Where Are Our Women Heading?

MONROVIA, November 24
– Ellen Johnson Sirleaf,
Liberia's 23rd President
has made history by becoming
Africa's first female President.

She hopes her election will serve to
inspire women everywhere, especially in Liberia,
to become active in civil and political affairs.
“We have shattered the glass ceiling theory,”
she declared.
“And I hope women will seize the moment to
become active in civil and political affairs here
at home and abroad.”
Link:
http://www.liberianobserver.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/780/Ellen:__Glass_Ceiling_Shattered_.html
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Germany's Merkel Wants Good
Ties With France, U.K. to Broker
EU Budget
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg)
-- German Chancellor Angela
Merkel said she wants close ties with the U.K. and
France, a signal that she will work to broker a deal
on the stalled European Union budget. She is on a
tour of European capitals that took her to Paris and
Brussels yesterday and London today, where she
held talks with U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair aimed
at creating a fresh chance to improve ties strained
by the EU budget dispute.
Link:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=aofyenHKOxIc&refer=europe