Provides the latest RSS feeds for Womens Interest News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Sri Lanka Source.com http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/cat/dfb5c895ca980c17/ en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:10:20 -0400 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:10:20 -0400 30 General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajiv Pratap Rudy on Tuesday accused the Janata Dal (United) protesters of molesting women minority cell workers of the BJP here. Rudy said that Nitish Kumar had sent JD (U) workers to the BJP office to demonstrate which resulted in violence. "How do the JD (U) workers come few kilometers away to the BJP office is for Nitish Kumar to answer," ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215267789/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:10:07 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215267789/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Women are likely to show five times more interest in a younger man than an older one, while dating online, a report has revealed. According to the study published in Time magazine, the numbers from various dating sites consistently show that both men and women opt for younger partners, New York Daily News reported A website, AYI, examined data from its 68 million downloads and 20 million ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215266772/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:10:02 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215266772/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Young women who have cancer treatment often lose their fertility because chemotherapy and radiation can damage or kill their immature ovarian eggs, called oocytes. Now, Northwestern Medicine scientists have found the molecular pathway that can prevent the death of immature ovarian eggs due to chemotherapy, potentially preserving fertility and endocrine function. Scientists achieved this in ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215266774/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:10:02 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215266774/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 A US study has suggested expectant women drinking from plastic bottles could be increasing their unborn child's chances of developing cancer later in life. Researchers at the the University of Illinois, who conducted their study on mice, showed how exposure to Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical commonly found in plastic water bottles and soup cans, in the womb could increase prostate cancer risk, ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215263917/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:50:02 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215263917/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Overweight women, who skip breakfast, experience acute, or rapid-onset, insulin resistance, a condition that, when chronic, is a risk factor for diabetes, a new study has revealed. The study funded by the Endocrine Fellows Foundation in Washington, D.C., the National Institutes of Health and the Colorado Nutrition Obesity Research Center, suggested that regularly skipping breakfast over time may ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215263211/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:20:03 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215263211/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 NASA announced Monday that it has selected its first new contingent of potential astronauts in four years and half of them are women. The four men and four women who were chosen from among more than 6,100 applicants "will receive a wide array of technical training at space centers around the globe to prepare for missions to low-Earth orbit, an asteroid and Mars", NASA said in a statement. The ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215263196/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:50:02 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215263196/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 After an extensive year-and-a-half search, NASA has picked eight new potential astronauts who will help the agency push the boundaries of exploration and travel to new destinations in the solar system, including an asteroid and Mars. The 2013 astronaut candidate class comes from the second largest number of applications NASA has received-more than 6,000. Half of the selectees are women, making ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215262678/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:40:04 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215262678/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 MONTCLAIR, N.J. - Hope Solo appears ready to return to the starting lineup for the United States women’s soccer team. While Tom Sermanni isn’t ready to say whether Solo will start Thursday against South Korea at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, N.J., the U.S. coach said Tuesday that just having his goalkeeper - less than four months after having wrist surgery - back on the field is a plus ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215287880/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:12:03 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215287880/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 That’s how many engineers graduate in India every year. And they have never found it so hard to land a job. Some blame the slack job market, others point to poor quality of colleges and ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215287142/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:53:05 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215287142/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 POINT CLEER — Attalla's Ashleigh Whisenant will face Virginia Green of Point Clear in the 81st Women's State Amateur Golf Championship in the round of 16 ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215287881/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:46:57 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215287881/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Adele Stan, senior Washington correspondent for RH Reality Check, talks with Rachel Maddow about the extreme and sometimes bizarre Republican perspectives on the reproductive rights of American women and they influence they're having on actual legislative policy ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215286530/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:01:37 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215286530/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Scandal A Saudi court sentenced two women to ten months in prison, along with a two-year travel ban, after they tried to help a Canadian woman who, with her three children, was denied adequate food and water and was subjected to violence by her Saudi husband. On June 6 2011, the two human rights workers Wajeha al-Huwaider and Fawzia al-Oyouni received a text message from Nathalie Morin, the ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215285777/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:56:45 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215285777/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 The new class of trainees includes four women and four men. From left, Josh A. Cassada, Victor J. Glover, Tyler N. Hague, Christina M. Hammock, Nicole Aunapu Mann, Anne C. McClain, Jessica U. Meir and Andrew R. ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215286098/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:47:55 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215286098/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 MONTGOMERY — The Auburn and Alabama women's basketball teams now are led by energetic recruiters with winning track records hoping to lead a return to the halcyon days when both were NCAA tournament ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215286099/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:34:30 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215286099/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Cuba's four-member women's judo team, led by Olympic champion Idalis Ortiz, will compete in Russia and Brazil, sports news website JIT said Tuesday.The women will first compete at the World Universiade of Kazan, Russia in July, then travel to France for training before attending the World Championship next August in Brazil, coach Ronaldo Veitia said."We will attend the 27 ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215284786/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:57:59 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215284786/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Photo credit: As of March, there were 1.387 million people on active duty -- about 15% -- were women. (Getty) It's a great step, but the march to equality is yet long. That was the response of women veterans yesterday to newly released details from the Department of Defense as to how women will be integrated into combat positions previously closed to them in the ultimate old boys' ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215284357/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:46:19 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215284357/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 EDMONTON - Canada's national women's golf championship is set to get a new name in 2014.With CN ready to pull its sponsorship of the Canadian Women's Open into the station for a final time Aug. 19-25 at Edmonton's Royal Mayfair Golf Club, Golf Canada and tournament director Brent McLaughlin are putting the finishing touches on securing a new sponsor for the first time in eight ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215283709/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:40:59 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215283709/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top U.S. military official declared "the days of Rambo are over" as the Pentagon unveiled its plans on Tuesday for integrating women into combat infantry positions following 12 years of war in which they fought and died in Iraq and Afghanistan while barred from front-line fighting ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215283742/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:31:38 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215283742/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 PENTAGON -- The U.S. military says that within the next three years, it will put women in key combat roles from which they were previously excluded. American women have been serving in combat roles and hundreds have been killed on the front lines for years, but they have been excluded from key positions in areas including Special Operations and infantry. In January, then-Defense Secretary ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215282549/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:56:53 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215282549/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Frank Kugler won four Olympics medals in freestyle wrestling, weightlifting and tug of war at St Louis in 1904, making him the only competitor to win a medal in three different sports at the same Games. He claimed a silver medal in the heavyweight category in wrestling, bronze in the two hand lift and all-around dumbbell events in weightlifting and another bronze in the tug of war competition as ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215283257/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:45:53 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215283257/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Physical standards will not be lowered for women, who will be required to do the same tasks as the men they work alongside. Women have already been battle-tested under enemy fire in Iraq and Afghanistan, and some say if women are given the chance, they'll make the cut. NBC's Jim Miklaszewski ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215282834/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:37:26 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215282834/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Pentagon ordered in January to open combat jobs for women Plans allow for women to serve in special forces units, including SEALs Not all commanders share same enthusiasm for integration program Commanders concerned about impact on women, others on ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215283258/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:34:38 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215283258/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Military leaders are ready to begin tearing down the remaining walls that have prevented women from holding thousands of combat and special operations jobs near the front ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215282061/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:51:05 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215282061/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Women may have better odds of getting a membership at Augusta National Golf Club than becoming the chief executive officer of an energy company in ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215282085/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:31:32 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215282085/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Women will be able to serve in front-line combat positions in the U.S. military, including certain commando roles previously reserved for men, Pentagon officials said. Army Rangers and Navy SEALs are among special-operations units that are considering inducting women, according to military officials who discussed their plans today at a Pentagon briefing. The move signals the next steps ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215282084/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:31:30 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215282084/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Women soon could be training for elite combat roles on the front lines the army navy airforce and Marines are exploring the best way to integrate women into jobs that have historically been ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215282086/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:20:23 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215282086/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 U.S. Army Spc. Ana Walker in the Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The Pentagon is on the verge of unveiling its plan for allowing women to serve in special operations and other combat ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215280952/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:47:45 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215280952/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Air Force Brig. Gen. Gina M. Grosso, right, speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon, Tuesday, June 18, 2013, to discuss women in combat. From right to left are: Grosso, Navy Rear Adm. Tony Kurta, Army