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• A big #MeToo moment against gender-based assault
• Senate runoff brings Mississippi’s painful past to the fore
• Music in the military evolves to provide a balm for soldiers, families
• EU message for migrants: You can live the Gambian Dream – in Gambia

A big #MeToo moment against gender-based assault Posted: 26 Nov 2018 12:17 PM PST Officially the protests marked International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The event also kicked off a new campaign by the United Nations to fight the kind of violence that will affect more than a third of women during their lives. A year after revelations about sexual abuse in Hollywood, many nations have gone from hashtag activism to attempting real progress against gender-based discrimination and abuse.

Senate runoff brings Mississippi’s painful past to the fore Posted: 26 Nov 2018 10:45 AM PST To James Miles, the abandoned bridge about a mile from his home is little more than a directional landmark. As Mississippi prepares for a Senate runoff on Tuesday, the structure known as the Hanging Bridge – where six African-Americans, including two pregnant women, were brutally lynched in 1918 and 1942 – has been heavy on his mind.

Music in the military evolves to provide a balm for soldiers, families Posted: 26 Nov 2018 10:26 AM PST When Capt. Daniel Boothe was in charge of the Air Force band members deployed to Afghanistan in 2014, he saw the effect of music on troops as they traveled between far-flung bases.

EU message for migrants: You can live the Gambian Dream – in Gambia Posted: 26 Nov 2018 09:03 AM PST You had to get to Europe. There is no promise here," says Omar Jammeh, who leads a job-creation program here in Janjanbureh, an island in the Gambia River four hours drive west of the capital Banjul. Mr. Danso believed it.

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