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A French mayor has announced that his town’s name will take on the feminine form for a year to raise awareness about gender equality.
Thirty-five people died in total, according to a local police chief in the central Hiraan province.
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The Estadio Nacional will now be called the Pele Stadium in tribute to the late Brazilian great.