Maj. Gen. Bennet Sacolick, Marine Col. Jon Aytes, and Army Deputy Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Howard B. Bromberg. The military services announced their plans to break down the final barriers for ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215280953/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:40:03 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215280953/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Plans have begun to integrate women into more strenuous roles in the military, allowing women to transition into Navy SEAL training by 2016. The Cycle hosts spin on the story and what ramifications this brings about within the ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215280343/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:28:37 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215280343/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 The Pentagon has said women will be able to compete for positions within Special Operations Forces like SEAL Team 6. The transition won't be simple, officials ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215280954/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:26:12 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215280954/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 With the slogan ';They’re just breasts'; hundreds of Danish women have been protesting against their country’s Equal Rights Commission ruling restaurants and cafes can turn away women breast-feeding their babies. The ruling has sparked weeks of heated debate in ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215280243/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:16:57 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215280243/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Women in top executive positions in the United States and elsewhere are frequent participants in team sports, a survey by accounting firm Enrst & Young found. The survey that included 821 executives and senior managers of substantial firms found 67 percent of women in top executive jobs at some point participated in a team sport while managing their careers. The survey only included ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215279981/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:09:54 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215279981/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 alcohol consumption . However, a new study from UK researchers has found drinking a daily glass of wine by pregnant women does not harm the neurological development of their children-to-be, as determined by a balance test. In fact, children of these 'moderate' drinking mothers actually performed better than children whose mothers had abstained from drinking. Determined to be an ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215279728/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:37:13 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215279728/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Accra, June 18, GNA - The second edition of Women's Health Fair (WHF) 2013 was held in Accra with a call on women not to see menopause as a ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215278916/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:30:17 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215278916/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 The American Express report also noted, however, that a woman-owned business employs, on average, just one person in addition to the owner; the typical privately held business (where the gender of its owner or owners isn't broken out and the company's shares are neither traded on public exchanges nor issued through an initial public offering) employs two people apart from the owner. ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215278703/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:29:58 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215278703/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Women may get abortions, but without men, there wouldn't be any abortions -- or sex trafficking, or pornography. These are almost exclusively areas where male users create female victims. Now some men say it's time for males to step up and put an end to these things, to end this war on women. Paul Cole leads ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215279760/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:27:23 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215279760/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 NASA announced that eight new astronauts would be joining the U.S. space program. Of the eight new recruits, four are women--marking the first time NASA has selected an equal number of men and women for an incoming astronaut class. ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215279727/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:18:41 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215279727/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 An offensive comment by the mayor of Osaka has brought the issue of comfort women back to the surface. A survivors' group in the Philippines keeps the women's stories alive and is planning a rally to coincide with President Aquino's State of the Nation ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215279761/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:04:05 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215279761/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Jefferson County women were arrested after officials said they were caught in the act of burglarizing a home near Carrollton and stealing more than a dozen handguns.Stephanie M. Carter, 36, of Wintersville, and Kelly L. Downen Nation, 27, of Steubenville, were arrested on Monday.According to a news release from Carroll County Sheriff Dale Williams, the women were arrested around 2 p.m. near the ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215277564/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:36:28 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215277564/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Philadelphia police officer once hailed as a hero who sat next to the first lady during the 2009 State of the Union address was indicted yesterday after being accused of forcing two women to take heroin at gunpoint before raping ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215277801/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:35:59 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215277801/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 NASA has picked eight Americans, a mix of scientists and military pilots, to begin training for future space missions that may one day launch them all the way to Mars. The new class includes four men and four women who will join the 49 active astronauts at the agency's astronaut corps at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.The new U.S. space travelers, which NASA unveiled Monday, could be ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215278481/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:28:00 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215278481/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Shortly before 9 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001, I received a call from a friend who told me to turn on the TV -- a plane had flown into the World Trade Center, and one of the towers was in flames. I stared in disbelief at the chilling images of planes hitting buildings, smoke filling the skyline of Lower Manhattan, and thousands of people fleeing dust clouds in the streets. As we relived