NEW DELHI — As protests grew in India Saturday over the death of a young woman who was raped in Delhi this month by several men in a moving bus, police said her attackers would be charged with murder.
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Indian women march: “That girl could have been any one of us”
NEW DELHI — Neha Kaul Mehra says she was only 7 years old the first time she was sexually harassed. She was walking to a dance class in an affluent neighborhood of New Delhi when a man confronted her and began openly masturbating.
Children of China’s ‘Immortals’ are new capitalist elite
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India wakes up to child malnutrition ‘shame,’ begins to make progress
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Getting polio campaigns back on track (analysis)
How in the world did something as innocuous as the sugary pink polio vaccine turn into a flash point between Islamic militants and Western “crusaders,” flaring into a confrontation so ugly that teenage girls — whose only “offense” is that they are protecting children — are gunned down in the streets?
For poor, leap to college often ends in a hard fall
GALVESTON, Tex. — Angelica Gonzales marched through high school in Goth armor — black boots, chains and cargo pants — but undermined her pose of alienation with a place on the honor roll. She nicknamed herself after a metal band and vowed to become the first in her family to earn a college degree.
Dangers on the streets of India, shape lives, stifle dreams of country’s young women
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The “undeserving” poor: The American welfare system has grown, but so have the ranks of the poor, and as the US tries to focus help on those deemed most worthy, millions of adults are getting squeezed
The American welfare state has grown, but so have the ranks of the poor. As the U.S. tries to focus help on those deemed most worthy, millions of adults are getting squeezed.
How real are Myanmar’s reforms?
The visit of US President Barack Obama to Myanmar on 19 November has renewed international interest in the country’s democratic reforms, but also skepticism about their impact on the lives of ordinary Burmese.
Pakistan polio drive suspended after 8 health workers killed by extremists (video)
The UN has suspended its polio vaccination campaign in Pakistan following more attacks on health workers involved in the programme.
