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Photo: A protester throws a wooden shield into a fire during clashes with pro-government forces at Independence Square in Kiev on Thursday.

Bilingual News: US first lady Michelle Obama was asked on Wednesday why it's important to speak up in her position, and her jovial answer to a group of African first spouses highlighted what many men have come to realize over time: Women are smarter than men as a whole.