the horror of ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215277470/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:23:40 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215277470/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 By Karen ParrishAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, June 18, 2013 – The services and U.S. Special Operations Command have completed plans to gradually open jobs to female service members that used to be closed to them, senior Pentagon officials announced today. Joined by senior service officials at a Pentagon news conference, Juliet Beyler, the Defense Department's director of ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215278279/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:22:15 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215278279/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 By Bill Briggs, Jim Miklaszewski and Courtney Kube, NBC News The Pentagon has moved beyond merely talking about placing women into combat and is actively mapping how, when and where servicewomen eventually will be assigned to far more dangerous duties - including, perhaps, special forces operations, senior U.S. defense officials tell NBC News. While the blueprint for dual-gender U.S. combat units ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215278488/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:13:21 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215278488/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Joanna Coles, editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan shares her thoughts on women in the military, the proposed abortion ban and Sen. Claire McCaskill's support for Hillary Clinton in ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215278489/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:13:20 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215278489/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Pregnant women still face discrimination on the job, despite a nearly 35-year-old federal law meant to protect them, according to a new national report released today. Some women -- particular those in low-wage jobs -- are denied job modifications and, as a result, are forced "to quit, are fired, or are pushed out onto unpaid leave," found the report by the National Women's Law ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215278490/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:04:41 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215278490/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Terence Stamp doesn't think the new 'Man of Steel' stacks up Don’t expect to see Terence Stamp - who played baddie General Zod in ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215277206/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:21:13 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215277206/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Washington, June 18 : Postmenopausal women's verbal learning and memory improved after they were treated with testosterone gel, a new study has ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215277207/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:20:35 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215277207/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Today, the Defense Department released the U.S. military services' and U.S. Special Operations Command's plans for implementing women into previously closed positions. These plans, which were reviewed by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey, outline how the services and U.S. Special Operations Command will manage the ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215277208/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:14:00 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215277208/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Women remain vastly underrepresented in STEM fields. According to a 2011 investigation by the Department of Commerce, women held less than one quarter of all science, technology, engineering and math jobs, despite holding nearly half of all jobs nationwide. Boosting that share is both a matter of shifting the mindsets of young women and also of encouraging girls from a young age, say top women ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215275826/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:19:16 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215275826/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Washington, Jun 18 (Prensa Latina) Pentagon plans to send women to high risk combat missions aim at counteract a rise in sexual crimes en the United States (U.S.) Army. In the light of a special plan from de Defense Department, from 2015 women in the military can train and combat as Army Rangers, Delta Forces and even Navy SEALs. According to the entity, women will be deployed in special ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215275605/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:14:29 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215275605/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act , a measure spearheaded by Reps. Trent Franks (R-AZ) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) that would cut off legal access to abortion services at 20 weeks after fertilization. It represents the most restrictive abortion bill to come to a vote in either ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215275809/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:47:10 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215275809/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Pregnant women exposed to high levels of air pollution are up to twice as likely to have a child with autism as women who lived in areas with low pollution, according to a new study from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). Researchers looked at data going back to 1989 about 325 women who had a child with autism and 22,000 women who had a child without the disorder, then correlated that ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215275810/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:44:21 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215275810/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 reader seeking sex advice to "never, ever - ever! - go the prostitution route. He had been given the "green light" from his wife, who has admitted to a low libido, to have casual, non-monogamous sex. I urged him to try harder with his wife, but, if he had to, seek a casual arrangement with a willing party on the Internet."Repeat after me," I said, "do not pay a woman ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215274338/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:10:51 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215274338/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 One of the most misunderstood topics is Islam is the rights of women. And most of the time, we judge Islamic societies from an incident where a woman is denied her due rights. But today, we will try to see what Allah says about the rights in the Holy ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215274339/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:04:34 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215274339/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Singer, actor and director Barbra Streisand addresses an audience at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Streisand says she finds it hard to read about women being made to sit at the back of buses or being prevented from praying at Jerusalem's Western Wall. Streisand, was picking up an