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Forty years ago, two Christchurch women started a safe house for women who were in violent relationships. They were surprised at the large numbers of women who needed help to escape from a violent partner. Usually the women who came for help had chil

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Bush Outlines Foreign and Domestic Policies for Second Term

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By Robert Raffaele Washington 27 June 2007 The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has declassified hundreds of once-secret documents, detailing some of the agency's activities from the 1950s through the early 1970s. They include a plot to assass

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One thing to know about the Middle East 关于中东需要知道的一件事, is that nearly every family has access to affordable domestic help. 就是几乎每个家庭都能找到可负担费用的家务代理。 The challenge therefore becomes ho

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Figures from China Law Society show about one-third of Chinese families have dealt with some form of domestic violence. More than 90-percent of the reported cases involve the abuse of women, children and the elderly. One-in-four Chinese women have su

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