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Speaking from behind the veil: a foreign-aid worker's latest book explores the roles and worldviews of rural Afghani women who lived in the shadow of the fundamentalist Taliban regime
In the eyes of many Westerners the wearing of the veil in Afghanistan confirms that women there are oppressed. Despite the images being broadcast...
Insight on the News, 12/24/01 by Diana Ray · More from publication -
Could U.N. Trump U.S. Constitution?
Critics believe that U.N. abortion activists plan to use customary international law to force nations to recognize rights inconsistent with their...
Insight on the News, 10/22/01 by Diana Ray · More from publication -
Reserves Being Mobilized for War
President Bush authorized the military to mobilize 50,000 reservists, but Pentagon planners still are determining which units to call up and where...
Insight on the News, 10/15/01 by Diana Ray · More from publication -
New High-Speed Trains Will Fly
Travelers in the United States soon may have the option of levitating to their destinations, if the federal government gets the newly developed...
Insight on the News, 10/01/01 by Diana Ray · More from publication -
U.N. Would Rule World's Children
The U.N. General Assembly is convening a special session in September to decide on matters concerning the rights and welfare of children and...
Insight on the News, 09/17/01 by Diana Ray · More from publication -
Cupid's Arrow Aimed at Poverty
Oklahoma's governor has said `I do' to using $10 million in federal welfare money for a marriage initiative he hopes will encourage family...
Insight on the News, 09/03/01 by Diana Ray · More from publication -
Riding Without a Safety Net
As amusement parks provide `killer thrills' with taller and faster rides, safety standards are left largely to individual states, some of which...
Insight on the News, 08/06/01 by Diana Ray · More from publication -
Big Brother Is Watching You
Americans are videotaped with surveillance technology an estimated 30 times per day, raising the question of where to draw the line between social...
Insight on the News, 07/23/01 by Diana Ray · More from publication -
Can They Fool the Polygraph?
The FBI is requiring employees to undergo increased polygraph testing as a result of security lapses, but cool liars are able to evade detection by...
Insight on the News, 07/02/01 by Diana Ray · More from publication -
Congress Ignores the Pleas of the Inupiats
Tara Sweeney and Brenda Itta-Lee cannot count the number of times they've made the 5,000-mile trip from their Alaskan homeland to the nation's...
Insight on the News, 06/11/01 by Diana Ray · More from publication
