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Iranian women's archery team stands second in World Cup

The Iranian women's archery team claimed the silver medal of the women compound section at the 2011 FITA Archery World Cup in Antalya, Turkey, the English language Iran Daily reported on Tuesday.

The Iranian archers lost the final to the United States 221-231 on Sunday to stand second in the second stage of the FITA Archery World Cup, said the report.

The two teams had already met three times, with Iran only winning one of the encounters.

Another Iranian archer in the competition Amir Kazempour also clinched the silver medal in the men's individual compound section, according to the daily.

Kuwaiti Woman Sentenced to Death for Jahra Wedding Fire that Killed 57

 Kuwait's supreme court on Sunday upheld a woman's death sentence for setting ablaze her husband's wedding tent, killing 57 women and children.

Nasra Yussef Mohammed al-Enezi, 24, was condemned to death by a lower and appeals courts for the apparent act of revenge against her husband for taking a second wife.

The ruling against Enezi is final unless the emir commutes the sentence to a life term. Death sentences in the oil-rich Gulf state are carried out by hanging.

Enezi, who has two mentally-ill children from her husband, denied the charges throughout the trial and her defence lawyers argued there was no material evidence to convict her.

The August 15, 2009 inferno engulfed the women-and-children-only tent in minutes and triggered a stampede. The final death toll was 57, including Saudis and stateless Arabs.

If Enezi is hanged, she would be the first Kuwaiti woman to be executed in the Gulf state's history. Three foreign women have been hanged.

Kuwait has executed a total of 72 people since it introduced the death penalty some four decades ago. Most of those condemned have been convicted murderers or drug traffickers.

The last execution in the emirate dates back to mid-2007 although dozens of convicts are on death row.

Dubai-based women get Pak achievement awards

The Pakistan Professionals Wing-Dubai (a wing of Pakistan Association Dubai) presented the ‘Pakistani Women Achievements Awards’ to two UAE-based outstanding Pakistani Women who excelled globally.

Namira Salim is an artist and adventurer, who became the first Pakistani woman to go for polar expeditions and was awarded ‘Tamgha-i-Imtiaz’ by the President of Pakistan.

The second woman, Amna Ehtesham Khaishgi is the author and director of a short film called Leap of Faithwhich was widely appreciated at the Cannes Film Festival 2011 and the Abu Dhabi Film Festival 2010. The film was also shortlisted among the best documentaries.

The awards were given away by Tariq Iqbal Soomro, Consul General of Pakistan, along with Munir Mahmood, Chairman of the Pakistan Professional Wing–Dubai, at a special ceremony in Dubai on Saturday. “The recognition provided to the two ladies is an excellent step taken by PPW for the positive image of the country especially in the UAE,” Soomro said.  He also appreciated PPW for their remarkable contribution towards education and social welfare.

Namira is  known to most as the first female to go to space from South Asia and the Middle East, aboard Sir Richard Branson’s virgin Galactic. Namira is the first Pakistani and female from the UAE to reach the North Pole in 2007 and the South Pole in 2008. She was also the first Asian and female from the UAE to have skydived from above Mount Everest, the third pole of the world.

Amna is a documentary film maker based in the UAE. She has worked with several news channels and production houses and has produced documentaries on diverse human, social, political and business issues for several international channels. She has about 10 years of experience in the television industry, which includes six years as broadcast journalist and producer/director.

Uzbek woman gets successful treatment for breast cancer in Israel

Zubaida Hamidova, one of the participants of "Campaign 14", a fundraising auction to support women with breast cancer held as part of "Style.Uz" Art Week last year, has returned to Uzbekistan after a successful treatment for breast cancer in Israel. 

Hamidova spent 10 days in Haifa and Jerusalem where she underwent chemotherapy and radiotherapy procedures and a surgery. The project was organized by "In the Name of Life" National Breast Cancer Association and the Women's Council with support from Tashkent's Andromed&Horev Clinic and Israel's Horev Clinic. 

Zubaida Hamidova, 49, Andijan region: "Health is the most invaluable asset people have. When you are ill, everything around you looks bleak and meaningless. I had breast cancer and doctors told me I had to have a surgery to remove my breast. I couldn't even imagine that… I suffered from breast cancer for three years, but I was saved by Campaign 14, which was launched at Gulnara Karimova's initiative." 

