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Entries from May 2008

Terroist Plot Or Summer Fantasies In Canada?

May 31st, 2008 · No Comments

According to Canadian prosecutors a group known as the Toronto 18 were part of a terrorist gang that was prepared to institute bombng activity and were in posssession of bomb makig material. The prosecutor spoke on the first day of testimony in which a boy, three other young men and 14 adults are being charged […]

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Tags: Canada · Human Rights · Multicultural · Politics · Social Justice · World News

Burma Military Junta–Let Them Eat Frogs!

May 31st, 2008 · 7 Comments

Burmese troops began evicting destitute families sheltered in cyclone relief centers and insisted there was no need for foreign relief foods because the Burmese people were perfectly capable of existing by hunting and eating “large edible frogs.” The New Light of Myanmar, the government mouthpiece, warned people that foreign relief workers would snoop inside […]

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Tags: World News

Children Are Unteachable Says British Educator!

May 31st, 2008 · 3 Comments

Chris Parry, chief executive of h Independent Schools Council of Great Britain told the Guardain newspaper that schools are being burdened with trying to educate unteachable children whose ignorant parents together with teachers who would rather be elsewhere make impossible attaining any success in the field of education. The former rear admiral, who most probably […]

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Tags: Conservatives · Education · Human Rights · Multicultural · Politics · Social Justice · UK

The Rape Of Women-War’s Tragedy

May 31st, 2008 · No Comments

A recent study by the UN agency, UNICEF, revels that sexual violence is spreading like a disease in many parts of Africa where there is violence. Women are increasingly becoming the first casualties of war and are compelled to spend a live in shame because enemy soldiers physically abused them. n Darfu, janjaweed militia kidnapped […]

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Tags: Gender Issues · Islam · Military · Multicultural · Muslims · Social Justice · War · World News

Who Really Were The Native Americans?

May 31st, 2008 · No Comments

Recent discoveries of a fluff of white hair in Greenland indicate the original inhabitants of the area were not Inuits or Indians, but people who migrated from the Aleutian islands. Due to modern technoloy it is now possible to trace back the hair and make the linkage to inhabitants of the Aleutian islands. The use […]

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Tags: Asia · Human Rights · Multicultural · Peace · World News

Diversity Issues In Belgium Police Force

May 31st, 2008 · 1 Comment

Belgium, like many European nations is experiencing an influx of thousands of immigrants. The history of immigration is usually characterized by gaps between newly arrived people and existing power structures such as the police and judiciary systems. The European Union has launched a EUR 600,000 campaign which is aimed at increasing the number of immigrants […]

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Tags: World News

What’s That About Swedish Girls And Sex?

May 31st, 2008 · No Comments

A recent study conducted by an academic at the Sahalgrenska Academy in Gothenburg, eveals Swedish teenage girls are much more sexually active with other teenage girls than adolescent boys are with boys. Approximately, 440 seventeen year old boys and girls were questioned about sex relations with someone of the same gender. Of the girls, 6.1% […]

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Tags: Gender Issues · Human Rights · Social Justice · Sweden

Bishop Tutu Urges Palestinian-Israel Peace

May 31st, 2008 · No Comments

Nobel Peace laureate Desmond Tutu spent several days in Gaza exploring conditions and seeking to find a way that would bring together Palestinians and Israelis. The South African cleric, heading a team of UN human rights observers, gathered stories from Gazans about Israel attacks that had killed civilians, including many children. Tutu said the […]

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Tags: Gender Issues · Human Rights · Islam · Judaism · Military · Multicultural · Muslims · Peace · Politics · Social Justice · World News

Obama Religious Supporter Mocks Hillary Clinton

May 31st, 2008 · No Comments

Barack Obama expressed his dislike of comments made by a guest minister in his church the past weekend in which Senator Clinton was mocked and derided by the Rev. Michael Pfieger. Obama said he was “deeply disappointed” by the tone and words used in the sermon. The Rev. Pfieger, a Chicago activist, also apologized for […]

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Tags: 2008 Elections · Barack Obama · Democrats · Gender Issues · Hilary Clinton · Human Rights · Liberals · Politics · United States · World News

Is Medvedev Serious About Corruption In Russia?

May 31st, 2008 · No Comments

President Medvedev made it clear in many of his early speeches as head of the nation that issues of corruption in government were high on his agenda of reform. The Kremilin is now focusing on the issue of corruption by posting xcerpts of letters written by ordinary citizens regarding encounters with corrupt officials. The Kremilin […]

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Tags: Human Rights · Politics · Russia · Uncategorized · World News