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[Eve Weinbaum and Rachel Roth] Beyond suffrage: How far have women come since?

ViewpointsAug 31, 2011

Today we celebrate the anniversary of female suffrage, a victory that took more than 70 years of political struggle to achieve. After women won the right to vote in 1920, socialist feminist Crystal Eastman observed that suffrage was an important first step but that what women really wanted was freedom. In an essay titled “Now We Can Begin,” she laid out a plan toward this goal that is still relev...
Landslide in Uganda kills 40

World NewsAug 31, 2011

KAMPALA (AP) ― An official says the death toll has risen to 40 from landslides that buried homes in an eastern district of Uganda. Regional information officer Ken Mabisi said Tuesday the Red Cross and other volunteers are still digging for bodies in the Bulambuli district. He says the Red Cross has also started distributing essential household items to some surrounding communities whose crops a...
Gadhafi blamed for Tripoli water crisis

World NewsAug 31, 2011

TRIPOLI (AP) ― Attacks by Moammar Gadhafi’s forces on engineers deep in the Libyan desert caused the massive water shortage that has left the capital without running water for a week, a rebel official said Tuesday. Regime forces fired on repair crews a week ago as they tried to restart pumps bringing water from deep aquifers some 700 kilometers south of Tripoli, the official, Aref Ali Nayeb, tol...
Perry overtakes Romney as Republican leader

World NewsAug 31, 2011

On anti-government sentiment, brash Texan becomes favorite less than 3 weeks into race WASHINGTON (AP) ― Gov. Rick Perry has ridden a wave of anti-government sentiment to the top of a crowded field of Republicans who want to challenge President Barack Obama in 2012, with some polls showing the brash Texan stealing front-runner status from the urbane Mitt Romney. With the first state primary ele...
Sistar tops first Billboard K-pop chart

MusicAug 31, 2011

Girl group Sistar’s song “So Cool” topped the first Billboard K-pop Hot 100 Chart, which opened last week, Billboard said. The U.S. weekly magazine, particularly famous for music charts, launched the Billboard K-pop Hot 100 Chart on Aug. 25, ranking digital sales of the country’s top songs and mobile downloads. The second place went to Leesang’s “I Turned off TV,” followed by 2NE1’s “Ugly.” Th...
Focus on fusing tradition with the contemporary: Choe

CultureAug 31, 2011

Combining Korean traditional culture with contemporary culture, sports and tourism will be key to promoting the country, said Choe Kwang-shik, 58, culture, sports and tourism minister designate. “Patchworks best represent Korean culture. It shows a unified beauty by connecting different pieces. I will try to conduct a cultural administration based on such values of communication and creation,” s...
Pop diva to star in musical ‘Cats’

TheaterAug 31, 2011

Insooni to play the famous cat Grizabella along with Park Hae-mi and Hong Ji-min Korea’s diva Insooni is certainly a multitasker. And an amazing one. On top of singing the theme song for the IAAF World Championships in Daegu and appearing on MBC TV’s “I Am a Singer,” (better known as “Nagasu”) the 54-year-old singer is once again coming back to the musical scene this month as Grizabella in Andr...
Mandela museums booming in S. Africa

CultureAug 31, 2011

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) ― Nelson Mandela covered most of South Africa during five decades fighting apartheid and five years as president, and it sometimes seems a museum has sprouted everywhere he set foot. The 93-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner is among the world’s most famous living icons, and re-tracing his steps is one of the country’s major tourism draws. In Johannesburg alone, visitors can s...
SM Town Live Tour goes to N.Y.

MusicAug 31, 2011

K-pop groups will fly to New York to hold the SM Town Live World Tour at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 23, after holding a series of concerts in Seoul, Los Angeles, Paris and Tokyo. Joint concerts by K-pop groups affiliated with the entertainment agency have played a significant role in creating a new Korean Wave, prompting international fans to demand concerts through flash mob protests. The u...
Despite hitches and delays, TV musical drama plows forward

TelevisionAug 31, 2011

‘The Musical’ co-star Ku Hye-sun sees hope in song-and-dance series Some people may have thought that “The Musical” ― a song-and-dance made-for-TV miniseries ― would never see the light of day. The drama waited in the wings with the press second-guessing its fate every step of the way. After what seemed like an eternity, “The Musical” landed a not-so-hot Friday night slot on SBS. “You know, I...
IAAF anti-doping chief aims for clean worlds

Aug 31, 2011

DAEGU ― Almost 1,700 athletes among the some 1,900 participants at the World Championships in Athletics in Daegu have been blood-tested in an unprecedented anti-doping program, said the medical chief from the sports governing body. The Daegu Worlds is the first event to have endorsed the largest anti-doping program ever conducted by the International Association of Athletics Federations, with bl...
Rudisha, overshadowed by Bolt, enjoys his moment in the sun

Aug 31, 2011

DAEGU ― Usain Bolt is a household but what about the dominant 800-meter runner, David Rudisha? Kenya’s Rudisha took his rightful spot at the top of the podium at the World Championship in Daegu on Tuesday, after a long time coming. Though the 22-year-old Kenyan achieved feats arguably greater than the Jamaican, he has been hidden from the spotlight of international athletics. Rudisha, unbeaten...
Breaking the curse

Aug 31, 2011

After recent failures of stars, Kaniskina strides to 20km walk gold DAEGU ― Two-time defending world champion Olga Kaniskina of Russia walked across the finish line first in the 20-kilometer walk to add another gold at the 2011 World Championship in Daegu on Wednesday. In full sunshine and sweltering humidity, the 26-year-old Olympic gold medalist had led almost the whole race and really took o...
Senior prosecutor resigns over adultery

Social affairsAug 31, 2011

A senior prosecutor in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, offered to resign Wednesday after his affair with a housewife was revealed, the Yonhap news agency reported. The two were found together by the woman’s husband at a restaurant at 5 a.m. the previous day. The prosecutor reportedly wrote a paper to the husband admitting that they had had inappropriate encounters several times since May. ...
World Athletics Championships medals table (Wednesday)

Aug 31, 2011

World Athletics Championships medals table (Wednesday) Nation G S B Total United States 4 4 1 9 Russia 4 2 4 10 Kenya 3 2 3 8 Germany 1 2 1 4 China 1 2 0 3 Jamaica 1 1 0 2 Ethiopia 1 0 1 2 Botswana 1 0 0 1 Brazil 1 0 0 1 Grenada 1 0 0 1 Japan 1 0 0 1 New Zealand 1 0 0 1 Poland 1 0 0 1 Britain 0 2 1 3 Cuba 0 1 2 3 Belarus 0 1 0 1 Estonia 0 1 0 1 Hungary 0 1 0...