"It is thanks to her that I had an unparalleled opportunity to go to Israel for treatment. I had chemotherapy sessions there and was operated on by high-caliber specialists. I thought my breast would be amputated. But after I regained consciousness after the surgery I saw that nothing was cut off. After the surgery my life was filled with colors. I now have new dreams, new desires, new plans and new hopes." 

"I am very fortunate that I was selected for the surgery out of hundreds of other women. Someone who is able to revive someone's love for life has a big heart. I know that Gulnara Karimova is a very kindhearted and cordial person. I am proud that I was born in this country where so many noble people live. I wish her every success in her activities." 

The idea for organizing "Campaign 14" stemmed from a series of projects to support women with breast cancer. The campaign organizers selected one woman from each of the 12 regions of Uzbekistan, the city of Tashkent and the Republic of Karakalpakstan and decided to organize a fundraising campaign to support the women. 

It is these 14 women who benefitted from the Campaign which saw women across Uzbekistan participate in breast cancer prevention and detection campaigns free of charge. In selecting women, the organizers considered the participants' medical data and financial status with the aim of helping those who could not afford treatment. 

Also, preference was given to mothers growing their children single-handedly, mothers with many children and fertile-age women. Eight lots – decorations, accessories and items by famous Uzbek designers – went under the hammer at the auction organized as part of the Campaign. 

"In the Name of Life" National Breast Cancer Association is dedicated to broadening opportunities for prevention, early detection and treatment of breast cancer and other cancerous diseases affecting the female reproductive system by bringing together specialists and the public. The Association also works to improve medico-social and psychological support of women living with breast cancer. 

Since its inception, the Association has organized a series of major events. Around 38,000 people have participated in the fundraising marathons overseen by the Association. The proceeds from the marathons have gone toward the purchase of medicine and organization of early detection campaigns. 

Through its projects the Association has provided 132 women with 778 million soums worth of costly medication, and over 8,000 women across Uzbekistan have been examined during diagnostic campaigns backed by the Association. 

Also, breast care units have been set up in clinics in the regions, where patients can consult breast care specialists and psychologists. The Association organizes master classes involving international specialists on breast care, gynecology and psychology for local professionals.

Libya woman walk at refugee camp during sand storm

Libyan refugees who fled unrest in Libya walk at refugee camp during sand storm near southern Libyan and Tunisian border crossing of Dehiba

Bahrain woman jailed for reciting anti-govt poems

A special security court has given a one-year prison sentence to a 20-year-old woman who recited poems critical of Bahrain’s rulers, the state news agency reported.

Ayat al-Qurmezi is the first woman to be sentenced by the tribunal set up as part of a wide-ranging crackdown on Shiite-led protesters demanding greater rights from Bahrain’s Sunni monarchy.

The official Bahrain News Agency said Ms al-Qurmezi was convicted today of charges including inciting hatred. She can appeal. She read the poems critical of Bahrain’s king and prime minister after demonstrations broke out in February.

Death upheld for Kuwaiti woman for wedding carnage

Kuwait’s Supreme Court Sunday upheld a woman’s death sentence for setting ablaze her husband’s wedding tent, killing 57 women and children.

Nasra Yussef Mohammed Al-Enezi, 24, was condemned to death by a lower and appeals courts for the apparent act of revenge against her husband for taking a second wife.

The ruling against Enezi is final unless the emir commutes the sentence to a life term. Death sentences in the Gulf state are carried out by hanging.

Enezi, who has two mentally-ill children from her husband, denied the charges throughout the trial and her defense lawyers argued there was no material evidence to convict her.

The Aug. 15, 2009 inferno engulfed the women-and-children-only tent in minutes and triggered a stampede. The final death toll was 57, including Saudis and stateless Arabs.

If Enezi is hanged, she would be the first Kuwaiti woman to be executed in the Gulf state’s history. Three foreign women have been hanged.

Kuwait has executed a total of 72 people since it introduced the death penalty some four decades ago. Most of those condemned have been convicted murderers or drug traffickers.

The last execution in the emirate dates back to mid-2007 although dozens of convicts are on death row. 

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India arrests 23 over murder of alleged witches

Indian police have arrested 23 people over the killing of 11 men and women for alleged witchcraft. The murder took place in Assam state in April, when seven women and four men were killed by fellow villagers after they were suspected of practicing sorcery and thus causing death and disease in the area. Police said Thursday they were keep searching for those behind the killing. Such crimes have taken place in Assam before, with those suspected of witchcraft frequently killed in cold blood by fellow villagers.

