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Religion • 10/02/09 6:04:05 pm • Views: 227

The women of the Iran protests.

(if you’re not a subscriber and the abstract of the article appeals, there’s a link on the upper right corner of the page to get a three week preview of the digital edition of the magazine, starting with this week’s issue.

Good issue, also has a piece on gang war in Rio’s shantytowns

Or buy the paper edition or it’ll be free online in a few weeks).

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