honorary PHD, during a tour of Israel which includes a performance at President Shimon Peres's 90th ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215273402/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:42:58 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215273402/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Fortune 500 CEOs are women. Women hold only 14% of executive positions, and just 16% of board seats. Women earn $0.77 for every dollar earned by men. But with all the discussions about how to get more women in the upper echelons of the business world ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215274340/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:42:55 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215274340/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 "I'm unbelievably disappointed," said Germany defender Babett Peter after she became the sixth player to be ruled out of her side's UEFA Women's EURO 2013 campaign through ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215271552/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:05:15 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215271552/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Elizabeth Thomas , MD, an endocrinology fellow at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Aurora explained, "Our study found that acute insulin resistance developed after only one day of skipping breakfast." When a person is in insulin resistance, they need more insulin to lower their glucose level, commonly referred to as blood sugar. The study involved nine non-diabetic ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215271829/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:01:20 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215271829/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 June 18, 2013 /CNW/ - On behalf of the Honourable RonaAmbrose, Minister of Public Works and GovernmentServices and Minister for Status of Women, Susan Truppe, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Status of Women, today announced Harper Government support for a project that will promote leadership among girls and young women in francophone communities across the ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215272768/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:46:34 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215272768/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 It was billed as Family Fun Day, but it was more like the Hatfields and McCoys. Two women, aged 33 and 39, have been charged with assault after a 32-year-old mother was attacked on Friday at North Ridge Elementary in Surrey. Surrounded by kids aged five to 13, three women had to be pulled off the victim after ganging up on her. "There was hair pulling and eye gouging and punches being ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215272769/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:44:46 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215272769/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Navy SEALs in 2016. (The rollout looks like it's being done order of badassedness, so expect women in the Green Berets sometime after that.) As when women were allowed in combat, expect a round of people fretting that girls can't survive the SEALs' ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215272771/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:44:01 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215272771/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Navy SEALs . But it's not those dates on the calendar - 2015 for Rangers and 2016 for SEALs — that are going to be the most important. These are the numbers to keep your eyes on: – How will separate physical-training requirements for men and women be changed to ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215272770/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:43:59 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215272770/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Defense Secretary Leon Panetta last January lifted the 1994 Combat Exclusion Rule that restricted women from serving in frontline infantry, armor ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215272773/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:43:58 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215272773/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 In this Sept. 18, 2012 file photo, female soldiers from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division train on a firing range while testing new body armor in Fort Campbell, Ky., in preparation for their deployment to Afghanistan. The Pentagon is lifting its ban on women serving in combat, opening hundreds of thousands of front-line ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215271862/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:33:34 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215271862/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Setting BJP's agenda for the upcoming state polls, BJP state chief Vijay Goel said, "The executive committee has decided that BJP will target villages, slums, electricity crisis, women safety, youth issues and water management for the 2013 Assembly polls, as the current government has failed to address these ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215272774/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:33:20 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215272774/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Fawzia Koofi, a woman who was elected from Badakhshan province as a member of parliament in the Afghan National Assembly (2nd r.) chats with other female MP's outside parliamentary chambers in Kabul, Afghanistan, in ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215272079/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:26:08 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215272079/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 The overwhelming majority of women who are denied abortions do not regret having their baby. Researchers at the University of California in San Francisco conducted a study of 200 women who sought abortions but were turned away. In most cases, the women were too far along in their pregnancies to have a legal abortion. Researchers sought to learn the negative effects on women who gave birth to ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215271293/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:45:04 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215271293/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 The U.S. military is making plans to integrate women into combat roles, including special operations. Under the new rules, women could start training as Army Rangers by mid-2015 and as Navy SEALs a year later. Women and men would be required to meet the same physical and mental standards to qualify for certain infantry, armor, commando, and other front-line positions. The Navy intends to open ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215271294/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:45:04 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215271294/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Women from across the North are stitching up a storm to prepare for a massive art project. They are part of a group of Canadian and American women who are making more than 600 pairs of moccasin tops in memory of missing and murdered indigenous women. The beaded works will be displayed as part of a travelling art installation project called Walking with our Sisters. The moccasin-making has ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215270419/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:38:44 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215270419/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Pregnancy and Prenatal Care study released today by Ariosa Diagnostics and conducted online by Harris Interactive, show that medical conditions such as Down syndrome and autism are a cause of concern for the majority of recent mothers. More than half of mothers who gave birth in the last ten years said they worried about Down syndrome and other genetic conditions (51%). In addition, findings show ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215271295/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:37:52 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215271295/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 In a historic move for the military, the Pentagon is expected to announce its plan to start integrating women into combat forces. But funding for training women could be an issue. David Martin ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215270908/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:28:20 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215270908/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg talks with actress Barabara Streisand during the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) in Washington, DC on April 27, 2013. UPI/Pete ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215270602/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:22:23 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215270602/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Victoria J. married in 2009 at age 14, and became pregnant shortly after. "I started labour in the morning on a Friday …. The nurse kept checking and saying I would deliver safely. On Monday she said I was weak. "The doctor decided to operate on me. (During the) operation they found the baby was dead. The doctor said the baby had died due to the long labour. After that, I found ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215270417/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:21:19 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215270417/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Barbra Streisand: American actress Barbra Streisand said Orthodox Jews in Israel shouldn't treat women as second class citizens. Streisand was in Israel getting an honorary doctorate at Hebrew University of ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215269357/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:15:50 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215269357/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 I generally come across reflections that question, 'Why we?'. I would like to systematically understand three of the most irksome questions about the obvious! The first that must have passed every inquisitive mind, who would've played trial and error with rationale to justify its stereotypical existence, is 'Why are women the ones who babysit and cook and clean, and why not ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215268758/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:43:54 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215268758/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 While young female professionals have many career goals, ascending to the top of their company is not one of them, new research shows. The study discovered ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215268759/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:29:59 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215268759/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 A legal loophole in the regulation of pornography means that animals and corpses have more rights than women, a coalition of women's groups has ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215267189/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:28:55 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215267189/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 urinary incontinence . However, help is available for women if they seek medical advice, researchers say. In a study of the experiences of women with urinary incontinence, researcher Jodie Avery found that middle-aged women with incontinence (aged 43-65) were more likely to be depressed than older women (aged 65-89). Speaking in the lead up to World Continence Week (24-30 June), Ms Avery ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215265914/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:36:46 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215265914/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 American movie actress Betty Grable models a bathing suit in the most famous pinup photo of World War II. (Copyright Bettmann/Corbis/AP Images) (CNSNews.com) - In line with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's order for troops to have their workplaces searched for "degrading or offensive" materials -- part of an attempt to curb sexual assault in the military -- the Navy will inspect ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215265965/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:31:06 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215265965/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 WASHINGTON – Military leaders are ready to begin tearing down the remaining walls that have prevented women from holding thousands of combat and special operations jobs near the front lines. Under details of the plans obtained by The Associated Press, women could start training as Army Rangers by mid-2015 and as Navy SEALs a year later. The military services have mapped out a schedule ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215266632/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:15:52 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215266632/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, according to a study led by University of Massachusetts Medical School investigator Yunsheng Ma, PhD, MD, MPH, and published in the American Journal of Public Health. The UMass Medical School study investigated whether elevated depressive symptoms and antidepressant use are associated with biomarkers for glucose dysregulation and inflammation, BMI and waist ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215265009/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:33:54 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215265009/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 The symptoms of heart attack in women and the elderly may be different. Chest pain is still the most common sign of heart attack for most women but they are more likely than men to have symptoms other than chest pain or discomfort when experiencing a heart ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215265119/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:33:49 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215265119/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 The White House promised to veto a bill in the Republican-controlled House that would ban abortions in the United States after 22 weeks of pregnancy. "Forty years ago, the Supreme Court affirmed a woman's constitutional right to privacy, including the right to choose," the White House said in a statement. "This bill is a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade and shows contempt for ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215265262/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:02:00 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215265262/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 