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Top women diplomats, defense officials join #metoo movement

(L) Sarah Sewall ? the US Under Secretary of State for Human Rights ? in New Delhi, India, January 13, 2016; (R) Wendy Chamberlin ? the Deputy Commissioner of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) ? in Nairobi, Kenya, February 18, 2005. Combination picture created on November 29, 2017. AFP/Money Sharma and Simon Maina/Files WASHINGTON: More than 220 serving and former US diplomats, defence, and national security officials have added their names to the #metoo movement, releasing a letter saying that sexual harassment is rife in their professions. In the open letter posted online late Monday, the "women of the national security community" protested abuse and discrimination, saying that as in the private sector their complaints are ignored and they are held back professionally by the men they work with. "We, too, are survivors of sexual harassment, assault, and abuse or know others who are," they wrote in the letter headed #metoonatsec. "This is no...

A whale with words: Orca mimics human speech

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Google adds 'finance' tab to search filters, revamps Google Finance

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