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Albany, NY – An internet search for "honor killings" results in a laundry list of countries noting an increase in the problem - including Europe and even the US. It's a traditional practice, the killing of women who dishonor their families or their communities. But the death of a 16 year old in Turkey has brought the issue to the headlines - and there are calls for life in prison for her father and grandfather. During Jones filed this report for Network Europe.
3:51 Turkey honor killings
And what is known in the US as domestic violence is also making headlines, particularly in New York. As a series of state politicians are implicated in domestic violence cases, some legislators believe the time is right to tighten up the state's laws. But domestic violence advocates say the programs which help women are also getting chopped as the state tries to close a gaping budget deficit.
6:52 NY Domestic violence
For more information, go to the International Women's Program of the Open Society Institute and Soros Foundation Networks website, which has a number of articles on honor killing and domestic violence. You'll find it at soros.org/initiatives/women.
Journalists are supposed to have a hard shell; particularly journalists who report stories of human tragedy. But reporter Michelle Betz broke a cardinal rule of journalism and changed a girl's life.
3:48 Lucie
That story comes to us courtesy of the World Vision Report.
And finally, as the baby boomers head into their golden years, many of them kicking, screaming and redefining what it means to be a senior citizen, Myrna Hilton is finding her best weapon against life in senior nirvana is a good sense of humor.
4:24 Senior Nirvana
That's Myrna Hilton, a columnist living in senior nirvana in New York.