Zimbabwe army 'runs diamond mine'

" 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 Wants to "Smash" the Skull of Evan Rachel Wood

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...

Special Report: Journalists in Exile 2009

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. "...

Iran Post Election Protests

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...

Georgian Police Beat Protesters And Press, Seize Cameras

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,...

Texas Police Shock White Woman, 72, Making Nightly News in Brazil

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...

Dating Violence: Recognizing and Escaping An Abusive Relationship

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...

Domestic Violence Alpharetta

Domestic violence cases in Alphretta

Abbas meets Obama insult with silence

"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...

Report: In South Africa a child is raped every three minutes

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...

Bullying: What Can You Do?

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...

Mexico Senate OKs Bill To Legalize Drug Possesion

"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...

The girl child victim of acid attack gets support

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...

Hiding the Violence: 'Silver Bullet' on the streets of Chicago

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...

US denies report that 147 died in Afghan violence

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...

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