NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Environmental advocates in states along the Mississippi River have won a round toward a long-term goal of having federal standards created to regulate farmland runoff and other pollution blamed for the oxygen-depleted "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico and problems in other bodies of water.

Human Rights Watch urged Iran on Saturday to lift restrictions on women attending university and enrolling in certain academic fields.

Although the Arab Spring did bring about reforms and a provisional government after overthrowing the leaders, activists esp. women activists still feel neglected due to gender inequality. Reforms are bringing brought up to advocate and solve these issues as restoration continues.....