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Campaigners handed the UN a letter, also delivered to the Sri Lankan president, speaker and opposition leader, saying these men, along with Mr Ban, had the power to make progress in fighting disappearances.
BBC: Sri Lankans call for UN help over abductions
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Higher insurance costs had been predicted, as a result of the ban on different prices for men and women which starts on 21 December.
BBC: Insurance premiums for young female drivers soar
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for all men and women to be relentless in standing for our common values, for peace and human rights.
UNESCO: Communication and Information
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There are still plenty of moderate Republicans, of course, men and women who support public spending on the poor, oppose a ban on abortion and are happy to work on a bipartisan basis.
ECONOMIST: Endangered species
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Two of the men involved are officers of the organisation spearheading a campaign for a European-wide ban on Faroese and Icelandic mackerel imports.
ECONOMIST: Mackerel wars: Overfished and over there | The
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An investigation was launched by men's tennis' governing body when Bohdan Ulihrach was given a two-year ban after testing positive for nandrolone.
BBC: SPORT | Tennis | Tennis drug tests questioned
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In 1938, Helene Mayer beat the men's U.S. fencing champion, but her title was taken away and a ban was instituted on male-female competitions.
WSJ: Can Female Athletes Compete Against Men? In Shooting, Yes
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The scarlet stains upon the body and especially upon the face of the victim, were the pest ban which shut him out from the aid and from the sympathy of his fellow-men.
FORBES: The Black Death: Longing For The Good Old Days
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Mr Hollande also said he would be firm on demands made by the Muslim community, saying he supported France's ban on face-covering veils and would not allow separate hours in swimming pools for men and women.
BBC: France election: Sarkozy and Hollande trade insults
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There's also a sizable gender gap over a ban on semi-automatic weapons, with two-thirds of women supporting such a move and men divided.
CNN: Gun control support rises but divide remains over what to do