Posts Tagged ‘woman’

FIRST WOMAN MINISTER: Since Iran’s Islamic Revolution

MARZIEH VAHID DASTJERDI Iranian MPs have approved the first woman minister in the 30-year history of the Islamic republic. She was one of 18 nominations for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s new cabinet to be approved. Two other women were among three rejected nominees. The president’s choice...
September 3rd, 2009 | WORLD | Read More

MISSING GIRL: Found after 18 years, now recovering with family

SOLVING LIFE'S MYSTERY A woman who walked into a US police station claiming she was kidnapped 18 years ago is likely to be telling the truth, police in California say. DNA tests were being carried out, local police said, with officers almost certain that the results would back up the woman’s...
September 1st, 2009 | COMMUNITY | Read More

WOMAN CHAMPION: Could be man, Gender to be verified

ATHLETE'S GENDER IN DOUBT New 800m world champion Caster Semenya has been “humiliated” after being asked to take a gender test, says the head of South Africa’s athletics body. South African athletics officials have rallied behind controversial new running star Caster Semenya, who...
August 20th, 2009 | WELLNESS | Read More

WOMAN PREGNANT: With 12 babies, a new record

PREGNANT WITH 12 BABIES A teacher in her 30s is pregnant with a record-breaking 12 babies, it has been reported. The Tunisian woman, who had two miscarriages earlier, is reportedly carrying six boys and six girls. She is said to have undergone fertility treatment. British fertility experts say though...
August 18th, 2009 | WELLNESS | Read More

EX-PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT: Corazon Aquino deis at 76

'PEOPLE POWER MOVEMENT' VOICE Former Philippine President Corazon Aquino, whose “People Power” movement pushed out longtime strongman Ferdinand Marcos less than three years after her husband’s assassination, has died at age 76, her family announced Saturday. Aquino, the first...
August 1st, 2009 | WORLD | Read More

QUEEN GAYATRI DEVI: Dies at the age of 90

QUEEN OF JAIPUR Rajmata Gayatri Devi of Jaipur, who recently underwent intestinal endoscopy, has died at the age of 90. Gayatri Devi, the elegant former princess of Cooch Behar who became the maharani of Jaipur, was once considered among the world’s most beautiful women. She was admitted to the...
July 29th, 2009 | WORLD | Read More