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Learn to Be Nice to Your Wife, or Pay the Price
Seeded on Wed Sep 24, 2008 4:02 AM EDT (The Washington Post)
FUKUOKA, Japan -- Salarymen -- the black-suited corporate warriors who work long hours, spend long evenings drinking with cronies and stumble home late to long-suffering wives -- have danger waiting for them as they near retirement.
Report: U.S. E-Waste Ends Up in Asia for Recycling
Seeded on Thu Sep 18, 2008 8:47 PM EDT (Wired News)
US dumping its E-waste in Asia for recycling adding more to global pollution. But even more seriously, the poor are at risk to all kinds of diseases and health challenges from this kind of waste.
Women Fight to Put Violence on Global Agenda
Seeded on Thu Sep 18, 2008 6:32 PM EDT (Common Dreams)
Violence against women is still not receiving sufficient Global attention and corrective actions. Religion and culture are cited as being the main factors that continue to hinder progress in this regard.
The Iraq War and Similarities With an Earlier Conflict
Seeded on Sat Sep 6, 2008 7:30 PM EDT (hnn.us)
An Interesting insight into a little known story of the Mexican-American war being highlighted in comparison with present US-Iraq war.
Chevron Lobbyist: 'We Can't Let Little Countries Screw Around With Big Companies'Chevron Hires Lobbyists To Squeeze Ecuador in Toxic-Dumping Case
Seeded on Wed Jul 30, 2008 5:05 AM EDT (Common Dreams)
Chevron up against Ecuadorians on charges of dumping toxic waste in the Amazon jungle.
A Reporter at Large: Dr. Kush: newyorker.com
Seeded on Sat Jul 26, 2008 11:22 AM EDT (New Yorker)
Marijuana for medicinal purposes has opened up a 'pot industry' revolution in California. The story provides an inside look at the life of a marijuana-broker who connects suppliers with patients.
A Reporter at Large: The Island in the Wind: newyorker.com
Seeded on Sat Jul 26, 2008 11:11 AM EDT (New Yorker)
The amazing story of Samso, a Dutch island that has successfully shifted from traditional fuel sources to alternative-energy source. They provide the world with a working example of what is possible if we let go of our greed and competition for oil.
U.S. lawmakers want Mandela off terror list
Seeded on Thu Jun 19, 2008 4:45 PM EDT (Reuters)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some U.S. lawmakers are trying to pass legislation to remove former South African President Nelson Mandela from a U.S. list of terrorists by his 90th birthday next month, officials said on Thursday. South African Ambassador to...
Egypt Passes Law Banning Female Circumcision | AHN | June 16, 2008
Seeded on Mon Jun 16, 2008 4:23 PM EDT ()
Another victory for girls who will escape circumcision as Egypt bans the practice.
US Official: Cluster Bomb Ban Could Hurt 'Cooperation' and 'Humanitarian Work'
Seeded on Thu May 22, 2008 6:25 PM EDT (Common Dreams)
An insane appeal by US Official trying to justify how the use of cluster bombs increase global security! To prevent the US from using cluster bombs would hurt ' cooperation' and 'humanitarian work'. This is too crazy not to read.
Letter from Venezuela's Communications Minister to the Washington Post
Seeded on Fri Apr 4, 2008 3:15 PM EDT (Common Dreams)
Letter from Venezuelan Minister of Communications to the Washington Post challenges WP to undertake more balanced reporting on Venezuela and its President.
1 in 4 Teen Girls Has STD
Seeded on Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:42 AM EDT (MedHeadlines)
The statistics released by the CDC is shocking to say the least. With 1 in 4 teen girls having an STD that says an awful lot about an unacknowledged reality. The breakdown of the real spread by ethnicity is far more interesting to know.
South Africa: More Student Protests Over 'Urine Stew' Video
Seeded on Thu Mar 6, 2008 9:49 AM EST (Sky.com)
We are showing each day that what we thought we had accomplished as a people might only have been surface changes. Protests are continuing in South Africa after a video emerged showing four white university students humiliating a group of black cleaners.
Contaminant found in China-linked blood thinner
Seeded on Thu Mar 6, 2008 9:22 AM EST (International Herald Tribune)
Once again the US FDA has found out too late (after 19 deaths) that Heparin used in blood-thinners was contaminated. The contaminated ingredient is linked to China. Again!
Researchers discover gene that blocks HIV - ExpressNews - University of Alberta
Seeded on Sat Mar 1, 2008 11:14 PM EST ()
A major discovery of a gene that is able to block the spread of HIV. Although these are early days in the discovery, this is excellent news. So far the gene does not work in persons who are already infected.
US Veterans To Testify On War Crimes
Seeded on Sat Mar 1, 2008 9:17 PM EST (Common Dreams)
Iraq Veterans Against the War argues that well-publicised incidents of U.S.
1 in 100 Adults Now in Prison With 2,319,258 Americans Behind Bars in 2008
Seeded on Sat Mar 1, 2008 8:43 PM EST (Common Dreams)
The US has achieved a not so proud # 1 rank in the world.
Magna comics find Jesus (and he's a samurai badass)
Seeded on Sun Feb 10, 2008 12:16 PM EST (The New York Times)
Artist Ajinbayo Akinsiku's Son of God is a samurai stranger here to shake things up in a new, much-abridged version of the Bible rooted in manga, the Japanese form of graphic novels.
The World's Rubbish Dump: A Garbage Tip That Stretches From Hawaii to Japan
Seeded on Tue Feb 5, 2008 7:16 PM EST (Common Dreams)
A "plastic soup" of waste floating in the Pacific Ocean is growing at an alarming rate and now covers an area twice the size of the continental United States, scientists have said.
Which Womanhood: Hilary Clinton A Convenient Feminist?
Seeded on Tue Feb 5, 2008 7:00 PM EST (Common Dreams)
Clinton writes in her autobiography "Living History" that she would have opposed her husband over welfare reform if she thought it would hurt young children.
Mixed-race babies 'were sent to the US'
Seeded on Mon Feb 4, 2008 11:40 AM EST (Telegraph)
Thousands of illegitimate mixed-race children fathered by American GIs were given up by their British mothers and shipped across the Atlantic, according to newly released papers.
Church Tumbles As Women Leave
Seeded on Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:25 AM EST (The Globe and Mail)
As Peter Beyer puts it, Protestants leave their churches and don't go anywhere else. With Catholics, nobody leaves the church but no one comes.
New Leader Won't Change German Catholic Church
Seeded on Sat Jan 19, 2008 8:39 AM EST (dw-world.de)
As an entity, the Catholic Church has taken 2000 years to achieve a theocratic concentration of power. The pope doesn't just want to rule the Vatican, he wants to rule the world.
New study blames Columbus for syphilis spread
Seeded on Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:12 AM EST (Reuters)
Findings of new study brings stronger evidence to support the theory that Columbus brought Syphilis to Europe.
Koran Manuscripts Discovery Could Cause Problems For Islamic Claims
Seeded on Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:26 AM EST (atimes.com)
What if scholars can prove beyond reasonable doubt that the Koran was not dictated by the Archangel Gabriel to the Prophet Mohammad during the 7th century, but rather was redacted by later writers drawing on a variety of extant Christian and Jewish sources? That would be the prec …
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