Sunday, January 30, 2011

Wikipedia: Why aren't women contributing?

Wikipedia: Why aren't women contributing?

Wikipedia: Why aren't women contributing?

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In 10 short years, Wikipedia has accomplished some remarkable goals. More than 3.5 million articles in English? Done. More than 250 languages? Sure. But another number has proved to be an intractable obstacle for the online encyclopedia: surveys suggest that less than 15 percent of its hundreds of thousands of contributors are women.


Black money trail: Liechtenstein says onus on India

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Tucked away between Austria and Switzerland, in the mountains, the tiny municipality of Liechtenstein was considered one of the most uncooperative tax havens in the world. But giving in to the international pressure, it agreed in 2009 to sign tax treaties which would allow countries to trace their black money in Liechtenstein accounts.


ElBaradei begins to unify Opposition

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Egypt's powerful Muslim Brotherhood and the secular opposition banded together Sunday around a prominent government critic to negotiate for forces seeking the fall of President Hosni Mubarak, as the army struggled to hold a capital seized by fears of chaos and buoyed by euphoria that three decades of Mr. Mubarak's rule may be coming to an end.


Egypt: No let up in violence as protesters defy curfew

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A large crowd of protesters could be seen making their way to Tahrir square, where thousands of protesters have gathered each day to demand the departure of President Hosni Mubarak.


Egypt crisis: Indians to return from Cairo today

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There is no end in sight to the unrest in Egypt where over a 100 people have been killed in the clashes which began a week ago. And in huge relief for the families of Indians living there, the government has sent a special plane to fly back its nationals from the troubled nation.


Egypt must transition to democracy: Hillary Clinton

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The U.S. appealed for an orderly transition to lasting democracy in Egypt even as escalating violence in the American ally threatened Mideast stability and put President Barack Obama in a diplomatic bind.


10 killed in German train crash, toll could rise

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A head-on collision between a cargo train and a passenger train killed 10 people and injured 23 others in eastern Germany, and left wreckage scattered across a frost-covered field. Authorities said Sunday they believe the death toll in one of the country's worst train accidents ever could still rise.


Florida mother charged for killing her son and daughter

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A Florida woman accused of killing her teenage daughter and son has been released from a hospital and is back in jail.


Egypt protests: Government tightens vise on information

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The Egyptian military strongly reinforced parts of the capital on Sunday, and black-clad security forces were seen moving through the streets for the first time in a day as a street uprising ran into its sixth day and thousands of protesters again flooded Cairo's city center in defiance of a curfew.


Fighter jets swoop over Cairo in show of force

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Fighter jets swooped low over Cairo on Sunday in what appeared to be an attempt by the military to show its control of a city beset by looting, armed robbery and anti-government protests.


US offers evacuation flights as Mubarak clings to power

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As President Hosni Mubarak struggled to maintain a tenuous hold on power and the Egyptian military reinforced strategic points in the capital, the United States said on Sunday it was offering evacuation flights for its citizens and urged all Americans currently in Egypt to "consider leaving as soon as they can safely do so."


Russia uncovers identity of Moscow bomber

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The suicide bomber who killed 35 people at Moscow's busiest airport was deliberately targeting foreigners, investigators said on Saturday, which would mark an ominous new tactic by separatist militants in southern Russia if he was recruited by an Islamist terror cell.


How Michelle Obama's dresses influence fashion

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There's the State of the Union address, and then there's the State of the Union dress. Does anyone care if the president wore a suit by the presidential tailor George de Paris on Tuesday night? Of course not. His speech, and issues like job creation, tax cuts, climate change and gun control, are more pressing than his fashion choices.


Using Yoga to help New York's cabbies relax

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Thomas Lowery clomped down the hallway in his jeans and Timberland boots, 6-feet-2 and 290 pounds and 54 years old, until he reached the classroom. It was an improbably delicate place, a dance studio with blond wood and mirrored walls. Mr. Lowery cut down his strides to pick a path between the nine purple mats arranged on the floor.


Separated from her pet dog, 87-year-old woman ends life

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An 87-year-old dog lover in Britain has ended her life after her pet was taken away by a rescue centre, a media report said. Former veterinary nurse Joan Mary Crowhurst was found dead on her living room floor, having taken an overdose and left a handwritten note on her mantelpiece that read: "You stole my dog, you stole my life," the 'Daily Mail' reported.


A bad taste in music 'can ruin a relationship': Study

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A bad taste in music can really ruin a relationship, say researchers. A new study has revealed that music actually predicts sexual attraction - in fact, music functions as a "badge" that people use to not only judge others, but at the same time, to express their own ideas.


More young Americans identify as mixed race

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In another time or place, the game of "What Are You?" that was played one night last fall at the University of Maryland might have been mean, or menacing: Laura Wood's peers were picking apart her every feature in an effort to guess her race.


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