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It's a man's world: no more women leaders in China's Communist Party
It's a man's world: no more women leaders in China's Communist Party
by  AFP

The Communist Party Congress has laid bare the striking gender imbalance in the upper echelons of Chinese politics, with not a single woman making the 24-person Politburo for the first time in at least a quarter of a century. Even though women make up about 29 percent of the total Communist Party membership, vanishingly few of them manage to ascend from grassroots positions.

Costa Rica says German businessman Schaller, family in plane crash
Costa Rica says German businessman Schaller, family in plane crash
by  AFP

Costa Rican authorities on Sunday confirmed that German millionaire Rainer Schaller and his family were on board a small plane that crashed in the Caribbean, as recovery efforts were hindered by bad weather. On Sunday, coast guard vessels departed in the early morning but bad weather complicated the search and it was suspended about 12 hours later.

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