By Bill Briggs, Jim Miklaszewski and Courtney Kube, NBC News The Pentagon has moved beyond merely talking about placing women into combat and is actively mapping how, when and where servicewomen eventually will be assigned to far more dangerous duties - including, perhaps, special forces operations, senior U.S. defense officials tell NBC News. While the blueprint for dual-gender U.S. combat units ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215264509/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:17:06 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215264509/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Expanded family planning services are at stake in this year's installment of the annual battle over funding for women's healthcare as the Assembly Budget Committee yesterday advanced two bills that Gov. Chris Christie will likely veto. One ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215263336/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:27:32 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215263336/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 /enpproperty--> WASHINGTON - Women may be able to start training as US Army Rangers by mid-2015 and as Navy commandos a year later under plans set to be announced by the Pentagon that would slowly bring women into thousands of combat jobs, including those in elite special operations forces. They call for requiring women and men to meet the same physical and mental standards to qualify for ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215263874/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:20:41 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215263874/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 On Saturday, a rape victim from Parsa district alleged mistreatment at the hands of a police officer at the Narayani Zonal Police Office where she had gone to file a complaint. This was not a complaint about the rape, which had already been established by a doctor, but of a subsequent abduction. Friends of Binod Sah and Bideshi Mahato, the accused duo, forcefully took away the victim after she ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215263449/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:19:50 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215263449/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Last month news came out that private schools for girls would be allowed to have a physical education curriculum. Many of these schools already did include such a curriculum such as Kingdom Schools and Manarat Al Riyadh. But there were more and more private schools that boast of having physical education as a way to stand out without having the proper infrastructure for their students to exercise ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215263882/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:10:28 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215263882/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Heidi Thomas the third season continues shooting on location at the historic Chatham dockyard but has switched its studio base to Chertsey, Surrey, from its previous Mill Hill site. Based on the best-selling memoirs of the ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215263870/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:04:22 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215263870/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 The marketing and media world has a big problem with women -- how to inform, entertain and market to them. The issue is prominent at the Cannes ad ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215262634/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:12:38 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215262634/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 (41 mins ago) Pregnant women who were exposed to high levels of air pollution were twice as likely to have a child with autism as women who lived in low pollution areas, a US study found. According to experts at Harvard University, the research is the first large national study to examine links between the prevalence of pollution and the development of the developmental disorder, AFP reports. ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215262430/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:07:02 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215262430/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Says Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, MD, Biocon, 'Intake of more women in IIMs will certainly have a positive impact on gender diversity and on building women in leadership roles in corporate ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215262406/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:58:04 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215262406/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 The British utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham once said, 'Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure.' It seems what he said in the 18th century still holds firm today. About 15 to 30% of the World Wide Web's traffic is porn and that is quite substantial when you think in terms of sales revenue from a global product, for example ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215262175/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:20:08 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215262175/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., member of the House Judiciary Committee, talks with Rachel Maddow about the House Republican anti-abortion bill that echoes the extremist bills being pushed by state-level Republicans, and why House Republicans under John Boehner prioritize passing dead-end bills against rights for women in America instead of concentrating on the nation's more pressing ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215261777/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:08:29 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215261777/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Rachel Maddow plays powerful video of Wisconsin State Representative Many Wright's personal disclosure about having been raped by a cousin at 8-years-old but not having filed a police report - a circumstance Wisconsin Republicans are hoping to use as an excuse to block access to a legal abortion for the victim should such abuse result in pregnancy, because they believe women lie about rape ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215261780/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:08:26 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215261780/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Female soldiers from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division train on a firing range while testing new body armor in Fort Campbell, Ky., in 2012 in preparation for their deployment to Afghanistan. Women may be able to begin training as Army Rangers by mid-2015, and as Navy SEALs a year later under broad plans Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is approving that would slowly bring women into ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215262067/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:52:53 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215262067/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Russia did not advance past the opening round of the EuroBasket ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215261566/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:35:16 