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One state in India stands out for early menopause

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:26:53 -0400

By Swapna Majumdar
NEW DELHI {WOMENSENEWS}-- With female sterilizations pushed as the primary mode of fertility control in Andhra Pradesh, post-operative complications have caused women to undergo needless hysterectomies and endure side effects they never expected.

Outside View: Europe's permanent recession

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:05:00 -0400

PETER MORICI || UPI Outside View Commentator
COLLEGE PARK, Md., May 17 (UPI) -- On May 6, I wrote Europe was in danger of falling into a permanent recession -- a depression.

Cleveland crimes should be prosecuted on civil rights

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:42:55 -0400

By Wendy Murphy
{WOMENSENEWS}-- When an elected district attorney in Ohio can't see that Ariel Castro's gender-based crimes are civil rights violations, it's hard to hope that our legal system will do much to prevent such horrifying crimes from continuing.

Outside View: Failure of presidential leadership

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:04:00 -0400

PETER MORICI || UPI Outside View Commentator
COLLEGE PARK, Md., May 16 (UPI) -- News the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative groups for intense scrutiny is just one in a series of revelations pointing to a culture of expediency and intolerance in the Obama White House that corrupts this administration.

Adults shouldn't expect girls to be wonder women

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:37:58 -0400

By Jos Drikx
SOUTH AFRICA {WOMENSENEWS}-- The potential of a girl to change her community is great. But we can't expect a 10-year-old to change all the adults in her life simply because she has been given a few more opportunities. Given the limits she will often face, let's focus on boys and men, too.

Commentary: Pakistan: Geopolitical conundrum

Wed, 15 May 2013 06:13:45 -0400

ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE || UPI Editor at Large
WASHINGTON, May 15 (UPI) -- Lurking behind the good news from the Pakistan election is the threat of a geopolitical nightmare.

Outside View: Whetting the Spearhead

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:17:00 -0400

WHITNEY GRESPIN || UPI Outside View Commentator
TAMPA, Fla., May 15 (UPI) -- Thousands of interested parties convened in Tampa, Fla., this week to collaborate and dialogue about how to best support elite U.S. military assets.

Outside View: Pentagon's most perplexing challenge: People

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:04:00 -0400

HARLAN ULLMAN || UPI Outside View Commentator
STEYNING, England, May 15 (UPI) -- With budget cuts looming, militaries across the globe need to look at how they deal with their most important asset: People.

Beauty pageant keeps stealing the U.N.'s style

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:14:16 -0400

By Amy Lieberman
{WOMENSENEWS}-- Contestants are called ambassadors and expected to understand the workings of the U.N. and have a good roster of civic involvements. The problem is, the U.N. wants nothing to do with it.

Outside View: Looking for some good in a loser's life

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:24:00 -0400

JAMES ZUMWALT || UPI Outside View Commentator
HERNDON, Va., May 14 (UPI) -- In the aftermath of the April 15 Boston Marathon bombing, efforts have been made to understand the Tsarnaev brothers' mindset and what motivated them to allegedly carry out a terrorist attack killing three and injuring more than 260 innocent civilians.

Outside View: Forgiving student debt won't help students

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:09:00 -0400

PETER MORICI || UPI Outside View Commentator
COLLEGE PARK, Md., May 14 (UPI) -- College is too expensive, graduates can't find decent jobs and pay off loans and students, parents and educators all share in the blame.

Walker's World: Spring in Europe

Mon, 13 May 2013 07:27:13 -0400

MARTIN WALKER || UPI Editor Emeritus
BERLIN, May 13 (UPI) -- Like the skies clearing after a storm, some small but hopeful patches of blue and even the occasional ray of sunshine are breaking through the prolonged gloom over Europe's economic prospects. The question is whether these hopeful signs last until Germany's election in September.

