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KIGALI (Reuters) - With Western leaders conspicuous by their absence, Rwanda marked the 10th anniversary of its genocide on Wednesday as bewildered and angry as ever at the world's failure to stop one of the 20th century's great crimes. "Women and girls were gang raped, tortured and maimed for life, if not murdered. The victims were forced to kill their kin or dig their own graves before they were buried alive," President Paul Kagame told 28,000 mourners gathered at a stadium in the capital Kigali. "We will see each other again in heaven," a choir sang at the memorial site...

<p>SACRAMENTO – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, in the final weeks before the Oct. 7 recall election, pledged to introduce a "People's Reform Plan" that would bar the governor and members of the Legislature from raising campaign donations while working on the state budget.</p>

Absent fathers linked to teenage pregnancies 11:36 15 May 03 Exclusive from New Scientist Print Edition Numerous studies show that girls reach puberty younger, become sexually active earlier and are more likely to get pregnant in their teens if their father was absent from the home from when they were young. But the usual explanation - that such families are under more stress - is now being challenged by a long-term study of girls in New Zealand and the US, the Western countries with the highest teen pregnancy rates. Having no father usually means less household income and a greater...