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With striking imageries of girls standing alone, together, and strong against a militant, male front, Beyonce continues to inspire in her latest video, "Run the World (Girls)," about girl power and solidarity. The struggle for survival of oneself, of girlhood is a primal drive. Beyonce is in control, amid danger and chaos. She leads an army of girls, dancing and forging ahead. She doesn't waver. She pushes onward and forward. She conveys her strength, without compromising her femininity and sexuality. She owns it. We own it.

Girls, we run the world. Believe it. Believe in ourselves. Stand together. Stand tall. Pushing, pushing, always forward.

Forbes published a list of the 100 of the world's most powerful women. The top 10 are as follows, with Americans dominating:

1. Condoleeza Rice
National Security Adviser, Bush Administration (U.S.)
2. Wu Yi
Vice Premier, former Vice Mayor of Beijing (China)
3. Sonia Gandhi
President, Congress Party (India)
4. Laura Bush
U.S. First Lady (U.S.)
5. Hillary Rodham Clinton
U.S. Senator (U.S.)
6. Sandra Day O'Connor
U.S. Supreme Court Justice (U.S.)
7. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
U.S. Supreme Court Justice (U.S.)
8. Megawati Sukarnoputri
President, Indonesia (Indonesia)
9. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
President, Philippines (Phillipines)
10. Carleton "Carly" S. Fiorina
Chair and Chief Executive, Hewlett-Packard (U.S.)

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She was young, educated, and brave. She was 26-years-old and a computer science student. Neda Hassani was an Iran girl who left Iran in the early 1980s with her parents. She sacrificed her life for the memory of an uncle executed in Iran. She set herself on fire after dousing her body in petrol. She died at the Chelsea and Westminster hospital on Monday. Read more.

She is the only cosmonaut (Russian's equivalent of Astronaut) on board her single-seat spacecraft. Her name is Valentina Tereshkova. She became the first woman in space over 40 years ago. She is the female pioneer that paved the path for other females to fly in space. She was honored for her contribution to space exploration. Read more.

She was a 14-year-old schoolgirl in Paris during WWII. But she wasn't just a curious schoolgirl on vacation, she was a spy for the British. Marguerite Garden studied in Paris. During half-term and holidays, she was serving as a spy in the French Resistance. Her advantage was people would talk freely in front of her because she is a child. Now some sixty years later, Margueritte is going to receive France's highest honour, the LÈgion d'Honneur, later this year for her heroism and bravery in the second wold war.

A few months later Paris was liberated. "I went to the Arc de Triomphe and there was an American in a tank. I said, in English, I helped American airmen. He was so happy, he brought out a carton of Philip Morris. The cigarettes smelt of honey; they were like gold.

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