Will Japan rise once more? Six month after the triple disaster.

By Uwe Paschen.The impact of radiation on the food chain in Japan is far more serious than first thought. Back in March after the gravity of the nuclear accident in Fukushima became clear the World Health...

Campus Carry Will Not Make Our Universities Safer

          Concealed carry on university campuses will not make us safer. For that is the priority gentlemen, safety, and that alone. Not political ideology and not political victory, but the safety of our students, of our faculty and staff, and...

Tornado Video: Navarro County, Rice, Texas

Eyewitness Video: Tornado Rips Through Navarro County, Rice, TexasA tornado tore through Rice, Texas in Navarro County on Sunday, fortunately there were only a few minor injuries. "Winds toppled four rail cars before...

"What Else Should I do Besides Beat Her?"

When asked about domestic violence, one man replied, "What else should I do besides beat her? Worship her or what?".  This repulsive mentality is far too common among many Indian men.   In the same report done by Samvad, a Video Volunteer's correspondent, another man...

GREENPEACE: Thai Rice Region Is Endangered?

Rice it is the grain that has shaped the cultures, diets, and economies of billions of people in Asia. Like the Thai's people... Rice is the staple food since ancient time, they depend from glutinous to...

New Rice Will Increase Yields By Upto 40 Percent

A new rice plant has been developed which grows "snorkels" when exposed to floods. A paper in the journal Nature, describes how the plant elongates rapidly in response to being submerged. One of the scientists, Motoyaki Ashikari from Nagoya University in Japan, said "the...

Genetically modified rice crucial in drought battle

" MANILA, July 22, 2009 (AFP) - Genetic modification may be the only viable way to produce sufficient quantities of rice in the future as drought, climate change, and dwindling acreage impact yields, experts said...

Responsibility to Protect - Ambassador Rice

In her statement made at the Ambassador Susan E. Rice at the International Peace Institute Vienna Seminar, June 15, 2009, she stated the willingness of USA to work with the international community ending...

MSNBC: Condi Rice may have admitted to conspiracy

  " In little-noticed comments Thursday, the former White House counsel for President Richard Nixon John Dean said Thursday that former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice may have unwittingly admitted to...

The Japanese Golden Week and Koinobori Festival or Boy Festival.

By, Uwe Paschen. As it goes here in Japan we have yet another holiday. This time it is the Golden Week, (ゴールデンウィーク), Which is also known as Ōgata renkyū (大型連休) or even as Ōgon shūkan...

ACLU Forces Pentagon to Release Abuse Photos

Tha American Civil Liberties Union(ACLU) has won the battle to have access to pictures of prisoner abuse in American controlled prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan.  The ACLU has maintained that prisoner abuse was...

Liz Cheney Defends her Dad, Dick Cheney, for Torturing People

Another Republican has come forward in a desperate attempt to defend the torture practiced by the Bush administration.  This time it is Dick Cheney's daughter Liz Cheney claiming on MSNBC that waterboarding...

Former Bush Adviser says Bush Admin Destroyed Torture Memos

" A onetime senior adviser to former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says that the Bush Administration collected and destroyed memos by top officials arguing that torture methods used on detainees were wrong. ...

Did Hell Freeze Over? Condi Rice Defends President Obama

During her appearance on the Tonight Show, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice complimented the Obama administration and said that "we owe them our loyalty and our silence while they do it." This was in...

Flood Resistant Rice to Fight Hunger

With climate changes looming, millions of people around the world are struggling with extended floods, which kill the crops that feed those millions. Perhaps the most important staple for the majority of the world...

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