planned pro and anti militery mass rallies on Friday which sparked outrage when its soldiers were taped beating women protesters.Activists and political parties called for the demonstration after days of deadly clashes with soldiers last week left at least 17 people dead and many more wounded, including a woman hospitalise...

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- Casey Morris scored 11 points to lead No. 15 Texas Tech to a 75-38 rout of Western Kentucky on Wednesday night....

Sela, Weintraub, Pe’er, Glushko move to next round of the Israel tennis championships in Ra’anana

Incidents of robberies have increased in Punjab Capital as police have failed to burst the gangs of robbers. On Wednesday night robbers looted cash, jewelry and other valuables from a house here in Lahore and shot injured four people including three women upon resistance.According to police, four armed robbers barged into house of a citizen Aziz Butt, located in Gawalmandi locality late Wednesd...

New analysis by research company NM Incite suggests that men and women use the site for different reasons - with men using it for careers and dating, and women for chat.

RIHANNA was shocked and took to Twitter when a racist man called black women "dogs" in a hotel while she has been on tour.

KARACHI - Violence against women and growing incidents of Karo-Kari in upper parts of the province reverberated in the Sindh Assembly which met after a weekend break here on Monday. PML-F Legislator Nusrat Sehar Abbasi, on a point of order, informed the House that 34 women fell prey to Karo-Kari and other incidents of violence only in the current month of December and the most gory incident too...

Nine women chasing Olympic places for two of the world’s greatest longdistance running nations will compete at the London Marathon in April.

In a post-Bernie Madoff world where investment advising has made investors wary, Elle Kaplan spotted a gold mine.

Lady Gaga towered over other female musicians in 2011, heading a list of top earning women with an estimated $90 million in income, according to a Forbes.com survey released on Wednesday.

New submitter germansausage writes "A new study was published today in Notices of the American Mathematical Society, looking at data from 86 countries, to test the 'greater male variability hypothesis' as the primary reason for the scarcity of outstanding women mathematicians. It concludes that cultural and not biological factors are the chief causes (PDF) of the gap in math skills between men ...

A rapist who terrorized women aged 23 to 69 from SoHo to Washington Heights in a two-month spree during 2009 was sentenced to 428 years in prison yesterday.

ISLAMABAD - The Upper House of the Parliament on Monday unanimously passed two landmark bills, the Prevention of Anti-Women Practices Bill that prohibits forced marriages, marriage with Holy Quran and depriving women from inheriting property as well as the Acid Control and Acid Crime Prevention Bill.Both the Bills, with the same title of Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2011 by amending the Pakista...

An experimental drug from Genentech called pertuzumab held breast cancer at bay for a median of 18 months when given with standard treatment, versus 12 months for others given only the usual treatment. Meanwhile, another drug long used in organ transplants but not tried against breast cancer kept breast cancer in check for a median of 7 months in women whose disease was worsening despite treatm...

Three women seek retribution against a hunky con artist in this Bollywood confection.Three women seek retribution against a hunky con artist in this Bollywood confection.

Technology companies have the lowest percentages of women board members and highest-paid executives among the biggest public companies in California, according to a new study.

Remember the Miss USA pageant earlier this year, when contestants were asked if evolution should be taught in schools? Only two of the them fully supported Darwin; thankfully, the pageant winner was one of them. Recognizing that these young women often serve as role models for teens, and concerned about their lack of awareness of [...]

SWEETWATER, Fla. (AP) -- Police say two South Florida women are accused of stealing Christmas decorations from their neighbor's yard and putting them in a yard less than a block away....

GlaxoSmithKline's drug Tykerb failed to hit its goal in a clinical trial testing its role in women with early breast cancer, dimming hopes for its use in this setting.

The ICRC is asking donors for 1.15 billion Swiss francs to fund its worldwide activities next year. The organization's ability to deal with the unexpected will remain central to successful crisis management and the swift delivery of humanitarian aid for men, women and children in need.

89% of employees who deal with venture-capital fund investments are men, only 11% are women.

The morning-after birth control pill will remain a prescription drug for girls under the age of 17, after Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius overruled the FDA, which had recommended it be made available over the counter. The pill will continue to be available over the counter to women who are 17 and older. [...]

Police in Portland, Ore., say two women came forward a day after the accident, which occurred Saturday, and claimed they suffered injuries. Police say they have no plans to further investigate.Police in Portland, Ore., said they have no plans to further investigate a car accident involving Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh after two women claimed they suffered injuries in the wreck.

FEMALE bosses should demand hired help as part of their salary package to stay on top, Ita Buttrose says.

Nicki Minaj was also honored at Friday's Women in Music awards luncheon in New York City.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Men may be helping more in the home but working women still do more multitasking in U.S. families than their partners and are finding it stressful, according to a new study.

Bei Bad Astronomy geht es gerade um das exakt gleiche Thema: Und bei Jürgen gehts auch gerade ab in der genderdebatte. Ich poste mal hier, vielleicht kannt ich meinen Inhalt ja noch crosslinken: Ebenfalls zum Thema: die Zeitschrift Physics today, Novemberausgabe 2011. Die verlinkten Statistiken und weiteren Daten der American Physical Society sind großes Kino. @Florian: hast du Zahlen für ...

Ecuador's women farmers join forces to conserve their land

Paris, November 25 (ots/PRNewswire) - ~ - REYATAZ(R) is the only boosted PI to include dosing and medical guidance in pregnancy and postpartum in the label - ~ Bristol-Myers Squibb Company today announced that the European Commission approved a labelling update ...

FIRST there was lingerie football, a popular sport in the US with women sporting bruises and blush in equal measure.

Tanishq has expanded its portfolio with the launch of Mia, which is targeted at working women. The company has spent Rs 5 crore on an extensive marketing campaign for the brand, with a special focus on digital media.

Investing in women in emerging markets is a good bet for a number of reasons, says Thomas Kostigen.

Utl.: Unterstützung für junge Wissenschaftlerinnen - Stipendien bereits zum fünften Mal verliehen = Wien (OTS) - Bereits zum fünften Mal wurden gestern Abend im Theatersaal der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften junge Wissenschaftlerinnen ausgezeichnet: Sie erhalten ...

Kat Von D says Jesse James cheated on her with 19 women in the year they were dating and engaged. Kat Von D and Jesse James broke up in September.

Jennifer Aniston a surpris le public lundi soir aux Women of the Year Awards de Glamour pour plusieurs raisons. Elle n'était pas sur la liste de célébrités...

Jennifer Aniston überraschte das Publikum bei den Glamour Women of the Year Awards aus zwei Gründen. Sie war weder auf der Gästeliste, noch ließ sie sich auch auf dem...

In Beverly Hills fand zum 18. Mal das "Elle's Women in Hollywood Tribute" statt. Keine Frage, dass sich dieses Event die Top-Riege der Powerfrauen Hollywoods nicht entgehen lassen wollte. Sehen Sie hier die besten Bilder

Lying around for long stretches outside of work doubles the risk of dangerous blood clots in the lungs, according to a study among women.

Despite repeated talk about the possible establishment of a U.N.-authorized no fly zone, Britain, France and the United States have yet to table a no-fly resolution in the U.N. Security Council. The caution reflects reservations over the plan in Washington, D.C. and African and Arab capitals and the reluctance of Western powers to intervene in the Libyan crisis without broad regional backing....

A new study has found men think a woman with a higher voice is more likely to be unfaithful. Conversely, women believe the lower the man’s voice, the more likely he’s going to cheat