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...last year's total, and five women have died, although the total number of actual suicides is impossible to document. "Women are locked away in a room with a rope and put under pressure. Or they might be forced to take rat poison," says Nebahat Akkoc, founder of Ka-Mer, a women's rights group in Diyarbakir, the regional capital of the south-east. Last week the U.N. sent Yakin Ertürk, rapporteur on violence against women, on a fact-finding mission to investigate the suicides. Some 70 women die in honor killings in Turkey every year, mostly...
StriVectin certainly isn't the first antiaging cream to spark a frenzy with better-than-the-rest claims. Crème de la Mer, bought by Estée Lauder in 1995, was the first cream to become a cult favorite. Made with sea kelp, La Mer sold for more than $150 for a 2-oz. jar, the first skin-care product to break that price point. Another big push came with the publication of well-known dermatologist Dr. Nicholas Perricone's book, The Wrinkle Cure, in 2000 and the launch of his pricey line of skin-care potions. (Perricone just opened...
...stood to gain economically from accession. Ironically, the failed adultery amendment was part of a reform package that has boosted women's rights, recognizing them as joint heads of households and splitting couples' assets equally after a divorce. Even Nebahat Akkoc, head of the leading women's center Ka-Mer (and a TIME European Hero in 2003), is impressed: "I spent my life fighting for these laws and suddenly they are on the books." She adds, however, that changing the law is not enough: they must now be implemented. The changes are most pronounced in the troubled southeast. Kurds...
...Creme de la Mer...
Luxury quotient: The company has become the LVMH of beauty in recent years--acquiring 13 brands, from MAC to La Mer. But its original five still make up the lion's share of sales. "We are brand builders," says Lauder. And he is just getting started. He aims to double the size of the company in five to 10 years...