S. Africa women mark Nat'l Women's Day KWATHEMA, South Africa (AP) - Winnie Madikizela-Mandela led South African women Monday in celebrating a forgotten figure in the anti-apartheid struggle, a woman who organized one of the earliest and largest demonstrations against white rule. But the graveside ceremony marking National Women's Day was overshadowed by a major challenge still facing women in this fledgling democracy - violence against women. About 64,000 women and girls are raped each year in South Africa, and South African women are nearly three times as likely to be raped as women in the United States. About 14,000 of the victims are girls under 18, who are often raped by HIV-infected men who believe they will be cured by having sex with a virgin. See full story <http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560639292-107> Logging costs raise concerns GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - Five years after the Clinton administration's Northwest Forest Plan was supposed to strike a balance between logging and wildlife, a judge again has found federal forest managers breaking the rules. With logging already cut back by 80% to restore salmon runs and save the northern spotted owl from extinction, this latest battle in the war over woods has many wondering whether national forests can sell timber while also guaranteeing fresh water and a clean habitat for animals. "Have we developed a system of law and an approach that is simply too expensive to use?" asked Jack Ward Thomas, the former chief of the U.S. Forest Service who led the scientific team that created the Northwest Forest Plan. See full story <http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560631939-378>
