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Not only are Arab women largely excluded from political participation - the report notes that most of the handful of Arab women cabinet ministers tend to hold symbolic rather than influential positions - they often suffer domestic violence, including so-called "honor killings," behind a societal cloak of silence. Laws often restrict...
At the same time, some commanders have raised the bar for the highest awards because they say they have seen medals handed out too easily in the past. Army Lieut. General Tom Metz says he remembers clearly how a few soldiers in Vietnam took advantage of the system and won...
A ski vacation used to mean unflattering, bulky outerwear, frequently in embarrassing neon colors. Thankfully, in the past few years a handful of designers, including Prada and Chanel, have aimed to make the slopes more fashionable. The zipper-covered jacket, above, from Escada Sport is sturdy enough for the snow...
Every picture tells a story. In Siem Reap, Cambodia's cultural capital, every mobile bookstall tells one too. Look on the sides of the carts that are wheeled about the streets bearing dog-eared novels and pirated Lonely Planets, and you'll find a hand-lettered potted biography of the...
Heard anything from America's manned moon base lately? You know, the one that was supposed to have gotten under way in the 1970s, just a handful of years after the Apollo 11 landing? No? What about news on the upcoming Mars landing, the one President George H.W. Bush called...