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POPSEgypt Approves Quota for Women in Parliament While many Eqyptian women praise the law as a step forward, others believe it is only a superficial attempt at empowering women or are suspicious of governmental motives. Nagla Mohammed, a homemaker, told Deutsche Presse-Agentur, "It is good that women should play a role in politics...But I can only judge the impact of their presence in parliament after I see their practical contribution. It is not a matter of having women in parliament - the question is what they will do."
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POPSOprah as a role model for Saudi women “Oprah is the magic word for women here who want to scream out loud, who want to be heard,” Ms. Muhammad said. “Look at what happened to the girl from Qatif,” she said, referring to the infamous case of a young woman who was gang-raped, then sentenced to flogging because she had been in a car with an unrelated man. The young woman from Qatif received a royal pardon last year after her case became an international media cause célèbre.
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POPSLandmark heart study expands to genetics A study that has been going on for three generations, or 60 years. The study is noted for it's duration, and findings such as cigarettes, cholesterol, and high blood pressure, contribute to heart disease, and physical exercise is one of the things that reduces it
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POPSAP poll on ghosts, ESP & UFO's Then there's Jack Van Geldern, a computer programmer from Riverside, Conn. Now 51, Van Geldern is among the five percent who say they have seen a monster in the closet - or in his case, a monster's face he spotted on the wall of his room as a child. "It was so terrifying I couldn't move," he said. "Needless to say I survived the event and never saw it again."
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