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...Gist: The global recession has unseated its government and clobbered its economy - even McDonald's is jumping ship - but when it comes to gender equality, Iceland is the world's beacon. The tiny island nation tops the World Economic Forum's 2009 Gender Gap Index, the group's fourth annual assessment of global equality between the sexes. With more women elected to Parliament and advances in female economic and educational participation, Iceland leapfrogged its larger Nordic neighbors, edging Finland, Norway (last year's No. 1) and Sweden to lead an all-Scandinavian top four - an honor determined by measuring...
Bok’s expected ascension to the head IOP executive position will mark the fourth consecutive year in which the IOP has been led by a woman and the third time in the past five years in which only one candidate has sought the presidency...
...Omar bin Laden, the fourth eldest of Osama bin Laden's 20 known children, the awful realization that his father was a terrorist mastermind who was plotting a global conspiracy that would destroy the lives of thousands of innocent people and even his own family came gradually. Of course, there were warning signs: Omar's childhood was marked by regular beatings and survivalist training; the growing army of ruffians and retainers who called his father "Prince"; and that Afghan mullah who had given his father an entire mountain in Tora Bora...
After Gordon punched in a touchdown from three yards out late in the third quarter to give the Crimson a comfortable 31-3 lead, Harvard brought in some of its third and fouth stringers. Freshman Colton Chapple and junior Matt Simpson both spent time under center in the fourth quarter, and senior Cheng Ho—who is third on the running back depth chart—managed a team-second 73 yards on just 12 carries and a touchdown in his limited play in the fourth quarter...
...Princeton is an outstanding team [with] tremendous athleticism,” Caples said. “There’s a reason why they’re ranked fourth in the country...