Outside View: Ruling on Tymoshenko must not derail Ukraine ties

Fri, 10 May 2013 00:19:00 -0400

BRUCE M. RICKERSON || UPI Outside View Commentator
WASHINGTON, May 10 (UPI) -- The European Union stands on the edge of a decision that may have profound implications for the continent and on relations between the union and Russia.

Outside View: Pakistani politics: Perils and paradoxes

Wed, 08 May 2013 00:04:00 -0400

HARLAN ULLMAN || UPI Outside View Commentator
WASHINGTON, May 8 (UPI) -- Tens of millions Pakistanis will vote, marking the first time in Pakistan's history that an elected civilian government and will be replaced democratically.

Outside View: Europe's depression

Tue, 07 May 2013 00:13:00 -0400

PETER MORICI || UPI Outside View Commentator
COLLEGE PARK, Md., May 7 (UPI) -- The whole of Europe is headed for a permanent recession -- a depression.

Outside View: What 9/11 is telling us years later

Tue, 07 May 2013 00:03:00 -0400

JAMES ZUMWALT || UPI Outside View Commentator
HERNDON, Va., May 7 (UPI) -- To those Muslims looking to expand Islam's global reach, symbolism is very important.

Walker's World: Paris vs. Berlin, again

Mon, 06 May 2013 00:02:00 -0400

MARTIN WALKER || UPI Editor Emeritus
ZURICH, Switzerland, May 6 (UPI) -- Under the strain of the euro crisis, trans-national politics in Europe are becoming unpleasantly personal, particularly between Paris and Berlin, which is putting a growing strain on a fragile system.

Outside View: Jobs growth rebounds in April but more trouble ahead

Fri, 03 May 2013 10:49:04 -0400

PETER MORICI || UPI Outside View Commentator
COLLEGE PARK, Md., May 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. Labor Department announced the U.S. economy created 165,000 jobs in April, and the unemployment rate slipped a notch to 7.5 percent.

Commentary: 'Beyond the last war'

Fri, 03 May 2013 07:31:51 -0400

ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE || UPI Editor at Large
WASHINGTON, May 3 (UPI) -- Where next for the United States? Foreign policy begins at home, says the head of the prestigious Council on Foreign Relations Richard Haass.

Outside View: Media crackdown in Iraq

Fri, 03 May 2013 00:04:00 -0400

STRUAN STEVENSON || UPI Outside View Commentator
BRUSSELS, May 3 (UPI) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki seems determined to carve out a role for himself as Saddam Hussein's worthy successor.

Outside View: Patents laws and suffering innovators

Thu, 02 May 2013 00:18:00 -0400

JULIE HOPKINS || UPI Outside View Commentator
BALTIMORE, May 2 (UPI) -- U.S. entrepreneurs need intellectual property protection to keep the United States on forefront of innovation.

Outside View: No modest proposal from Anthony Swift

Thu, 02 May 2013 00:16:00 -0400

JACK RAFUSE || UPI Outside View Commentator
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 (UPI) -- As the time nears for U.S. President Barack Obama's decision on the Keystone XL pipeline, the opposition approaches hysteria.

Outside View: Why unemployment remains a nagging problem

Thu, 02 May 2013 00:07:00 -0400

PETER MORICI || UPI Outside View Commentator
COLLEGE PARK, Md., May 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. Labor Department is expected to report Friday the U.S. economy added 153,000 jobs in April and unemployment is expected steady at 7.6 percent.

Outside View: America's most tolerated dangers

Wed, 01 May 2013 00:15:00 -0400

HARLAN ULLMAN || UPI Outside View Commentator
WASHINGTON, May 1 (UPI) -- Bad governance, hubris and self-delusion stands as key threats to U.S. standing in the world.

Outside View: Islam's true colors

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:27:00 -0400

JAMES ZUMWALT || UPI Outside View Commentator
HERNDON, Va., April 30 (UPI) -- The chameleon changes color to deceive predators. Islam changes color to deceive non-believers.