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RN's pay is fine, but her back is killing her
HUNTINGTON, W.V. (WOMENSENEWS)-- Tabitha Waugh, a registered nurse in a West Virginia hospital, can't complain about the pay. But it's tough finding time with her kids and the work takes a toll, physically and mentally. "I just don't want to do direct patient care forever," she said.
HERNDON, Va., May 21 (UPI) -- June 14 presidential election in Iran may already have a foregone conclusion -- and it's likely an ill wind blowing form Tehran.
Pollution risks worse for developing world women
{WOMENSENEWS}-- Environmental factors are responsible for 23 percent of the overall global disease burden, according to World Health Organization research. Addressing such pollution could save the lives of 6 million women a year.
President Obama gets an 'F' for management
COLLEGE PARK, Md., May 20 (UPI) -- By President Obama's own actions, he is arrogantly ambitious but sadly incompetent. He has corrupted the foundations of our republic and for that he gets a failing grade.
LONDON, May 20 (UPI) -- Maligned and unpopular as Europe's bankers are these days, they have certainly been earning their money. Seldom have they had to operate in such a challenging environment.
One state in India stands out for early menopause
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.
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
{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.
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
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
WASHINGTON, May 15 (UPI) -- Lurking behind the good news from the Pakistan election is the threat of a geopolitical nightmare.
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.
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
{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.
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.
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Palestinian  Security Forces Patrol the Border With Egypt.
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A members of the Hamas security forces patrol the border area between Gaza and Egypt, in the southern Gaza Strip May 20, 2013. Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues by Islamist gunmen kept a crossing into the Gaza Strip closed again for four days, stranding hundreds of Palestinian travellers, As Tunnels between Egypt and Gaza closed and border was declared as military zone. Palestinian security forces patrol around the border, witnesses said. UPI/Ismael Mohamad