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(Newser) - Guardian columnist Zoe Williams strikes a blow for drinking in moderation during pregnancy, arguing against a proposed prohibition of the sort that has been in effect in the United States for years. It's insulting to the intelligence of women to ban all alcohol, she says, when it's only binge drinking...

(Newser) - Sara Corbett writes in The New York Times Magazine about the role of women soldiers in the Iraq war and the extraordinary toll it is taking on many of them.

(Newser) - A new human rights report suggests that self-immolation is on the rise among Afghan women, who believe setting themselves on fire is the only sure way to end their agonized lives. The study interviewed the family members of 800 such women, who reported that rape, domestic violence, and accusations against...