51.   Canada and a small number of European nations allow women to serve in ground combat units.

52.   Elderly women serve bean stew to anyone who is hungry.

53.   Even Iran, long the standard-bearer of Islamic rule, has made tentative steps toward allowing women to serve as judges in some court cases.

54.   Hassan speculated that the woman served in the royal palace.

55.   However, women mostly serve in clerical jobs and rarely hold command positions.

56.   IOC members were entertained with Japanese food served by women clad in traditional Japanese kimono, the report said.

57.   Last week, a top army officer raised a public furor when he suggested women should not serve at all.

58.   No woman has ever served as president of Austria.

59.   No woman has ever served in a Cabinet either.

60.   Now female members of parliament are fighting for passage of a law allowing women to serve in combat units.