Violence between Buddhists and Muslims erupted in another part of Burma, Rakhine state, last year following the rape and murder of a young Buddhist woman in May.

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It already broke through the steel gates of the Kingdom back in May when a young woman named Manal Al-Sharif launched the now infamous online campaign mobilizing Saudi women to defy the driving ban by getting behind the wheels of their cars.

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Mr Reel's mother Sukhdev was contacted by a woman who claimed she had information about a young man who may have been involved in her son's death.

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But in densely populated favelas, where surprising as it may seem housing is expensive, and where a young woman is likely to stay with her mother after she has her own child, the new benefit still goes to the head of the household, ie, the new child's grandmother.

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Unless something permanent is done in the near future, however, the culture that promotes such behavior may soon be exulting over the "honor killing" of a young woman in America.

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