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Afghan Activist Who Dressed as Boy to Defy Taliban Calls for More Female Teachers
When the Taliban banned girls' education in Afghanistan, six-year-old Shabana Basij-Rasikh started dressing as a boy and for five years risked her life to attend a secret school.
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Last All-Male Oxford University College Opens Doors to Women
Oxford University's last remaining single-sex college will open its doors to women undergraduates following a vote on Thursday, making it the last of the university's institutions to do so.
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Monsoons Could Bring Disease, a Second Crisis, to Nepal: UNICEF
There is only "a small window of time" for relief workers in Nepal to put in place measures to protect people from deadly disease outbreaks, a senior United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) official said on Saturday.
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Climate Deal Must Lead to Rise in Funding For Developing Nations: UN Official
A new global deal on climate change, due to be agreed in Paris this year, must pave the way for an ambitious rise in funding for developing countries as their climate-related costs grow, the head of the UN's key climate fund said.
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Nepal Earthquake: Google, Facebook Join Red Cross to Find Missing
German development worker Caroline Siebald and her boyfriend Charles Gertler, an American glaciologist, were on a rafting trip in Nepal when the earthquake struck and initially panicked about how to let their families know they were safe.
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Thousands of Nepali Migrants Lose Farms in Debt Bondage
Thousands of Nepali farmers have fallen into debt bondage and lost their land after paying exorbitant fees to agents for jobs abroad, and the government is trying to secure the rights of two million Nepali migrants, a government official said on Tuesday.
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Islamic State Uses Social Media to Groom British Muslim Girls: Think Tank
Islamic State is using social media and the promise of adventure to lure British Muslim girls to join its cause, an anti-extremism think tank said on Monday, as police attempt to trace three London schoolgirls believed to be heading to Syria.
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Reuters blogging platform hacked, false Syria blog posted
"Our blogging platform was compromised and fabricated blog posts were falsely attributed to several Reuters journalists," the company said.
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Afghan Activist Who Dressed as Boy to Defy Taliban Calls for More Female Teachers
When the Taliban banned girls' education in Afghanistan, six-year-old Shabana Basij-Rasikh started dressing as a boy and for five years risked her life to attend a secret school.
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Last All-Male Oxford University College Opens Doors to Women
Oxford University's last remaining single-sex college will open its doors to women undergraduates following a vote on Thursday, making it the last of the university's institutions to do so.
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Monsoons Could Bring Disease, a Second Crisis, to Nepal: UNICEF
There is only "a small window of time" for relief workers in Nepal to put in place measures to protect people from deadly disease outbreaks, a senior United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) official said on Saturday.
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Climate Deal Must Lead to Rise in Funding For Developing Nations: UN Official
A new global deal on climate change, due to be agreed in Paris this year, must pave the way for an ambitious rise in funding for developing countries as their climate-related costs grow, the head of the UN's key climate fund said.
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Nepal Earthquake: Google, Facebook Join Red Cross to Find Missing
German development worker Caroline Siebald and her boyfriend Charles Gertler, an American glaciologist, were on a rafting trip in Nepal when the earthquake struck and initially panicked about how to let their families know they were safe.
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Thousands of Nepali Migrants Lose Farms in Debt Bondage
Thousands of Nepali farmers have fallen into debt bondage and lost their land after paying exorbitant fees to agents for jobs abroad, and the government is trying to secure the rights of two million Nepali migrants, a government official said on Tuesday.
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Islamic State Uses Social Media to Groom British Muslim Girls: Think Tank
Islamic State is using social media and the promise of adventure to lure British Muslim girls to join its cause, an anti-extremism think tank said on Monday, as police attempt to trace three London schoolgirls believed to be heading to Syria.
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Reuters blogging platform hacked, false Syria blog posted
"Our blogging platform was compromised and fabricated blog posts were falsely attributed to several Reuters journalists," the company said.
