"world-war-ii" Articles & Blogs:
Today is World AIDS Day
| Today is World AIDS Day. Last year nearly a half million babies were born with HIV. More than 33 million people worldwide were living with HIV. That's up from 26.2 million in 1999. Despite that staggering statistic,AIDS organizations are making progress i...[Read on] |
Cavalli dresses Shakira for the World Cup
| Team jerseys will be the most popular fashion choice in South Africa over the next few weeks. Unless you're Shakira. During her opening ceremony performance at the FIFA World Cup on June 10th, the Latin beauty will be wearing an exclusive look from high-e...[Read on] |
'Sex and The City 2' World Premiere (Photos)
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Those fabulous four women are at it again, at the world premiere of ‘Sex and the City 2’Culture | Today 12:00 pmThe world premiere of "Sex and the City 2" was held on May 24, 2010, at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. If you th...[Read on] |
Afghan Women Would Rather Talk About Recovery
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(WOMENSENEWS)--As the world waits for President Barack Obama to announce next week his plan to send up to 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan, three female leaders of civil society efforts focused their concerns on nation building.
The trio want...[Read on] |
With a flat tire, bloody shoes and a smile, Chrissie Wellington smashes world Ironman record
| This was her Kona. Chrissie Wellington, who had to pull out of October's Ironman World Championships in Kona due to illness, made up for it and then some today at Ford Ironman Arizona.
Wellington set a new record for an official Ironman course of 8:36:13...[Read on] |
How Long Does it Take to Eat, Pray, and Love? (And 24 Other Urgent Questions)
| Julia Roberts stars in this weekend’s estrogen-fueled answer to The Expendables, Eat Pray Love. Can the star power of Roberts, who plays a new divorcee on a yearlong jaunt around the world, defeat the brute force of Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, and...[Read on] |
In the Heart of the Muslim World, Obama Delivers a Message to Women Everywhere
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by Debra Eichenbaum, Legal Intern, National Women's Law Center
When President Obama spoke at Cairo University last week, press outlets from around the world covered his overtures of peace and reconciliation to the Muslim world. Without doubt, it was an...[Read on] |
World Cup Song: Shakira ‘Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)’
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We are just a few days away from the exciting beginning of the FIFA World Cup 2010 being held at South Africa and international superstar Shakira is scheduled to perform her new single, “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)” during the opening ceremony ...[Read on] |
Marta wins fifth consecutive FIFA women’s world player of the year
| The amazing Marta won her fifth consecutive FIFA player of the year award, ahead of Germany’s Fatmire Bajramaj and Birgit Prinz.
The FIFA Ballon d’Or Gala, which took place in Zurich on Monday, raised the curtain on the new decade in style. Attractin...[Read on] |
The World Today, According to Twitter
| Your morning serving of low-calorie news.
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Marta named World Player of year
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Brazil’s Marta captured soccer’s World Player of the Year award for the fourth year in a row. The 23-year-old playmaker beat teammate Cristiane, Kelly Smith of England, and Germans Birgit Prinz and Inka Grings.
“I’m really surprised,” Marta sa...[Read on] |
Iranian woman chasing her racing dream
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Noora Naraghi recently traveled 1500 miles from Iran all the way to Tallahassee, Florida to learn motocross from Stefy Bau, former two-time women world motocross champion and owner of 211 MX school, the elite world wide motocross academy for women.
Narag...[Read on] |
Soccer: Remembering the women
| I have not watched one second of the men's World Cup. And yet it seems to be the only thing I can blog about these days. (I do have a post coming about working out in skirts--so stay tuned for something non-soccer. Not that there's anything wrong with...[Read on] |
Every Day is Earth Day
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Since its grassroots inception in 1970, Earth Day has grown
appropriately to international proportions during which an estimated 500
million people worldwide will celebrate their home and resource — planet Earth.
It’s nice of us to set aside a commem...[Read on] |
2010 Aspen Winternational World Cup on for Thanksgiving weekend
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Who: Many of the top female skiers in the world.
What: Aspen Winternational
Where: Aspen, Colo.
When: Thanksgiving weekend – Nov. 27 & 28, 2010.
Why: The only U.S. stop on the Women’s World Cup curcuit.
The world’s fastest women skiers will once ag...[Read on] |
The Time Has Come
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Those were the words that Barbra Streisand uttered when she announced Kathryn Bigelow’s name as the winner of the best director Oscar. The moment came at the end of a long and boring show that featured many male winners in most categories, but DAMN, s...[Read on] |
Gender Controversy: A debate
| Any big event is going to be with its fair share of controversy. That’s just the way things work. The World Championships in Berlin are no different. Today a story has emerged that has the word written all over it. The women’s 800 meter final is t...[Read on] |
In case you missed the Women's World Baseball Cup...this might be why.
| ...like I did. The Women's World Baseball Cup was held last month in Venezuela. The tournament gained attention (again not mine--I missed this whole thing; though I did read that there was very little media coverage; regular Sports Center watchers might b...[Read on] |
Lady Salamanders rep US at Homeless World Cup in Brazil
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Eight women from homeless shelters across the country make up the Lady Salamanders, a street soccer soccer currently in Rio, Brazil for the 8th Annual Homeless World Cup competition which wraps Sunday Sept 26th.
Philanthropist and businesswoman Sheila Jo...[Read on] |
Oprah Joins Twitter, Tweets to Demi Moore
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Oprah Winfrey tweets on the social-networking service twitter.com; Ashton Kutcher beat CNN and will have to donate 10,000 mosquito nets for World Malaria DayOprah, Ashton, Demi on Twitter | 04/17/2009 1:20 pm
Oprah Winfrey opened an account on Twitter F...[Read on] |
Yentl: A Movie That Changed the World
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If you’ve ever heard me speak or know me you know that Yentl is the movie that changed my world. Seeing a woman produce, star, sing, co-write and direct when I was a teenager knocked my socks off. No woman had done what Barbra Streisand did in 1983. ...[Read on] |
Girls Sports – A link to World Peace?
| Sports have long been thought of as a vehicle that permits us to rise above differences. And they do.
Many have even gone as far as advocating that sports can cure all that ails relating to intolerance, violence and crisis in our world. I’m not sure ...[Read on] |
5 Places Guaranteed to Restore Your Soul
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An expert globetrotter shares the top destinations to revitalize the body and mindAdventure | Today 12:00 am
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After years of pursuing successful careers, which paid the bills but brought no joy, I was consumed with a spiritual emptiness that made...[Read on] |
Could running change the world?
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I am reading Bart Yasso’s “My Life on the Run” and love his insight into the sport. Here is one passage in particular that I couldn’t agree with more:
“Running is about acceptance — of yourself and others. W...[Read on] |
The Girl Effect in Africa.
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Last week was the World Economic Forum on Africa with a critical focus on the role of girls in the economic development of Africa. The World Economic Forums are a series of convenings led by a Swiss non-profit of the same name. Their platform focuses on t...[Read on] |
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