William & Mary College Crown First Transgender Homecoming Queen

Students at The College of William and Mary In Virginia crowned their first transgendered Homecoming Queen. The first time in the college's history they crowned a transgendered queen, junior Jessee Vasold. Vasold...

Casting for Eclipse: audition info for Seth, Leah and Riley

Casting notices have gone out for the next installment in the Twilight saga 'Eclipse' for the roles of Seth and Leah Clearwater, and for the vampire Riley.  The trailer for New Moon has only just debuted, but...

WORKING WITH THE TRIBES..KEY TO A BETTER AFGHANISTAN

     The present government of Afghanistan failed in their attempts at reconstruction of the country.  First and foremost, they are losing if not totally lost the war against the Taliban....

See no evil

These tribal kids were even aware of the evils of modern society. So, they were trying to restrict themselves from being photographed. Not sure if they really understood what it means to be photographed, but I...

A Paradise on Earth - Home of the Kalash

The Kalash people living in the northwestern part of Pakistan, living in three remote valleys of the Hindu Kush mountain range, are called the 'Greeks of Asia'. The highlighted materials are excerpts printed from...

Suicide bomb hits Pakistan elders: 15 dead 40 seriously injured

If  i strat counting death figure what i have reported today .........it is arround...oho how can i make any life a round figure....well exactly 200 deaths.This is latest story from pakistan, where atleast 15...

The 90 Afghan Villagers Killed Victim of Tribal Rivalry

The villagers were gathered for the funeral of a man killed by the very informant." Tribal rivalry caused 90 civilian deaths: Afghan govt Monday, September 15, 2008 KABUL: An American military operation that killed up to 90 civilians was based on false information provided by...

An Indigenous Perspective on Palin, Oil and Alaska

Today I came across a letter written by an indigenous Alaskan man, Evon Peter, former Chief of the Neetsaii Gwich’in tribe, in which he discusses Governor Sarah Palin's role in managing native and environmental...

The Chronicle Of Tengger

"The history : Tenggerese live around Bromo Mountain, East Java. They are the descendants of the Majapahit princes. Most of the entire population is centered in thirty villages in the isolated Tengger mountains...

Bolivia: decree orders to create three indigenous universities

Despite having to confront a recall referendum in just few days, Bolivian government has decreed the creation of three indigenous universities. This comes as a most welcome step towards better access to education...

Tribe takes on global mining firm

High in the monsoon mists in eastern India there is place called Golgola where witchdoctors still make sacrifices to the gods and where the tribes believe the hills are sacred, but where they fear their way of...

Bomb kills head of Saddam's tribe

Sheikh Ali al-Nida, the leader of the al-Bu Nasir tribe has been killed by a bomb in the town of Awja. The Iraqi police report that the bomb may have been attached to the underside of the car. "Sheikh Ali's driver was also killed in the blast and at least one of his guards...

Painted red and with bows ready – a tribe hidden from rest of the world

" RIO DE JANEIRO Amazon Indians from one of the last uncontacted tribes in the world have been photographed from the air, with a striking image showing them painted bright red and carrying bows and arrows (above)....

Isolated tribe spotted in Brazil

wow, I didn't even know there were uncontacted tribes in the world. These photos are really interesting."One of South America's few remaining uncontacted indigenous tribes has been spotted and photographed on the border between Brazil and Peru.The Brazilian government says it...

Dalit minors paraded naked for killing birds

In the deeply entrenched caste system of Indian society, Dalits have lowest place in the social set up. Despite attempts made to bring dalits and other downtrodden caste to mainstream, their condition in...

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