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Kareena Kapoor Tops Eastern Eye Newspaper's List of 50 Sexie...

Fans of all actresses voted in their thousands and for the last three years Katrina Kaif has come out on top but such is the dream run of Bebo that she bags another accolade to go with her many achievements in the last 12 months. Her Eid [...]

Posted On : Nov, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Pregnant California Women Carry World's Highest Flame Retard...

The highest levels of banned chemicals used in flame retardants ever reported among pregnant women anywhere in the world has been documented in California women. The research team, led by scientists at the University of California, San Fr [...]

Posted On : Aug, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Natasha Barnard is definitely one of the sexiest women in th...

Awhile back I shared FHM South Africa’s 100 sexiest women in the world with you and there were a lot of women we’d never heard of including this Natasha Barnard you see here posing in bikinis for Cosmopolitan. I didn’t r [...]

Posted On : Jul, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Stars of women’s game set for World Cup kick-off

Brazil’s five-time Player of the Year Marta and all-time World Cup top scorer Birgit Prinz of Germany are among the big names who will headline the 51-million-euro extravaganza which takes place over three weeks in nine cities. [...]

Posted On : Jun, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

The best place in the world to be a mom? Not Canada

If you want to get your mom something really great for Mother’s Day, send her to Norway – it’s the best place in the world to be a mom. The Nordic country’s low maternal and child mortality rates and high rates [...]

Posted On : May, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Woman on Top: the World of Women's Magazine Publishing

To date, there are at least 115 magazines published around the world that specially caters to women. The women's magazine publishing has been a lucrative industry. These magazines do not only focus on fashion, shoes and shopping but [...]

Posted On : Sep, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Windies bow out of women's T20 World Cup

Sara McGlashan saw New Zealand into the final of the women's World Twenty20 against arch-rivals Australia as her superb innings of 84 set up a 56-run over the West Indies here yesterday. McGlashan's innings was the cornerston [...]

Posted On : May, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

England Women leave the World Twenty20 frustrated by missed ...

Our tour is over and we’re heading home. In comparison with the England Men’s side, who have played some good, hard, strong cricket, we’ve been underwhelming and will not be taking any further part in the competition. I [...]

Posted On : May, 12 2010 | Comments : 0

English women win final World Twenty20 warm-up match

Sri Lanka won the toss and put England in to bat before right-hander Claire Taylor top-scored with 70 in her team's total of 160-5 off 20 overs. Danielle Hazell was the pick of the English bowlers with 3-9 from 2.3 overs as Sri L [...]

Posted On : May, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

Around world, fewer women die in childbirth

The rate at which women die in childbirth or soon after delivery has fallen by about 40 percent since 1980, with dramatic reductions in the populous nations of India, China, Brazil and Egypt. Maternal mortality is a key gauge of a popula [...]

Posted On : Apr, 14 2010 | Comments : 0

U-17 women nab World Cup spot

CANADA'S under-17 women's soccer team, which includes Winnipegger Alison Clarke, defeated Mexico 1-0 Saturday at the CONCACAF under-17 championship in Alajuela, Costa Rica, notching their second straight qualification to the FIFA [...]

Posted On : Mar, 22 2010 | Comments : 0

Plenty of Olympic spirit at women’s world curling championsh...

The world women’s curling championship is serving as a reunion of sorts. Six of the 12 skips taking part in the world championship at the Credit Union i-plex took part in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver. Sweden’s A [...]

Posted On : Mar, 20 2010 | Comments : 0

Australian women have fastest rising obesity rate in the wor...

Aussie women have the fastest rising obesity rate in the world, new research has revealed. According to The Daily Telegraph, for the first time Australian women are close to matching America's obesity level.The study compared the bod [...]

Posted On : Feb, 01 2010 | Comments : 0

Canadian women beat Cuba for world berth

When the buzzer sounded Sunday at the end of regulation at in the bronze-medal match at the FIBA Americas championship in Cuiaba, Brazil, the Canadian women's basketball team felt they had qualified for the 2010 world championships. Video [...]