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Saudi Arabia: woman falls from seventh floor window

Saudi Arabia: woman falls from seventh floor window

In Saudi Arabia gave a woman in her twenties, the same from the fourth floor in one of the buildings of Medina and committed suicide after he left her children accepted.

According to information, a woman who holds American citizenship fell from the top floor of the car and the paramedics arrived and the security authorities to the place.

And show that the woman uttered a breath of serious wounds to her body is transferred to a hospital supporters and then to the General Hospital.

He informed the police spokesman Colonel Fahad Medina Ghannam, that the security authorities received a tip from the hospital about the arrival of a woman's body in the second decade after falling from a window on the fourth floor

Shows that the initial interrogation of late that she was staying with her mother in the same building have been complaining of neurological and psychological disorders.

The spokesman said a police team of investigators and forensic officers and the forensic doctor and a representative from the Bureau of Investigation and prosecutors arrived at the scene to conduct the inspection and investigation.

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And soon entered in a state of hysterical screaming like a hit and then took her young child and the intervention of all family members to rid the small of her mother's grip and

Then calmed down a bit and asked her children and accepted and then dropped out of the window itself.

Dubai Police Air Wing rescues Emirati woman in Fujairah

DUBAI  The Air Wing of the Dubai Police has rescued a 55-year-old UAE national woman, who broke her leg while collecting honey in Fujairah.

Pilot Brigadier Anas Al Matroushi, Deputy Director of Rescue and Transportation of the Dubai Police Operation Room, said that police teams of the Dubai Police Air Wing succeeded to rescue the woman who was unable to move after her leg was broken in Wadi Al Munai in Al Fujairah area. He said the Operation Room of the Dubai Police received a call on Tuesday that the woman called her family and told them that she fell on the ground and she could not move, but she was in stable condition.

A team of the air wing rushed to the site, but found difficulty in landing on the rocky area where she was lying. So the police used a ladder and one of the policemen got down and carefully lifted the woman, who could not move, and took her to the plane.

Al Matroushi said that the police professional managed to lift the woman to the plane and provided her with first aid before referring her to the hospital for medical treatment.

He said that the Air Wing of the Dubai Police had conducted 1,024 missions in 2010, including the rescue of people who were injured in traffic accidents and transporting people to hospitals in 171 emergency cases.

He said that they conducted 74 training missions, 332 day tours and 240 night tours in 2010.

During the last five months, the department conducted 86 missions for transporting patients and injured people, and conducted 103 day tours and 66 night tours in addition to 75 various operations and training of the staff.  He said that the Air Wing also intervened and rescued a man, who was injured in a traffic accident on Dubai – Al Ain Road on Tuesday.

A vehicle driven by an AGCC national hit an Asian while he was trying to cross the road to meet his friend who told him not to cross the road on the highway from non-designated area. But, he did not listen.

He said that the man, who was in critical condition, was transported to the hospital by the rescue team.

Al Matroushi called on the public not to gather around in accident scenes as the Air Wing and rescue teams faced difficulties in landing due to people, who stopped their cars to watch the accidents.

FIFA Bans Iran Women's Soccer Team for Headscarves

Iran is out. Of the 2012 Olympics. For women’s soccer. But here’s why you should care:

The decision was made by FIFA based on the necessity for the athletes on the team to wear headscarves during play. The international governing body of soccer took a break from its in-fighting to make the decision on Friday, just before the Olympic qualifying game between Iran and Jordan.

FIFA does not allow players to wear fabrics that cover the ears or neck (clearly scarves are OK for fans) and states that “players and officials shall not display political, religious, commercial or personal messages or slogans in any language or form on their playing or team kits.”

The rule is, in effect, not incredibly different from the NBA, where players who have personal or offensive messages tattooed onto their bodies, must cover those areas before play. Difference is, obviously, the NBA allows religious (Christian) symbols (crosses).

The Iranian team claims they changed the team uniforms last year after a different sartorial ban was handed down by FIFA, and thinks they should be allowed to play. But, if that similar regulation was “don’t wear headscarves” apparently something was lost in translation. 

FIFA says their ruling was for safety reasons. No, not for the danger of the players overheating, but for fear that the Muslim costuming would incite violence at international soccer matches – or, we suppose, more violence than usual. 

