Word: levelling
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...against women, in which men rape in order to feel powerful, and do so with impunity, believing that their superiority entitles them to vent their frustrations on women and children. The men most likely to rape, the researchers found, were not the poorest, but those who had attained some level of education and income. (See pictures of South Africa, Fifteen Years...
Obama, President Barack • emptiness of post-Inauguration pronouncement by that "my Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government" is exposed by refusal of to reveal names of visitors to the White House...
...attack that stunned Northern Ireland and stoked fears of a return to the sectarian conflict of the past. Two days later, a policeman was killed in Craigavon, County Armagh - the first police officer to be shot dead in the province in 12 years. And a series of low-level disturbances in April - petrol bombs, hoax devices, car-jackings - showed that dissident republicans, although small in number, remained intent on disrupting life in post-conflict Northern Ireland...
...spokesman W. Larry Ford said the two agencies are working on a new agreement "to combat violent crime along the Southwest border." Ford added, "ATF prides itself on the strength of its relationships with law enforcement partners at every level of government throughout the country...
...beginning of major change in Mexican politics. While there may only be a small percentage of people who actually make the effort to go and annul their ballots, he predicts that the overall abstention rate will be a shocking 70%. "Politicians will not be able to ignore a level of turnout that low," he says. Lund says the voto en blanco supporters could then go on to form a new political opposition along with disaffected members of the main parties. "This movement is a response to a lack of serious options," he says. "But in a country like Mexico, with...