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NPR : Asylum and Genital Mutilation NPR : Asylum and Genital Mutilation- About a Nigerian woman fighting deportation from the US, saying she needs to stay because her 10-year-old daughter, who is an American citizen… Excision Practiced Where Pre-Islamic Traditions Strongest Excision Practiced Where Pre-Islamic Traditions Strongest- Integrated Regional Information Networks article about the persistence of the practice of female circumcision in Mali. NPR : INS Fraud NPR : INS Fraud- Reports about a Ghanaian woman named Adelaide Abankwa who won political asylum in the US, based on her claim that she would be subject to female genital mutilatio… NPR : Nigerian Woman Challenges Mutilation Ritual NPR : Nigerian Woman Challenges Mutilation Ritual- Reports on a Nigerian woman who is trying to have the practice of female genital mutilation accepted as a violation of the anti-… Irin News: Boost for Anti-FGM Effort Irin News: Boost for Anti-FGM Effort- United Nations humanitarian report from Kenya explains how a series of seminars resulted in the resignation two hundred practitioners of fema… Female Circumcision Comes to America - The Atlantic Female Circumcision Comes to America - The Atlantic- Performed by new immigrants, veiled in deference to a cultural tradition of the developing world, female circumcision is becom… NPR : Atlanta Female Circumcision Case Stirs Concern NPR : Atlanta Female Circumcision Case Stirs Concern- The arrest of an Ethiopian citizen in Atlanta, Ga., raises concerns that female circumcision, a form of genital mutilation co… NPR : Genital Mutilation Can Be Grounds for Asylum Status, Court Rules NPR : Genital Mutilation Can Be Grounds for Asylum Status, Court Rules- A US appeals court ruling in favor of a young Somali woman says that a history of genital mutilation makes … Islam and Female Circumcision Islam and Female Circumcision- By Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad, Ph.D. - Minaret of Freedom Institute. Brief article discussing religion and female genital mutilation. Senegal bans female circumcision Senegal bans female circumcision- BBC News Online - Dec 23, 1998 - Senegal has banned female circumcision on cultural or religious grounds. Anybody found practising circumcision o… Mutilated Humanity Mutilated Humanity- by Ashley Montagu - The story of bodily mutilations would occupy a large volume in the story of humankind, and few would be more strange and interesting than t… Knuckleheaded Islamic Thought: Female Circumcision Knuckleheaded Islamic Thought: Female Circumcision- An angry commentary. Global Women Intact Global Women Intact- Specializing in female circumcision, genital mutilation, and alternative ritual of passage information. Genital Mutilation & The United Nations: Male And Female Circumcision, Human Rights, & The Restoration Of Spiritual Integrity & Freedom Genital Mutilation & The United Nations: Male And Female Circumcision, Human Rights, & The Restoration Of Spiritual Integrity & Freedom- Presentation given by Anastasios Zavales a… Female Genital Mutilation: Strategies For Eradication Female Genital Mutilation: Strategies For Eradication- by Fran P. Hosken. Article discusses how female genital mutilation continues to be practiced in Africa, Indonesia and Malays… Female Genital Mutilation Female Genital Mutilation- Articles at ReligiousTolerance.org, about the practice in some African and Muslim communities, and in North America and Europe. Female Circumcision Issues Page Female Circumcision Issues Page- The World Health Organization has condemned the mutilations as disastrous to women's health and as indefensible on humane grounds. In the United S… Erroneous Belief Systems Underlying Female Genital Mutilation in Sub-Saharan Africa Erroneous Belief Systems Underlying Female Genital Mutilation in Sub-Saharan Africa- Speech presented by Hanny Lightfoot-Klein at The Third International Symposium on Circumcision… Epidemiology Of Female Sexual Castration In Cairo, Egypt Epidemiology Of Female Sexual Castration In Cairo, Egypt- In 1985, a group of 350 urban Egyptian women were selected to self-report on their recall of their female sexual castrati… The Zero The Zero- Listings of national and international agencies, articles, organizations and web sites to find help for and information about female genital mutilation and female circum… Tostan Tostan- An international non-governmental organization based in Senegal Africa geared toward educating the people and ending female genital cutting. Depleted Uranium on Scrap Heaps Depleted Uranium on Scrap Heaps- Guardian Unlimited Nuclear Industry News Nuclear Industry News- Nuclear plant journal online version. News and issues in the nuclear power industry. Archive available. British Nuclear Energy Society British Nuclear Energy Society- Nuclear news from the United Kingdom. Ailing Workers From Test Site Get Chance To Face DOE Ailing Workers From Test Site Get Chance To Face DOE- Nevada test site workers get a hearing. (Las Vegas SUN) Entergy Nuclear Entergy Nuclear- Company news releases. Nuclear News Nuclear News- Nuclear industry and regulatory news organized by general topics. NucNet: Global Nuclear News NucNet: Global Nuclear News- Nuclear news, information and emergency communication service Nuclear Powers Promise to Disarm Nuclear Powers Promise to Disarm- The world's five main nuclear powers pledge the total elimination of their weapons stockpiles, but give no timetable. BBC News. 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