" Lobby group Human Rights Watch has accused Zimbabwe's army of using forced labour, including children, to mine diamonds in the east of the country. Local villagers who do not co-operate with the military are...
Marilyn Manson admits he wants to "smash" Evan Rachel Wood's skull, according to an interview with Spin. Manson, 40, says that the inspiration for his new album, The High End of Low, was, in part, the break...
created by stevesmys | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 681 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
At least 39 journalists fled from their native countries worldwide in the past 12 months. Sri Lanka leading the way with at least 11 journalists, which is more than quarter of the journalists fled worldwide. "...
created by sivakaran | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 314 views | 76 recommendations | 8 comments
Iran held elections Friday. Incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the winner by an almost 2 to 1 margin. Supporters of challenger Mirhossein Mousavi claimed massive vote fraud and are protesting in the streets of the capitol, Tehran. Riot police reacted by...
At the same time that the anti-government protests are blazing in Iran, anti-government protests are mounting in Georgia. Today, Georgian police forces have cracked down on opposition protesters in capital Tbilisi,...
created by Yuliya Talmazan | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 231 views | 24 recommendations | 1 comment
Cross-posted at the Police Brutality Blog and the Electrocuted While Black blog in the afrosphere.I live in Brazil and I just saw a scene on the nightly news here, from the US state of Texas (click here for video), that disgusts me, and will shock and astound Brazilians...
opinion by francislholland | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 178 views | 2 recommendations | 0 comments
Pictured is Natasha Hall, a young teen who called for help on several occasions from the Deland, FL police department. She was told to stop calling or they would put her in jail. The last time she called was the...
"Visiting Buchenwald was President Obama’s way of avoiding criticism by the Jewish community of the increasing political pressure on Israel. His speech at Buchenwald was clearly a jibe at Iran’s President Ahmadinejad – but at the same time it represented an...
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According to a new report by South African NGO Solidarity Help Hand, a child is raped in South Africa every three minutes. This comes down to 530 child rapes each day. To make things worse, only 1.3 percent of...
created by Miriam Mannak | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 1319 views | 70 recommendations | 6 comments
A couple weeks ago, I attended Anti-Defamation League’s Cyberbullying Symposium along with 200+ students, educators and school leaders. The keynote speaker was John Halligan, a name many of you remember...
opinion by laurenatc | 3 years ago 434 views | 26 recommendations | 4 comments
"Mexico's Senate approved a bill on Tuesday decriminalizing possession of small amounts of narcotics for personal use, in order to free resources to fight violent drug cartels. The bill, proposed by conservative President Felipe Calderon, would make it legal to carry up to 5...
created by VLOGZ | 3 years ago 184 views | 6 recommendations | 2 comments
The girl child victim of acid attack gets supportLucknow, INDIA: The case of Baby Bitta, the youngest acid attack victim came up for hearing at the Child Welfare Committee (CWC), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, on 12 May 2009 at the Government Children’s Home (Infants) at Prag...
Education Secretary Arne Duncan may be right that no "silver bullet" will cure the ills affecting the nation's education system, but the "silver bullet", the metaphor used by Duncan in making his point, is in fact...
One is not expecting that US will accept the killing of atleast 147 in Afghanistan, their refusal is natural.But the reality of War is the way it is.US never did and never will accept its misdeeds, the search of excuses will go on and on. Never ending search of Obama have...
created by Amitjha | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 86 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments