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Scotland's deputy first minister argues independent Scotland would help women find work and create jobs.

Aravindan Balakrishnan and wife Chanda named as couple accused of holding women captive for 30 years.

Saudis, Jordanians and Egyptians hunt for virgins in Syrian refugee camps.

More facts have emerged about the three women kept as slaves 'for decades' in south London home.

Obsessed fan shows Summer of Love killer Manson still has a creepy allure.

Couple quizzed on suspicion of forced labour and domestic servitude.

Police believe one of three women held captive in south London spent whole life in the house.

Metropolitan Police arrest two people and investigate slavery claims after three women rescued from Lambeth home.

A gallery of most notorious female serial killers in history in wake of triple Peterborough ditch killer.

Angela Merkel's conservatives agree proposal with left-wing rivals SPD amid coalition talks after September elections.

Music superstars under fire for requesting 'half-caste and light-skinned' black girls to appear in music video in Ghana.

Latvian-born computer science student Elina Desaine awarded crown and £500 for sleeping with up to three men a week.

Suspect accused of stabbing up to five women with needles in city centre.

Apple is developing two different sizes of its iWatch to aim the device separately at men and women.

Stuart Gulliver, group chief executive of HSBC, says the bank has a lack of diversity in top positions.

Hollywood actress admits she'd be 'flabbergasted' to find fiancé Romain Dauriac was addicted to porn.

Women now account for 19% of FTSE 100 and 15% of FTSE 250 board positions.

The TUC says women are still earning on average almost £5,000 a year less than men.

HRW calls for release of columnist Tariq al-Mubarak who has been held for writing in favour of women' rights

University of Ottowa research sheds light on evolutionary drive behind gossip.

Women activists in Saudi Arabia say they will press ahead with a protest against the ban on women drivers, despite official threats of punishment.

Doctor claims snipers in Syria bet cash and cigarettes on shooting unborn babies.

Lord Davies says companies still have a "long way to go" on female participation.

Survey shows returns and profit margins higher in companies where at least one-third of board members are female.

Comments come amid protests by Saudi women seeking to end ban on driving.

ONS says fall in men working could be for many reasons, including early retirement.

Ukip chairman Steve Crowther says Bloom suspended pending formal disciplinary hearing.

Friend of former Italian prime minister says charges brought only because he lives with women.

Under India's law, juveniles receive lighter sentences.

Victim had been traveling on train to Delhi with 10-year-old son when she was abducted.