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Indian author Sushmita Banerjee shot dead in Afghanistan
An Indian woman author who wrote a popular memoir about her escape from the Taliban has been shot dead in Afghanistan\'s Paktika ...Femen presents documentary on topless movement at Venice
A new documentary about the Femen topless activists shown in Venice has revealed that the feminist group was founded by a man.One woman per hour killed in India over dowry payments
On average, one Indian woman every hour is killed in a dowry-related dispute, government data indicate.Palestinian girl, 16, becomes youngest minister in the world
Exactly the same day she turned 16 years old, a Palestinian girl called Bashaer Othman became the youngest minister in the world. ...British broadcaster David Frost dies aged 74
Veteran British journalist and broadcaster David Frost, who won fame around the world for his TV interviews with former President Richard Nixon, ...Nobel Prize winning poet Seamus Heaney dies aged 74
Irish writer and poet Seamus Heaney, who won the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature, died Friday at the age of ...Wed gay couples win U.S. marriage tax benefits nationwide
All married, same-sex couples in the U.S. will receive federal tax benefits previously given to just heterosexual couples, the Obama administration said ...US postpones meeting with Russia on Syrian crisis
The US State Department postponed a meeting scheduled tomorrow in The Hague between senior diplomats from the United States and Russia due ...Miley Cyrus performs in bikini at MTV awards
Miley Cyrus gyrated on stage with Robin Thicke in a flesh-colored bikini at the MTV Video Music Awards.Same-sex pairs shake up tango championship in Argentina
The sexy, sensual world of tango is experiencing a shake-up, as same-sex couples compete for the first time in the world championships ...