Is that a reasonable measure for FIFA to take? If the organization is genuinely looking out for the safety of a larger number of people, is that reason enough to prevent a group of athletes who have been training years for a single event from participating in that event .

Dubai Properties Group’s Director Ayesha Al Balooshi receives Emirates Women Award

Ayesha Al Balooshi, Director of Business Excellence and Acting Head of Human Capital at Dubai Properties Group (DPG), a member of Dubai Holding, was awarded the Emirates Women Award (EWA) 2011 in the ‘Strategic and Financial Planning’category. 

Held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Chairman of Dubai Airports and Chairman and CEO of Emirates Group,the event is organized by Dubai Quality Group (DQG).Now in its eighth year, EWArecognises businesswomen for their excellence in various fields. 

The event was attended by His Highness Sheikh Ahmad who is also the ‘Honorary Patron’ of DQG, in addition to the presidents of the ‘Businesswomen Councils’ of Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Ajman. 

The honour has been given to Ayesha in recognition of her professional achievements, especially her strategic and financial planning skills that demonstrate her hard work and efficiency.Ayesha has been a key member of the HR team at DPG for the past five yearsproviding critical support in the area of human capital and business excellence. Through her exemplary performanceand achievements,Ayesha has remained a role model for her colleagues at DPG. 

Khalid Al Malik,CEO of DPG, also honoured Ayesha in recognition of her accomplishments with a special award. Al Malik said: “We are keen on fostering personal development of employees andbelieve even more strongly in celebrating their success.” 

DPG pursues a proactiveagenda to recruit, train anddeveloptalented Emirati nationals across all layers of the organization. It also identifies suitable placements for young graduates within its various departments. 

Since its inception, Dubai Properties Group has implemented a series of training, mentoring and coaching programmes to help its UAE national workforce tackle demanding corporate challenges in a rapidly evolving market environment. 

By designing, building and developing landmark communities in prominent locations such as Jumeirah, Mirdif, Business Bay, and DUBAILAND, DPGcontinues to play a pivotal role in shaping the growth and landscape of Dubai.