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215261566/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Women may start training as Army Rangers within two years and in Coronado as Navy SEALs a year later, subject to the same physical and mental requirements as men, according to the Associated Press, which obtained details of plans that have been reviewed by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and could be announced ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215260776/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:21:00 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215260776/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Women’s college basketball Ex-WNBA head Ackerman suggests making changes The WNBA’s first president contends women’s college basketball needs to make changes if the sport is to grow. Val Ackerman was hired by the NCAA in November to assess the state of the women’s game. In a report submitted last week, Ackerman advised a series of ideas. They included moving the Final ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215261383/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:11:54 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215261383/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 learned to play on a stand-up piano. And Madonna ? Awful handwriting. Just a few of the revelations at the "Women Who Rock: Vision, Passion, Power" exhibit, which just opened at Seattle’s EMP Museum. The exhibit, organized by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, feels like you’re winding through a vast walk-in closet. It’s more clothes and shoes than ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215261384/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:11:13 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215261384/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 It was billed as Family Fun Day, but it was more like the Hatfields and McCoys. Two women, aged 33 and 39, have been charged with assault after a 32-year-old mother was attacked on Friday at North Ridge Elementary in Surrey. Surrounded by kids aged five to 13, three women had to be pulled off the victim after ganging up on her. "There was hair pulling and eye gouging and punches being ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215261385/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:03:21 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215261385/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Victoria Juarez, Executive Director, and Craig Price, Board Trustee of Girls Inc. of Carpinteria, attended the Women's Fund annual awards luncheon to accept a $50,000 grant for the Girls Inc. Eureka! project, a five-year program for girls beginning the summer before eight grade and continuing through the twelfth ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215259714/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:05:49 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215259714/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Elisabeth Moss, Christina Hendricks, January Jones, Jessica Pare and Kiernan Shipka get together with 'Mad Men' creator Matthew Weiner to talk about the ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215259715/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:54:16 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215259715/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Anne C. McClain is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.; the University of Bath and the University of Bristol. Photograph: ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215259133/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:46:29 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215259133/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 There is more evidence luncheon meat, hot dogs, hamburger, steak and pork increase the risk of type 2 diabetes over the long-term, U.S. researchers say. Dr. Frank B. Hu of the Harvard School of Public Health and colleagues tracked 26,357 men in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study from 1986-2006, 48,709 women in the Nurses' Health Study from 1986-2006 and 74,077 women in the ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215259036/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:38:06 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215259036/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Defending champion Lydia Ko headlines a list of six past winners in the field for the 2013 CN Canadian Women's Open this summer.The 16-year-old New Zealander has accepted an exemption to try and win back-to-back Canadian titles this August at the Royal Mayfair Golf Club in Edmonton. Last year, Ko became the youngest ever winner of an LPGA Tour event when she captured the title at the ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215258198/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:10:51 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215258198/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 AmeriFlex, 3700 State Street, Suite 310, has been a leading provider of sound financial advice for its clients for the past 25 years. The new Ameriflex Woman Investor program is for business owners, executives and busy families. ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215258008/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:02:50 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215258008/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Shinzo Abe has vowed to elevate the role of women in the world's third-largest economy. He might start with his own party. Abe called for women filling 30 percent of senior positions in all parts of society by 2020, in an April ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215258807/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:51:31 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215258807/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 (eTN) - The Rwanda Development Board's (RDB) Tourism and Conservation Department, led by Ms. Rica Rwigamba, is the country's custodian body to not just promote the country abroad but also to manage the country's three national parks and tourism attractions and conserve the precious wildlife, foremost, of course, the prized mountain gorillas. Ms. Rica was, in fact, saying ahead of ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215258078/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:42:10 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215258078/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 WASHINGTON -- Women may be able to start training as Army Rangers by mid-2015 and as Navy SEALs a year later under plans set to be announced by the Pentagon that would slowly bring women into thousands of combat jobs, including those in elite special operations ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215258790/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:42:09 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215258790/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Barbra Streisand picked up an honorary doctorate at Hebrew University Monday and used the podium to call for equality for Israeli women. After expressing her gratitude for being honored with the degree and saying her late father would be proud, Streisand, 71, pressed for gender equality in Israel. "It's distressing to read of women in Israel being forced to sit in the back of the bus, ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215258197/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:35:24 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/215258197/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17