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Dubrovnik

Intro

It might be hard to pronounce it however Dubrovnik is located on the Eastern Adriatic city-state and known to rival Venice. With a relaxing and cool temperature, this amazing city is now one of the most visited sites by tourists. Dubrovnik might well be steeped in history, but this city has many faces. Whether you're looking for a seaside holiday, something small and friendly or a chic city break, summer holidays to Dubrovnik have got it all.

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Women In India

Women In India

The history of women in India has been subject to many immense changes over the past few millennia. From a largely unknown status in ancients’ times through the low point of medieval period, to the promotion of equals right by reformers, the history of the women in India has been full of episode.

Scholars believe that in ancient India, the women enjoyed equal status with men in all fields of life. However, some others hold contrasting views. The Vedic Period (period where the oldest sacred texts of the Indo-Aryans, were being composed) suggests that the women married at a mature age were probably free to select their husband.

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Haiti Earthquake

Huge quake has devastated the country's capital.

The scene in the capital could be very much be described as "unimaginable", UN chief Ban Ki-moon said the head of the UN mission in Haiti and his deputies were among more than 100 staff missing. The 7.0-magnitude quake, Haiti's worst in two centuries, struck south of Port-au-Prince, on Tuesday. Prime Minister Jean-Max Belle rive told US network CNN he believed more than 100,000 people had died. With the main prison in Port-au-Prince collapsed, a UN humanitarian spokeswoman says there had been reports of escaped inmates.

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Brittany Murphy dies

US actress Brittany Murphy dies

Actress Brittany Murphy, star of Hollywood films such as Clueless and 8 Mile, has died at age 32 after collapsing at home in Los Angeles.

Coroners said that Murphy, who was pronounced dead in hospital, appeared to have died of natural causes.

However, the official cause of death may not be determined for some time as toxicology tests are required.

Ashton Kutcher, co-star of the 2003 comedy Just Married, paid tribute to her as a "little piece of sunshine".

Murphy was pronounced dead at 1004 (1804 GMT) on Sunday 20th December 2009 at a hospital near Beverly Hills.

“ When I asked my mom to move to California, she sold everything and moved out here for me ” (The late Brittany Murphy)

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Experts Fears...

Experts fear older women are ditching contraception in the mistaken belief that they cannot get pregnant past a certain age.

The Family Planning Association (FPA) believes the message on infertility and age has gone "too far".

Although fertility does wane, women can still get pregnant well into their thirties, forties and even fifties.

Abortion rates for women aged 40 to 44 match those for the under 16s, figures for England and Wales show.

In 2008, both of these groups had an abortion rate of four per 1,000 women. There are many reasons why some women opt for an abortion - including birth abnormalities in the baby, which are more common when the mothers are older.

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South African President New Baby Rumours

South African President Jacob Zuma, who has three wives, has admitted fathering a child with the daughter of a football executive after days of speculation.

In a statement, he dismissed as "mischievous" criticism from activists who said his actions had undermined official HIV/Aids campaigns.

He said he had done all the "cultural imperatives" by formally acknowledging responsibility and paternity.

Mr Zuma, who has 19 children, is a Zulu, a group which practises polygamy.

'Sex-addict' gibe

The 67-year-old leader confirmed in a statement that he was having a relationship with Sonono Khoza - the 39-year-old daughter of World Cup official Irvin Khoza.

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Indifference spreads chlamydia

'Indifference' spreads chlamydia

One in five people do not know that chlamydia can damage a woman's fertility, a government commissioned survey shows.

And two-thirds of the 2,000 adults questioned said they do not use a condom when they have sex with a new partner for the first time.

Ministers want better uptake of screening for the sexually transmitted infection among 15-24 year olds.

In 2008, almost 210,000 people were diagnosed with chlamydia in the UK. Around three-quarters of those were in the screening target age group.

“ Young people sometimes feel too embarrassed to ask for the test even though they know it is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections in the UK” Gillion Merron, public health minister

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Female viagra

'Female Viagra' discovery claim

A drug that failed tests as an antidepressant is being hailed as "Viagra for women" after surprising but not unpleasant side effects.

In three separate trials, the drug flibanserin did wonders for women's flagging sex drive despite doing nothing to lift mood.

The accidental discovery is akin to Viagra's - it was originally designed as a heart medicine but failed.

The US work was presented at a sexual medicine meeting in Lyon, France.

Lead researcher Professor John Thorp, of the University of North Carolina, told the European Society for Sexual Medicine: "Flibanserin was a poor antidepressant.

“ It's essentially a Viagra-like drug for women in that diminished desire or libido is the most common feminine sexual problem, like erectile dysfunction is in men ” says Professor John Thorp who led the research.

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