When she didn't come home that night, her worried sister called her cell phone.

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Yet even women like Sister Juana, who kept a library in her cell and whose heavy-browed stare still challenges the world to explain itself, were subject to male spiritual advisers.

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Indian security sources told CNN sister network CNN-IBN on Thursday that a Bangladeshi national bought cell phone SIM cards for the attackers at several locations inside India.

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"I lost my cell phone and I needed to get in contact with my sister, " Virginia told her.

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