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  • Enhanced contract payments for Australian cricket eves

    Cricket Australia (CA) Tuesday announced a restructuring of the contracting system for women players which will result in the Australian female cricketers becoming some of the best paid female athletes in the country. CA approved a restructure of the contract system with a move from a three-tier payment system to a squad-ranking system. The top player retainer increases substantially from ...

  • Simon Cowell to be flanked by 3 female judges in new X Factor season

    Simon Cowell will be surrounded by women when 'The X Factor' returns for its third season this fall on BIG CBS LOVE. Grammy Award winning artist Kelly Rowland, international pop star Paulina Rubio and Demi Lovato join him as judges on the hit singing competition series, CBS News reported. "It's taken more than a decade but I'm delighted to finally be on a panel with three girls (I think!)," ...

  • Afghan women getting jailed for moral crimes

    The Afghan government should take urgent steps to halt an alarming increase in women and girls imprisoned for "moral crimes," Human Rights Watch said Tuesday. Statistics from Afghanistan's interior ministry indicate that the number of women and girls imprisoned for "moral crimes" had risen to about 600 in May 2013 from 400 in October 2011 - a 50 percent rise. Since October 2011, there has been ...

  • 72 pc women experience constipation bowel problems during pregnancy

    Nearly 3 out of 4 pregnant women experience constipation, diarrhea or other bowel disorders during their pregnancies, a new study has found. But such bowel disorders only minimally affect a pregnant woman's quality of life, according to the Loyola University Medical Center study. The study by senior author Scott Graziano, MD, and Payton Johnson was presented during the 61st Annual Clinical ...

  • Do men behave better than women while traveling

    Traveling can lead you to let loose and get a little crazier than usual. Travel guide website Triposo conducted a survey to learn more about crazy tourist behavior abroad. They asked respondents to confess to their own travel sins-which included everything from public drunkenness to cheating on significant others-and also to report on the misbehavior of others. When asked about their goals ...


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Finding Nemo

Seeing Finding Nemo on the big screen again (now in 3D!) is a pure shot of delight and a reminder of the strength of Pixars cinematic vision at its finest. Released at the height of the studios initial run of creative output (it followed Toy Story and Toy Story 2, A ... ...

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  • Smoking during pregnancy up obesity and diabetes risk in baby girls

    Women who smoke during pregnancy increase the risk of both obesity and gestational diabetes, in their daughters, a recent study has found. The study is by Dr Kristina Mattsson, Lund University, Sweden, and colleagues including Dr Matthew Longnecker from the National Institute on Environmental Health Sciences at the U.S.National Institutes of Health, North Carolina, USA. While the relation of ...

  • In Kabul UNESCO chief spotlights Afghanistans educational and cultural gains

    20 May 2013 150 Education is not against any religion, the head of the United Nations educational and cultural agency told Afghan authorities and families during a visit to the country to promote learning for women and girls, and to highlight the importance of Afghan cultural heritage as a vital economic asset. "Providing education to girls and women is not against religious beliefs," said ...

  • Thousands of women protest death in Togo

    LOME, Togo -- Thousands of women have taken to the streets in Togo to protest the death of an opposition figure who had been jailed.Tuesday's march comes nearly two weeks ago after the death of Etienne Yakanou.Authorities say he suffered from malaria. His supporters, though, say he did not receive adequate medical care and should have been brought sooner to a hospital. Yakanou had been ...

  • 2 women admit violent attack of boy that included alcohol police say

    Two women face assault charges after they admitted they attacked an 8-year-old boy used alcohol to intensify his pain, Hopkinsville police said. Paulette M. Godfrey, 32, and Latoya L. Stampley, 28, were interviewed by police after officers were called to Belmont Elementary School to investigate a report of child abuse, according to an arrest citation. The citation described the women violently ...

  • Why So Many Top Car Guys Are Actually Women

    One of the most satisfying aspects of working in the American auto industry today is to see the way all three Michigan-based companies are turning out hit products, generating strong profits and putting thousands of people back to work. It's something that we in Detroit always knew was possible, and it's something the rest of America can be rightly proud of.We have certainly come a ...

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