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The battle against ISIS has been waged largely by men. But it is women and children who have borne some of the more horrific violence, with thousands forced into slavery, where they have been subjected to rape and other forms of torture.

Sexual violence has a long history in war, but ISIS has built it into their bureaucracy, with dedicated slave markets and price lists based on the victims’ ages, according to Zainab Hawa Bangura, the United Nations’ special representative on sexual violence in conflict.

The fall of Saigon

A North Vietnamese tank rolls through the gate of the Presidential Palace in Saigon,
April 30, 1975, signifying the fall of South Vietnam.

From The Associated Press

Colleagues,

Today is the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon - a signature event in the history of the United States and one of those events seared into our country's collective memory.

NY GOVERNOR CUOMO RELEASED THIS FOLLOWUP: " TRADE MISSION TO CUBA HELPS CONNECT NEW YORK BUSINESSES TO NEW OPPORTUNITIES

Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Infor, announce agreements for new business partnerships in Cuba

Governor meets with Cuba's First Vice President, Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment, and other officials to discuss new economic opportunities between New York and Cuba

The United Nations estimates that the world will have a population of 8.4 billion by 2030. These statistics were released during the 48th session of the UN Commission on Population and Development that opened in NYC on Monday.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon said the international community is going to forge a set of sustainable development goals and they will be influenced by the profound demographic shifts which take place in current world, especially those related to youth, the elderly, urbanization and migration.

This was the first phrase I learned when I arrived to the US and could barely speak English. My parents were trying to protect their children because of Fidel Castro's Revolution, The Cuban Missile Crisis and issues surrounding the base in Guantanamo.

However, politics is what decides much in our lives. From how our health care is set up, which subjects schools are teaching to salaries we will be earning as adults.

The week kicks off International Random Acts of Kindness Week, when we're all encouraged to do the good deeds we know we ought to be doing the other 51 weeks of the year.

Random Acts of Kindness Foundation * https://randomactsofkindness.org/

Tuesday is the all-star Grammy salute in Los Angeles to Stevie Wonder. The show will be broadcast on CBS on Monday, February 16, a week from tomorrow.

"Stevie Wonder: Songs In the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute," at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live, Los Angeles, February 10 at 7:30 p.m. PT http://youtu.be/bkMIjgKSIvE via @YouTube