Taboo-breaking women among Gadhafi's biggest fans

TRIPOLI, Libya - The young woman police officer swaggers through a crumbling Tripoli slum, her dark hair cut boyishly short, an empty gun holster and walkie-talkie hanging from her police belt. A tattooed man with a cigarette dangling from his lips shrinks away.He doesn't want to mess with 25-year-old Nisrine Mansour.A member of the regime's vice squad, her hero is Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi. His image is on her cell phone, his face emerging from rays of green - the iconic regime color. Her ring tone is a tinny pro-Gadhafi chant.Gadhafi has bestowed many titles upon himself during his 42-years of iron-fisted rule over Libya, branding himself "King of Kings" in Africa and "Brother Leader of the Revolution" in Libya.Women like Mansour give him another title: emancipator of women."Moammar Gadhafi is the one who opened the opportunities for us to advance. That's why we cling to him, that's why we love him," says Mansour. "He gave us complete freedom as a woman to enter the police force, work as engineers, pilots, judges, lawyers. Anything."Among Gadhafi's most ardent loyalists are a core of Libyan women who have risen to high-profile roles in the police, military and government and credit Gadhafi with giving them greater career avenues than many of their sisters elsewhere in the Arab world. They consider any threat to his regime a threat to their own advancement.Even as Gadhafi's regime has cracked down brutally on dissent, locking up and torturing opponents, it has also long touted its policies of breaking cultural taboos concerning women's work and status in the deeply conservative nation. The most well known example is Gadhafi's personal guard of female bodyguards, but women have also been elevated to prominent positions in government ministries.Gadhafi's policy was in part aimed at weakening traditional tribal and religious powers so he could impose his own vision of society.It was only somewhat successful. Women who have gained prominence are a small minority in an otherwise strongly male-dominated Libya, far from the popular regime myth of a society filled with revolutionary fighting women. And, just as for men, advancement depends on total adherence to Gadhafi's authoritarian rule.Women were also at the forefront of the protests that launched the anti-Gadhafi uprising in mid-February, demanding democracy for the country and - they hope - better rights for themselves. Still, while they have no rosy memories of their lives under Gadhafi, they say their struggle for equality is ongoing. Women activists were dismayed when the rebels appointed only one woman to the interim administration in their de facto capital of Benghazi."We are very disappointed," said Enas Al-Dursy, a 23-year-old activist. "We feel like we are being marginalized."For policewoman Mansour, there is nothing a woman like herself can't aspire to in Gadhafi's Libya."I've never felt that I was treated differently because I'm a woman. Even when I'm picking up drunkards off the street, nobody ever said: 'She can't do that, she's a woman,'" said Mansour, who is charged with cracking down on drug addicts, drunkards and beggars in the slums of Tripoli.A woman hugged her as she patrolled the garbage-strewn alleyways of the Hara Kabira slum in Tripoli's walled old city - once the pretty, brightly painted Jewish quarter, now a crumbling mess of homes filled with impoverished Libyans and African migrant workers. A little girl running by slapped Mansour's hand in greeting.One man with a tatoo on his arm paused at the top of an alley."Troublemaker," Mansour said with a wink. He scurried away.Throughout Gadhafi's Tripoli stronghold, female soldiers - a rare sight in most Arab countries - patrol roadside checkpoints in khaki uniforms and Muslim headscarves. They keep order at gas stations made rowdy by severe shortages that cause days-long lines. Police women sporting large sunglasses cruise by in cars.Senior government officials in coifed hairstyles lunch at an upscale hotel where reporters stay in Tripoli. Gadhafi's daughter, Aisha, is a prominent lawyer.Women are also involved in Gadhafi's mechanism of oppression against his opponents. Women run their own interrogation center for suspected female anti-Gadhafi activists, according to a resident who said she was hauled into one in May.One of the most hated figures among the Libyan rebels seeking to overthrow Gadhafi is a woman - the former Gadhafi-appointed mayor of Benghazi, Huda Ben Amer, known as "the executioner." During a public hanging of a regime opponent in 1984, Ben Amer pulled down on the man's legs so he would die faster.Early on, Gadhafi created a cadre of female bodyguards - glamorously made-up women in form-fitting military-style uniforms and high-heeled boots known as "amazons." He pointed to them as evidence of his commitment to promoting nontraditional roles for women.Other hard-core supporters are known as Gadhafi's "nuns of the revolution," mostly women who came of age during the early years of Gadhafi's rule in the 1970s and devote themselves to his regime. Now in their 50s and 60s, many run ministerial departments.About 27 percent of Libya's labor force were women in 2006 - low by world standards but high for the Arab world. Only Lebanon, Syria and Tunisia had higher rates, and the increase in women's participation in Libya over the past 20 years was by far the highest in the region, rising from 14 percent in 1986, according to the U.N.'s International Labor Organization."In part to boost its legitimacy, the regime promoted a more open, expansive, and inclusive role for women," said Ronald Bruce St John, who has written five books on Gadhafi's Libya.Lisa Anderson, a Libya expert and president of the American University in Cairo, agreed, noting that when Gadhafi seized power in 1969, few women went to university. Now more than half of Libya's university students are women."One of the career paths that opened up for women in the past 30 years is the police, but general access to employment, education and the public sphere - as much as there is one for women - dramatically increased under Gadhafi," she said.In her studio in an upscale Tripoli suburb, 25-year-old Radia al-Bodi, a television anchor for Libyan state TV, said women like herself would fight to defend Gadhafi's regime because of the promise it offered women."This is all because of Father Moammar," said Ibtisam Saadeddin, a 35-year-old soldier who wore gold-edged pins of a smiling Gadhafi on her khaki uniform and headscarf. "He is our air and sustenance. We can't be without him."

New French Open champion creates tennis history

China's Li Na holds the trophy after winning over Italy's Francesca Schiavone during their Women's final in the French Open tennis championship at the Roland Garros stadium

Pakistan celebrates Independence Day

Pakistani girls, their faces painted in the colours of the national flag, join in celebrations for the country\'s Independence Day in Karachi,

India celebrates Independence Day

ndian vendors look on as they sell Indian national flags and lapel pins to passing motorists and commuters on a street in Bangalore,

Saudi Arabia: Advisory Council Urges Vote for Women

The advisory Shura Council said Monday that women should be allowed to vote and run as candidates in future municipal elections. Saudi authorities announced in March that half the seats in municipal councils would be elected in the future, but they ruled out female candidates or voters. The council said the government “should take the necessary measures to include female voters in municipal elections, in accordance with Islamic Sharia.” A council spokesman said the recommendation “has nothing to do with the current elections but is rather a recommendation for future elections.”