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Oh Snap! Her Life's Like a Soap Opera
Afghan actress Trena Amiri films a scene for the soap opera Love and Old Age in Kabul. Trena, who is divorced and rarely sees her three children according to Afghanistan's custody laws, tries to be discreet about her career because many people are critical of her lifestyle.
Birth Control Rises Among Muslim Women, Don't Tell the Men
Nothing in Islam forbids birth control, but like Christianity the religion does extol procreation. So as the pill becomes more accessible in Afghanistan — a country with a fertility rate of six children per woman — it's no surprise it's controversial. Now that many women have access to it, they are forced to take it behind their husbands' backs.
Front Page: Fort Hood Shooting Suspect in Stable Condition
- Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the suspect in the Fort Hood shooting, is in stable condition; he was set to be deployed to Afghanistan. — New York Times
- Meet Kimberly Munley, the police officer who brought down the gunman.
According to NGOs, 90 Percent of Afghan Women Are Abused
This sobering CNN video takes us into one of only a dozen women's shelters in Kabul, Afghanistan. According to nongovernmental agencies, 90 percent of Afghan women are victims of domestic abuse.
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One woman is at the shelter trying to escape 15 years of abuse from her husband for not being able to conceive a child.
Front Page: Thousands of Troops Quietly Sent to Afghanistan
- Peace activists are not happy to know that President Obama has quietly sent 34,000 additional troops to Afghanistan. That's 13,000 more than he said would go in March. — Washington Post
- Governor Schwarzenegger has signed tough antipaparazzi legislation into law in California.
Say What? Nancy Pelosi Knows Her Place
"They really don't understand how inappropriate that is. I'm in my place. I'm the Speaker of the House, the first woman Speaker of the House.
Private Security Contractors Gone Wild in Afghanistan
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton got a letter on Tuesday from Project on Government Oversight (POGO), and I’m sure she didn’t like what she saw. It was reported that private security contractors ArmorGroup North America guarding the US Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, have been behaving not like professionals responsible for keeping American government workers safe, but like crazed frat boys on a particularly debaucherous Spring break.
What have they been up to?
Front Page: Afghan Voters Head to Polls
- Afghan men and women headed to the polls today amid Taliban threats and rocket attacks. — New York Times
- On compassionate grounds, Scotland releases the convicted PanAm bomber, who has terminal prostate cancer. — Associated Press
- US News & World Report releases its 2010 list of the best colleges in America.
Life For Afghan Women: Not Better Under Karzai
Women everywhere fight for their rights — but women in Afghanistan have it particularly bad.
BBC reporter Jane Corbin was invited by a French charity, based in Herat, Afghanistan, that treats women who have self-immolated. Most of these women set fire to themselves to escape a forced marriage or a violent husband.
Front Page: Afghanistan Prepares For Elections
- As crucial elections approach in Afghanistan, the Taliban has escalated its threats and intimidation. — New York Times
- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says that it's hard living alone in the governor's mansion now that his wife moved out.
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