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 | | Friday, 8 March, 2002, 18:42 GMT In pictures: Women's Day Countries around the world are celebrating International Women's Day - the main theme being the plight of Afghan women.  Indian women from Rajasthan donned traditional dress for a celebration in Delhi  In Vietnam, where the holiday has become the equivalent of Valentine's day, flower vendors were kept busy  In the Congolese town of Kindu women left their homes and work places to sing and dance in the streets  In Romania the announcement of 20,000 new jobs for women sparked huge queues at job centres  At the UN headquarters in New York America's First Lady Laura Bush is to give a speech  In Pakistan elderly women took to the streets  In Kabul celebration were led by the interim leader Hamid Karzai  In Beijing last minute rehearsals were underway for a pageant to be held on Saturday  In the Philippines women protested about US troop presence  Human rights groups have been emphasising that most women remain in poverty | | See also:  Internet links: The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites Top South Asia stories now:  Links to more South Asia stories are at the foot of the page. |
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