Text of Obama Shriver statement

WASHINGTON — Text of President Barack Obama’s statement on the death of Eunice Kennedy Shriver:

Family: Eunice Kennedy Shriver, JFK’s sister and Special Olympics founder, has died at age 88

BOSTON — President John F. Kennedy’s sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who carried on the family’s public service tradition by founding the Special Olympics and championing the rights of the mentally disabled, died early Tuesday surrounded by relatives at a Hyannis hospital. She was 88.

Africa’s first ladies urge education for girls, better health care for their nations

LOS ANGELES — They have seen each other socially, with their husbands in Washington or at the United Nations, but the 15 African first ladies met this time to speak candidly about problems facing women and children on their home continent.

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