Cypriot representative: Turkish occupation of Cyprus a paradox

Seeded on Wed Nov 25, 2009 2:32 AM EST (Financial Mirror)

Cypriot Representative to the Third Committee of the UN, Chrysostomos Stavrou, has said it is a paradox that Turkey, a country serving now as a non permanent member of the UN Security Council, occupies part of the territory of Cyprus, a UN and EU member state.

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Comparing Islamic anti-Semitism to Nazi Germany at its worst

Seeded on Wed Nov 25, 2009 1:06 AM EST (Haaretz)

Islamist anti-Semitism is thoroughly soaked in many of the most inflammatory themes that initially made possible the atrocities of Crystal Night and its horrific aftermath during the Holocaust.

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Terri Schiavo: Unjustified Homicide

Seeded on Tue Nov 24, 2009 6:34 PM EST (North Country Gazette)

As cases continue to be reported such as the Belgian man who has emerged after 23 years from what was a mistaken diagnosis of a persistent vegetative state (PVS), the real condition of Terri Schiavo becomes more and more questionable.

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The barge at the bottom of Lake Laberge

Seeded on Tue Nov 24, 2009 6:05 PM EST (The Globe and Mail)

A team of international archeologists hunting for a relic of the Klondike gold rush has hit pay dirt at the bottom of Lake Laberge, a dark and frigid Yukon waterway immortalized by Robert Service.

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B.C.'s child poverty rate: 18.8%

Seeded on Tue Nov 24, 2009 1:05 PM EST (24 Hours Vancouver)

For the sixth consecutive year B.C. recorded the highest rate of child poverty among Canadian provinces at 18.8 per cent, according to the National Poverty Report Card released today by First Call: B.C. Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition.

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Water Scarcity, Food Security Concerns Prompt Global Land Grab

Seeded on Tue Nov 24, 2009 12:57 PM EST (Circle of Blue)

This week in Rome, the three-day United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization's World Summit on Food Security will focus on farmland investment, paying particular attention to Qatar, South Korea and other big private and public investors including Saudi Arabia and China.

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Uncontacted tribe's forest bulldozed for beef

Seeded on Tue Nov 24, 2009 12:51 PM EST (Survival)

The only uncontacted tribe in South America outside the Amazon is having its forest rapidly and illegally bulldozed by ranchers who want their land to graze cattle for beef.

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Isolated Amazon Indians die in 'swine flu epidemic'

Seeded on Tue Nov 24, 2009 12:48 PM EST (Survival)

Seven Yanomami Indians in Venezuela have died from an outbreak of suspected swine flu in the last two weeks. Another 1,000 Yanomami are reported to have caught the virulent strain of flu.

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When a Woman's Body Becomes the Domain of the State, Part II

Seeded on Tue Nov 24, 2009 3:14 AM EST (Epoch Times)

"The most invasive forms of coercion used to enforce birth limits—forced abortion and forced sterilization—remain commonplace in many areas of China." He found language in the laws for the majority of the provinces that permit officials to use forced abortion and steriliz …

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When A Woman's Body Becomes the Domain of the State—Part I

Seeded on Tue Nov 24, 2009 3:10 AM EST (Epoch Times)

Most people have little knowledge of the details or scope of China's one-child policy, which began with the "Population and Family Planning Policy" in 1978.

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Turkey and the Kurds

Seeded on Tue Nov 24, 2009 3:05 AM EST (The New York Times)

Kurds compose as much as 20 percent of Turkey's population, yet for decades the government banned their political parties and denied them the most basic cultural rights, including the right to use their own language.

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China quake dissident gets 3 years

Seeded on Tue Nov 24, 2009 2:58 AM EST (The Globe and Mail)

An advocate for the parents of children killed in last year's earthquake in China's Sichuan province was sentenced to three years in prison for what a judge ruled was illegally obtaining state secrets.

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The tricks of a child molester

Seeded on Sun Nov 22, 2009 11:15 AM EST (Time)

Sexual predators use a calculated strategy to groom their young victims over a period of time before they pounce.

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Child abuse may shorten cell lifeline: study

Seeded on Sat Nov 21, 2009 6:24 PM EST (Google)

Beaten or sexually abused children are more likely to show accelerated ageing of cells later in life, a condition linked to higher rates of cancer and heart disease, according to a study released Friday.

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It's about bloody time: Canadian support for monarchy drops dramatically

Seeded on Sat Nov 21, 2009 6:05 PM EST (Straight.com)

Finally. Some great news. It's been pretty hard being a Canadian of late. Not only do we have a right-wing buffoon for a prime minister, but the progressive majority here has been left with no attractive, electable alternative.

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Freakin' Fundamentalists: Stonings here, lashings there, misogyny everywhere

Seeded on Sat Nov 21, 2009 5:58 PM EST (Straight.com)

The freakin' fundamentalists are at it again. This time, in Somalia, where the stoning of women goes on unabated. On November 18, a 20-year-old divorcee who, because she had a boyfriend, was stoned to death for "adultery".

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Who will save kids from pedophiles?

Seeded on Sat Nov 21, 2009 12:51 PM EST (Edmonton Sun)

Nothing depresses me more than reading newspaper accounts of adults sexually abusing children. I try not to read them but it's like driving past a car crash -- you look even though it twists your insides and makes you worry about your loved ones.

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When did we become a world of apologists for child sex predators?

Seeded on Sat Nov 21, 2009 12:42 PM EST (OregonLive.com)

September was not a promising month for children relying on society to protect them from child sex predators.

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Marks go up after school bans homework

Seeded on Sat Nov 21, 2009 12:20 PM EST (CTV News)

No more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks. At least not because kids didn't do their homework -- because there isn't any at one Ontario school.

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Death certificate is imprinted on the Shroud of Turin, says Vatican scholar

Seeded on Sat Nov 21, 2009 11:30 AM EST (The Times)

A Vatican scholar claims to have deciphered the "death certificate" imprinted on the Shroud of Turin, or Holy Shroud, a linen cloth revered by Christians and held by many to bear the image of the crucified Jesus.

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Exclusive: Rape in America: Justice Denied

Seeded on Sat Nov 21, 2009 11:04 AM EST (CBS News)

Rape in this country is surprisingly easy to get away with. The arrest rate last year was just 25 percent - a fraction of the rate for murder - 79 percent, and aggravated assault - 51 percent.

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Respect for Rape Victims

Seeded on Sat Nov 21, 2009 10:55 AM EST (The New York Times)

There is no firm national count of the number of untested rape kits. But last March, Human Rights Watch found more than 12,500 untested rape kits in the Los Angeles area alone. The Houston Police Department recently found at least 4,000 untested rape kits in storage.

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SFU prof helps find way to stun worms with light, opening doors for use of UV in medicine

Seeded on Sat Nov 21, 2009 2:44 AM EST (Vancouver Sun)

Canadian scientists have found a way to stun and unstun a worm using light -- reminiscent of Captain Kirk's fabled Star Trek phaser.

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China tells living Buddhas to obtain permission before they reincarnate

Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:13 PM EST (The Times)
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Tibet's living Buddhas have been banned from reincarnation without permission from China's atheist leaders. The ban is included in new rules intended to assert Beijing's authority over Tibet's restive and deeply Buddhist people.

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Prehistoric Masterpieces: The Swimmers and The Beast

Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:01 AM EST (Independent.co.uk)

The inhospitable plateau of Gilf Kebir in the far south-west Egyptian desert was once home to an early Egyptian civilization, who left behind spectacular cave art.

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