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Delhi, Sep 29 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Harish Tyagi) The death on Tuesday of an 'untouchable' (Dalit) young woman, a member of the lowest echelons of the Hindu caste system, after being gang-raped by upper-caste men, has sparked outrage in India against the violence that women still suffer, especially in this marginalized social group.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTESTS.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pledges a probe into complaints that foreign news crews covering the street protests against racism and police brutality were mistreated. "You should know and those countries should know we will handle them in a completely appropriate way. We'll do our best to investigate them," he tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Recently released security footage shows a harrowing moment during the attacks in Paris when an assailant tried to shoot a woman in the head with an assault rifle outside a cafe. However, the gun failed to go off.
L'histoire vraie de la première femme à avoir traversé la Manche à la nage: Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle, en 1926. Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle était une nageuse de compétition originaire de Manhattan, qui a remporté la médaille d'or aux Jeux olympiques de 1924. Elle avait décidé de se lancer dans la course pour traverser la Manche face à d'autres femmes, et financé son projet en vendant son histoire à deux journaux. Avant elle, seulement cinq hommes avaient réussi cet exploit. De retour à New-York, victorieuse, elle avait été accueillie en héroïne par deux millions de personnes.
The United States calls the death of six-year-old Gaza girl Hind Rajab, who days earlier had pleaded for help, "heartbreaking" and urges a prompt Israeli investigation. "It is just a devastating account, a heartbreaking account, for this child, and of course there have been thousands of other children who have died as a result of this conflict," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters, adding, "We have asked the Israeli authorities to investigate this incident on an urgent basis." SOUNDBITE
The United States is calling for "an urgent investigation" into the killing of Palestinian-American teenager Tawfiq Abdel Jabbar in the West Bank, US State Department spokesman Vedant Patel says. SOUNDBITE
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