Nepalese women train to join Gurkhas

The Gurkhas are one of the bravest, most highly decorated Army brigades in the world, but up till now, they've been an all-male outfit.

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Indian woman strips in dowry row
A woman in western India has stripped to her underwear in public to protest over alleged abuses from her husband's family for not providing a dowry.