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Zambian Widow Defies Custom and Life Amid Graves
By Carlyn Hambuba, Women's e-News
Sexual cleansing, a Tongan tradition in which a dead man's relative sleeps with his widow in order to 'free' his kin's ghost, is meeting controversy in some African nations. Women's e-News looks at the case of 79-year-old Zambian Theresa Chilala, whose in-laws drove her from her husband's land and began burying their dead on her new property after she shunned the ritual. Women's rights groups are stepping up their efforts to support women like Chilala. -- Rachel Anderson
http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/2971/context/cover/

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DuPont Agrees to Provide Less-Toxic Water
By Catherine Komp, The New Standard
The drinking water surrounding DuPont's West Virginia plant has been contaminated with perfluorooctanoic acid, a chemical used to make Teflon, for years. Under a recent agreement, the Environmental Protection Agency has finally given the chemical giant a choice: Treat the polluted water or supply locals with an alternative supply. The company has already been giving some residents bottled water since 2005, under a separate agreement reached during a civil lawsuit. -- Suzanne Lindgren
http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/3914

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