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Sexual assault on student sparks outrage in Egypt

CAIRO (AP) — A string of sexual assaults on women during celebrations of Egypt's presidential inauguration — including a mass attack on a 19-year-old...

Italy's singing nun wins 'Voice' competition

MILAN (AP) — A nun who became an Internet star for her unadorned pop song performances in full habit triumphed at Italy's version of...

World honors D-Day's fallen, 70 years on

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — Gone are the screaming shells, seasick soldiers and bloodied waters of 1944. On Friday, a sun-splattered Normandy celebrated peace, with...

George Takei sees gay pride beginning in Japan

TOKYO (AP) — George Takei said he needed courage and anger to come out as gay and to join the equal rights movement for...

Girl left in forest in C. African Republic chaos

CARNOT, Central African Republic (AP) — When gunfire rang out through the village just after dawn, when neighbors dropped their coffee to flee, even...

Women drummers break barriers in Cuba percussion

HAVANA (AP) — It wasn't that long ago that Cuba's rich percussion scene was essentially a boys' club, dominated by men due to macho...

Nigerian police ban protests over kidnapped girls

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian police said Monday they have banned protests in the capital demanding that the government rescue more than 200 girls...

Jamaica literary festival draws top-flight authors

TREASURE BEACH, Jamaica (AP) — Best-selling authors take to a seaside stage, bottles of Red Stripe beer in hand. Budding writers line up to...

In US and abroad, new focus on anti-women violence

Nearly 300 schoolgirls abducted in Nigeria. A pregnant Pakistani woman stoned to death by her family for marrying the man she loved. Widespread rape...

Beyond the Rhetoric…The Promise of Colombia — Part 1

Where do I begin to tell the story of our trade mission to the beautiful nation of Colombia?  It had been in the planning...

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