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Headlines from around the world last week
Australia For long, women have been silenced victims of domestic abuse, violence and rape. Now they have hit the streets in protest across three continents. After women in Mexico agitated against endemic abuse and London saw protests against the murder of Sarah Everard, thousands marched in Australia against sexual abuse, triggered by allegations of rape by a staffer in the nation바카라™s parliament.
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