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International
10/21/2022 2:54:29 PM
Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni was set to be named Italian prime minister on Friday after her party's historic election win, becoming the first woman to head a government in Italy.
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10/18/2022 2:45:33 PM
An online post on the account of an Iranian female competitive climber offered an apology Tuesday after she appeared without a headscarf, or hijab, at an event in South Korea.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
10/15/2022 4:30:06 PM
An Indian movie about an impoverished woman involved in a pyramid scheme has won the key prize at this year's Busan International Film Festival, organisers announced Friday.
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Region
10/13/2022 12:11:55 PM
Iran's president accused the U.S. on Thursday of conducting a ``failed policy of destabilization`` targeting his nation after Iranians in cities nationwide protested the death of a 22-year-old woman in the custody of the country's morality police.
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10/12/2022 2:52:34 PM
Iran suffered a "major disruption'' in internet service Wednesday as calls for renewed protests again saw demonstrators on the streets weeks after the death of a 22-year-old woman who had been detained by the country's morality police, an advocacy group said.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Cinema
10/11/2022 7:19:50 PM
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10/11/2022 4:27:32 PM
Iran intensified its crackdown Tuesday on Kurdish areas in the country's west amid protests sparked by the death of a 22-year-old woman detained by the morality police, activists said.
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Region
10/10/2022 10:07:50 PM
Workers at refineries crucial for Iran's oil and natural gas production protested Monday over the death of a 22-year-old woman, online videos appeared to show, escalating the crisis faced by Tehran.
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Region
10/10/2022 11:49:59 AM
The sound of apparent gunshots and explosions echoed early Monday through the streets of a western Iranian city at the epicentre of protests over the death of a 22-year-old woman, with at least one man reportedly killed by security forces in a village nearby, activists said.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
10/8/2022 10:23:27 AM
Jody Miller, whose “Queen of the House” won the 1966 Grammy Award for best country performance by a woman, died Thursday at age 80.
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Region
10/2/2022 6:22:28 PM
Iran's parliamentary speaker warned Sunday that protests over the death of a young woman in police custody could destabilize the country and urged security forces to deal harshly with those he claimed endanger public order.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
10/1/2022 2:45:17 PM
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi wished new Italian PM Giorgia Meloni “success in leading Italy toward prosperity and a bright future" in a message to congratulate the country's first-ever woman prime minister on her party's victory in the general elections last week.
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Region
9/30/2022 12:26:01 PM
A protest movement in Iran over the death in custody of Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini entered its third week Friday, in defiance of an intensifying crackdown that rights activists say has cost at least 83 lives.
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Region
9/29/2022 2:15:27 PM
Iranian celebrities were warned Thursday against coming out in support of protests that flared across the country over the death of young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in morality police custody.
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Region
9/29/2022 10:40:35 AM
Taliban forces fired shots into the air on Thursday to disperse a women's rally supporting protests in Iran over the death of a woman in the custody of morality police.
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Region
9/28/2022 10:58:45 AM
The United Nations Secretary-General called on Iran early Wednesday to refrain from using ``unnecessary or disproportionate force'' against protesters as unrest over a young woman's death in police custody spread across the country.
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Region
9/28/2022 10:04:01 AM
Iran's police command warned on Wednesday that the force would come down hard on protests that erupted nearly two weeks ago over the death of a young woman in custody.
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Region
9/26/2022 11:24:22 AM
Authorities in a northern Iran province have arrested 450 people during more than 10 days of protests following a young Kurdish woman's death in morality policy custody, state media reported Monday.
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World
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International
9/26/2022 10:09:52 AM
A party with neo-fascist roots, the Brothers of Italy, won the most votes in Italy's national elections, looking set to deliver the country's first far-right-led government since World War II and make its leader, Giorgia Meloni, Italy's first woman premier, near-final results showed Monday.
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Region
9/25/2022 10:23:35 PM
Iranians took to the streets for a tenth consecutive night Sunday, defying a warning from the judiciary, to protest the death of young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in morality police custody.
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