41.   The furor was the latest chapter in a lively debate in Israel over the role of women soldiers.

42.   The policeman and the woman soldier were lightly injured.

43.   The male officers would often tell Almoge they saw themselves as father figures to the women soldiers.

44.   These would be dramatic changes for Israeli women soldiers, who have mostly been relegated to less than heroic military roles -- making coffee and filling out forms.

45.   Three U.S. Army sergeants were charged Friday with crimes ranging from rape to sexual mistreatment of women soldiers at a military training center in Darmstadt.

46.   Victims included the first woman soldier killed since U.S.-led Afghan bombing began in early October.

47.   Yet many officials retain a dismissive attitude toward women soldiers.

48.   Women soldiers on duty dress in conservative Iranian tradition, wearing slacks, smock-shaped jackets and headscarves.

49.   Women soldiers were banned from thumbing rides at night.

50.   Women soldiers are banned from thumbing rides at night.