Women march on IMF World Bank protest in Washington
Thousands of women march through downtown Washington in a World March of Women 2000 rally opposing poverty and domestic violence. Demonstrators condemn IMF and World Bank lending policies as unfair to the poor while voices from global activists call for women’s rights and safety.
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Washington
World Bank
International Monetary Fund
White House
IMF
Ruben Israel
Los Angeles
Washington, D.C
Ebola resurfaces in Uganda killing at least 31 people
The Ebola virus has re emerged in Uganda with 31 deaths and 20 patients still being treated at Lacor Hospital in Gulu. CDC investigators will join WHO efforts to confirm diagnosis and contain the outbreak as Uganda records its first Ebola cases.
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Uganda
Kampala
Gulu
Ministry of Health
Lacor
World Health Organization
Sis
CDC
Barbara Reynolds
WHO
New dolls challenge Barbie with career role models
San Francisco based Get Real Girl launches sports action dolls to inspire girls to compete and join the game. Los Angeles firm Smartees Inc. followed with career oriented dolls like Emily the Entrepreneur and Destiny the Doctor, born from a search for alternatives to Barbie.
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San Francisco
Barbie
Ken
Julz Chavez
Chavez
Jennifer Fine
Jennifer Hamlin
Smartees Inc
Emily the Entrepreneur
Destiny
Doctor
Vicky
Century of pivotal events span revolutions to new eras
Timeline notes key historic milestones from Marie Antoinette head to 1970, including Brown’s Harpers Ferry raid, Sanger’s birth control clinic, Chicago subway opening, Nuremberg hangings, Cuban missile crisis start, China’s first atomic bomb detonation, Harold Wilson becoming UK prime minister, and Sadat’s Egyptian presidency.
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Marie Antoinette
John Brown
Harper's Ferry
Margaret Sanger
New York City
Chicago
Edward J. Kelly
Kennedy
Cuba
China
Harold Wilson
Labor Party
Great Britain
Alec Douglas-Home
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Hijacking of Flight 115 Shocks Passengers in Baghdad
London bound Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 115 was hijacked mid flight from Jiddah to London. Passengers learned only after landing in Baghdad that the plane had been seized. Two hijackers surrendered peacefully soon after arrival as negotiations were under way.
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Baghdad
Iraq
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National Committee of Women For
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Sudan
Ivory Coast
Hamlin
Gamal Abdel Nasser
College of Cardinals
Roman Catholic Church
Cardinal Karol Wojtyla
John Paul iI
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Texas
Jessica McClure
Nation of Islam
Louis Farrakhan
Associated Press
Microsoft
A Quest College
Hamilton College
Des Mennes Wea
D Street
Acaeasiieaer Dane Cedar Rapids
Kdousbnam
Ioriaedu
Microsoft Certified
Owerhead
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McKinstry
Jiddah
Saudi Arabia
Heathrow
London
Iqbal Dawood
Pakistan
Brenton Bank
Brenton
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