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That was Soundarajan's last competition. Shortly after she was awarded the medal, she was asked to undergo a sex test, which she failed, leading Asian Games officials to strip her of her medal. Soundarajan was later diagnosed with AIS, or androgen insensitivity syndrome, a condition in which a genetic male is resistant to androgens, the male sex hormones that include testosterone, leading the body to appear externally female. "I cannot comment on the gender test as I am not a doctor, but the incident surely robbed India of a world-class athlete," says P. Nagarajan, her coach, who recruited...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gender and Athletics: India's Own Caster Semenya | 9/1/2009 | See Source »

...guilty of receiving a fake Ph.D. title could also be imprisoned on bribery charges. But prosecutors say some of the students weren't aware that the fees they paid to the consultancy were being used to bribe teachers. It's up to the individual universities to decide whether to strip the Ph.D. holders of their titles. (Read: "It Happened One Night in Berlin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Germany's Ph.D. Scandal: Were Degrees Bought? | 8/28/2009 | See Source »

...spending proposal that never got off the ground. Almost as quickly as the U.S. House of Representatives could add $330 million to the budget to bolster the government's luxury-jet fleet, public outcry prompted House leaders to strip the four proposed new aircraft from next year's defense-spending bill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spotlight: Congressional Aircraft | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

...with which it suppressed the jihadist group is a warning to all potential rivals that Hamas will tolerate no challenge to its authority in Gaza. But it also signals that as long as Hamas maintains a cease-fire, it is willing and able to forcibly restrain others in the Strip from launching attacks on Israel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind Hamas' Own War on Terror | 8/21/2009 | See Source »

...Power strip: Because you need it for your thicket of accessories and because Harvard tends to place its outlets in awkward places...

Author: By Alex M. Mcleese and Amy Sun, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Must-Haves for Life in College | 8/20/2009 | See Source »

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