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April 17, 2011

Women's Rights Must Be Protected in Mideast

Renee Loth, Boston Globe

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THE TWO women from Egypt had just started their presentation Monday when Leymah Gbowee spoke up from the audience. “I’m sorry to break up this meeting, but I cannot contain my joy,’’ said the peace activist from Liberia. “The president of Ivory Coast has just been captured!’’

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