Miss Peru takes Miss World crown
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Twenty-year-old Miss Peru has been crowned Miss World in a southern Chinese resort town, as China looks to become the regular host of an event that would have once been deemed heretical by its Communist leaders.
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Zimbabwe&#39;s first female vice-president, Joyce Mujuru, has taken over as acting head of state during President Robert Mugabe&#39;s year-end vacation.
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Miss Czech Republic, an 18-year-old high school student, took the Miss World crown on Saturday in Poland's capital Warsaw.
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Australia finally notched its first win in a Women's World Cup, beating Ghana 4-1 Wednesday in a Group C matchup.
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Christine Ohuruogu leads a British one-two in the World Championships with a stunning victory in the women's 400m.
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BUENOS AIRES - The presidency of Argentina was handed from husband to wife yesterday, as first lady Cristina Fern&#xE1;ndez de Kirchner crushed 13 opposition candidates on the promise of adhering to the political principles that made President N&#xE9;stor Kirchner one of Latin America's most popular leaders.
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Xie Xingfang defended her crown when she   beat world number two Zhang Ning to win an all-Chinese women's   singles final 21-16 21-14 at the world championships in Madrid   on Sunday.
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SUN CITY, South Africa  - The Philippines overhauled South Korea with a four-birdie closing streak to win the Women's World Cup at the Gary Player Country Club on Sunday.
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It was a year in which Kenya claimed its rightful place on the world scene. The first woman ever to win a Nobel Peace Prize in Africa was a Kenyan and the country hosted a meeting of the UN Security Council.
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Sporting updated hairdos and red carpet-worthy fashion, a crop of 52 newly made-over aspiring beauty queens was trimmed to a final field of 16 as they competed for the top tiara Saturday in the Miss America Pageant.
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First lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner declared victory in Argentina's presidential vote on Sunday and was set to become the first woman elected to lead the country.
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BEIJING - A 22-year-old student who has had cosmetic surgery on her eyelids and cheeks was crowned the winner Saturday of China's first pageant for such "manmade beauties." Feng Qian received a $6,000 country club membership after being picked from among 20 finalists, who ranged in age from 18 to 62.
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LIMA, Peru  - The sister of Peruvian President  Alejandro Toledo was placed under house arrest on Tuesday by a  judge investigating accusations she ran a "forgery factory"  falsifying thousands of signatures to get Toledo's party  registered for elections in 2000, her lawyer said.
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The winner of a Bolivian beauty contest for indigenous women was stripped of her title moments after her coronation when judges noticed she was wearing false plaits, organizers said on Saturday.
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SANYA, CHINA -- Miss Peru, Maria Julia Mantilla Garcia, an aspiring high school teacher, was crowned Miss World 2004 last night in this southern Chinese beach resort.
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LONDON, Jan 18 (IPS) - Peru gave the world the potato, and the potato now  offers indigenous people around the world a new recipe for  securing their rights.
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November 19, 2004 was a big day for Aishwarya Rai.ItÂs exactly ten years since she was crowned Miss World.