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The article discusses the author's claim that many girls from India's rural regions are finding their independence by participating in an Indian government program which is designed to train young women to work in factories in places such as Bangalore, India. Social engineering in the country is addressed, as well as employee recruitment, the city-related dreams of young women, love, and the efforts to expand India's economy and gross domestic product.

The article reports on the burial of the 24-year-old lieutenant of the Syrian Army who was killed in an ambush at the other country in September 2013. It states that the army was a supporter of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad who came from the remote village of Daqaqa in Latakia, Syria. It mentions the unofficial figures of victims of the civil war on the Syrian Arab Army and pro-government militants. It also notes the 110,000 deaths tallied by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The article discusses the status of Damascus, Syria as of September 29, 2013, noting its daily life in relation to the country's ongoing civil war. It addresses citizens' concerns for personal safety, the number of displaced Syrians in Damascus and its impact on the country's economy, and increasing optimism surrounding the possibility of peace talks between the Syrian government and opposition fighters.

As other American forces shipped out of Iraq, a handful of units stayed behind to help wind up the bases. At the center of the logistical nightmare of leaving the country after nearly nine years of war was a Kentucky National Guard unit, the 149th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade. Finally it was the unit's turn to go. With sighs and a toast with nonalcoholic beer, the 149th's heavy convoy of armored vehicles bounced one by one through the final checkpoint. Local children cheered until the last vehicle left -- that one they hit with a rock. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CAIRO -- When the prime minister of Egypt stepped down on Thursday, Shereen Diaa, 32, was cooking lunch for her two young sons in a suburb on Cairo's outskirts. A veiled woman who molds her life around her children, Ms. Diaa had promised herself she would stop attending political protests and focus on her boys, ages 6 and 8. But when she saw on Facebook that the new prime minister himself would address the protesters the next day, in an unprecedented act, she could not resist. ''I will leave you only two hours,'' she said she told the children, dropping them off with her mother and then heading downtown to Tahrir Square. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]