Years of conflict etched on a Congo village chief's face
He has lost his family and only the UN guards at his camp now keep him safe. But when they go, what will happen?
Bye bye, bluefin: bid for trade ban fails
My daughter may never have a chance to dream of being and astronaut, show her children a polar bear, see a Corey/Corey flick, or taste bluefin tuna sushi. She will, however, have the chance to see Brittany Spears stage a coming out of retirement tour and Lindsay Lohan promote her own psychic network!
Lindsay Lohan Faces BAN From India
This is a new low in stardom…
With Nothing Better To Do, Qaddafi Declares Jihad Against Switzerland
The problem with dictatorships…
Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Gitmo Torture Case Claiming Detainees Are Not "Persons"
Defense attorney: “Future prospective torturers can now draw comfort from this decision.” <more>
Gibson Guitar under federal investigation for alleged use of illegal rainforest timber from Madagascar
Uh oh…
Federal agents from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service raided Gibson Guitar’s factory Tuesday afternoon, due to concerns that the company had been using illegally harvested wood from Madagascar…<more>
"Anti-Consent" College Students Create a "Pro-Rape" Facebook Group
OMG, WTF? Even if it was intended as a joke (which it wasn’t), it still reflects the attitude many men have toward women and the condition of our society.
The creation of this Facebook page - and the fact that Facebook allowed it to exist for as long as it did - are proof enough that rape culture is alive and well. I am sickened by the thought that these young men could be among Australia’s future leaders…<more>
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Uganda Gay Death Penalty Law & The Church
There shouldn’t be any time taken for Christian religious leaders to deliberate…singling out any one group of people for harsher penalties for crimes is WRONG.
With the introduction of a Ugandan bill giving the death penalty for a charge of “aggravated homosexuality” - gay sex with anyone under the age of 18, sex between same-sex partners if one is HIV positive, and gay sex with a disabled person, regardless of whether they gave their consent - international condemnation has followed, but not from everyone…<more>
Two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, what do Europeans think of the transition to democracy and free markets? Andrew Kohut presents findings from a new Pew Global Attitudes poll in this slideshow with audio commentary.
