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...Western countries, strong equality laws are in place, but the pay gap between men and women is widening, while the glass ceiling remains as resilient as ever. Today, we may be looking to the positive role that women can play in regions such as the Middle East. But the fight for true equality is a global one, and it is far from won. Cherie Blair is a human-rights lawyer and founder of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women...
Although firmly atop the chess rankings, thanks in part to his victory in London, Carlsen must now fight his way through a series of qualifying competitions in order to earn a chance to play for the world-championship title - the game's highest prize, which is contested every two or three years. His father says he is more concerned about "whether chess will make him a happy person." It seems to be doing just that. "I love the game. I love to compete," Carlsen says. Asked how long he will continue to enjoy chess and where the game will take...
Official bodies at every level, intent on drawing our attention where it would not otherwise turn, carve the year into un-anniversaries marking those things that haven't happened but apparently should. The new year begins the U.N.'s Decade for Deserts and the Fight Against Desertification. It is also the Year for Biodiversity and the International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures, whose mandate is to build "the defenses of peace in the minds of men." Presumably, the other half of the human population is already sufficiently peaceable...
With a number of injuries making the success of Harvard wrestling uncertain, the squad emerged from its first weekend of dual meets to prove one thing—the Crimson will not go down without a fight. Harvard (1-1-1) split its slate of contests, topping Franklin & Marshall, 29-15, and falling to Rutgers, 29-14, on Friday before tying Hofstra, 20-20, yesterday...
...Then, on Jan. 6, a handful of television journalists were invited to meet Peter Robinson at his home outside Belfast. Robinson, leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), Northern Ireland's largest political party, is known for his clinical, dispassionate public image. As the cameras rolled, Robinson appeared to fight back tears as he revealed his wife's extramarital affair and the fact that Iris had attempted suicide last March because she'd been "racked with guilt" over the relationship. The Spotlight program subsequently revealed McCambley's identity and his age at the time the affair began...