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Thursday, July 29, 2004
New Pakistani television channels pushing new political, social boundaries
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www.sfgate.com
The scars around her eyes were visible even before the young Pakistani woman lifted her veil, showing TV viewers the burns suffered when her husband doused her with kerosene and set her on fire. Such a spectacle until recently would have been too shocking for Pakistani television.
But two private cable-TV channels — one beamed …
Senorita conquers Pakistani peak to join climbing elite
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www.iol.co.za
Nursing bandaged, frostbitten feet, Edurne Pasaban has just joined the ranks of the international mountaineering circuit’s elite.
On Monday, the slim 30-year-old from Spain became only the sixth woman to reach the the peak of K2, the world’s second highest mountain. The other five are all dead.
They either died during the descent, like Britain’s Alison Hargreaves, …
