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A treaty ended Angola’s civil war last month, yet women are still struggling to feed themselves and their families. In the nation’s capital, 70 percent of residents are unemployed and many women enter ...

nepalnepal — Another game, another blowout for the U.S. women’s basketball team – not that the score matters to them. That sounds like the right thing to say after Candace Parker had 14 points and 12 ...

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London, England – Croatia registered its first women's basketball victory of the Olympic tournament and kept Angola winless after a 75-56 rout on Friday. Ana Lelas poured in 23 points and Sandra ...

Clad in sky-blue kevlar body armor with a thick protective visor over her face, 22-year-old Catarina Sanhala inches slowly forward, swinging her handheld metal detector slowly back and forth as she ...

Angola's civil war left 1,100 active minefields. The attitude had been that clearing mines is man's work until a nonprofit stepped in. Now nearly... Clad in sky-blue kevlar body armor with a thick ...