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Ritual Forces Women in Indian State Walk Barefoot
In a mindless ritual, women in India’s Haryana state are forced to mourn the death of an elderly relative by walking barefoot for 12 days, while men in the family don’t. An IndiaUnheard Community... 
Guga hunter culture revealed by poet
Salted and boiled the guga are eaten as a delicacy. For the uninitiated just the smell can make one wretch but they are prized by the people of of the Isle of Lewis. The guga are young gannet chicks taken by the... 
created by Paul Conneally | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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1244 views | 15 recommendations | 4 comments
Fat boy executed
Good riddens"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- An Ohio death row inmate was executed Tuesday after the Supreme Court rejected his last-minute plea that he was too overweight to be put to death. ...
Supreme Court rejects inmate's too-fat-to-execute appeal
Oy Vey!, please someone, hand me a gun, I'll make his execution nice and painless. You have to have your brains in tact to feel pain, a 50 cent bullet will take care of that. Would he like some cheese with his whine?"COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected...
SC Executed Convicted Killer by Electric Chair, first time since 2004
SC Executed Convicted Killer by Electric Chair, first time since 2004 Media Credit gangsorus.com " COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - The Corrections Department announced that James Earl Reed was executed at 11:27pm Friday.The... 
created by Albert Milliron | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
2930 views | 18 recommendations | 10 comments
2930 views | 18 recommendations | 10 comments
Zimbabwe government suspends aid group activities
Back in the late 70s, Robert Mugabe was considered to be the new savior during the transition from Rhodesia / Zimbabwe. I attended a lecture he gave at LaTrobe Uni. here in Melbourne back then. The crowd loved him. He represented hope for all of Africa. So what happened? His...
created by Maireid Sullivan | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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169 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
Missing teenage beauty queen is found in London
"A TEENAGE beauty queen has been reunited with her parents after vanishing for nine days with a man she met on a social networking website. The family of Kovi Dunbar, 17, blamed cruel jibes at school about an illness which altered her looks, after she disappeared from her...
Fur Industry is Alive and Kicking, Despite Campaigns
It is amazing to me that people continue to wear fur. What is it that compels people to support such an inhumane industry? Why are there"more people wearing fur today than ever before"?"Anti-fur campaigners have... 
created by Jarrett Martineau | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
2532 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
2532 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
Electric chair banned in Nebraska
The Nebraska Supreme Court has banned the use of the electric chair in the execution of murderers. The court found that the application violated the Nebraska constitution's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.
Since July 2002, Nebraska has been the only state... 
Finally, now you can break up anonymously
This is a great service. Hurting the people you love has never been easier or more satisfying."Sometimes you don't want to dump him or her in person. Sometimes you don't even want to do it over the phone. So you...
UN Rapporteur to observe human rights in Indonesia
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - United Nations` rapporteur on torture and other cruel treatment, Manfred Nowak, will visit Indonesia from November 10 to 25, 2007 at the invitation of the Indonesian government, according to the UN representative office here on Thursday. He will be...
Interwiew with a fighter...
We have lost everything Istalif sits an hour's drive north of Kabul, in the fertile Shomali plain. Once filled with vineyards and crops, it is...
Justice document gives green light for interrogation violence
""We start with the least harsh measures first," Townsend told CNN television. "It stops ... if someone becomes cooperative." She said the White House was "baffled" by suggestions that if the US government didn`t...
informationliberation - Britain's Own "Big Brother" Eyed Orwell
As evidence that the demonization of the left is nothing new, the release of government documents to the British public shows that author George Orwell was suspected of being a communist supporter despite his... 
created by angryindian | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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912 views | 7 recommendations | 2 comments
