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There's no doubt in this world that women are under a lot of pressure in regards to their weight. Many young girls are affected by eating disorders and diets are the latest craze, all the while the obesity epidemic rages...Here are two articles (yes from the Daily Mail :P) outlining the two extremes: One about Britain's Girl band Girls Aloud and their rapidly shrinking figures

http://www.dailymail...

Qatar's Barwa Real Estate on Monday denied reports that it was in talks to sell off its $2bn Barwa City project.

Media report in Qatar over the weekend suggested it was in discussions with a government buyer but Barwa dismissed this.

"Because construction is still underway, there has not yet been a finalised lease pricing structure for BARWA City properties," Barwa said in a statement.
The marketing strategy of Barwa City is still being evaluated to accommodate the current market conditions though BARWA expects to launch a major marketing campaign during the second half of the year for the lease of Barwa City."

1284 – The Statute of Rhuddlan incorporates the Principality of Wales into England.
1575 – Indian Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Bengali army at the Battle of Tukaroi.
1585 – The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza.
1776 – The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.
1803 – Colégio Militar is founded in Portugal by Colonel Teixeira Rebello.
1820 – The U.S. Congress passes the Missouri Compromise.
1845 – Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state.
1845 – For the first time the U.S. Congress passes legislation overriding a presidential veto.
1849 – The United States Department of the Interior is established.

Veer Savarkar once started addressing a public meeting in Hindi at Bangalore.

The crowd started shouting " Speak in Kannada. We will hear only in Kannada."

Veer Savarkar replied " Friends, I have spent 14 years of rigorous imprisonment in ill famous Andaman Jail where all freedom fighters were kept in jail. I have learned Bengali from the freedom fighters coming from Bengal, Hindi from those coming from Uttar Pradesh, even Gujarati and Punjabi. Unfortunately there was none from Karnataka from whom I could have learned Kannada."

...and there was pin drop silence.

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The French debate over banning the veil heats up :) Anyone else think Sarkozy just doesn't like them cause it hampers is checking women out?

Ban women wearing the burka from benefits and public transport, demands French government spokesman

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 12:30 AM on 20th January 2010

Women who wear the burka in France should be banned from using public transport or receiving state handouts, a government official says.

UMP party spokesman Frederic Lefebvre demanded that any woman breaking a proposed law making the garment illegal should be 'deprived of her rights'.

His comments came the day after the head of president Nicolas Sarkozy's party said Muslim women wearing full-face veils should not be granted French nationality.