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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
"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 …
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.
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.
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.
Sexual predators use a calculated strategy to groom their young victims over a period of time before they pounce.
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.
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.
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".
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.
September was not a promising month for children relying on society to protect them from child sex predators.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Canadian scientists have found a way to stun and unstun a worm using light -- reminiscent of Captain Kirk's fabled Star Trek phaser.
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.
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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You have...and always will be....my friend.
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just wanted to say thanks for honestly sharing and defending your views. i learn through debate and thoughtful comment without it, how do we get any smarter? I have not always agreed with you on everything, and still don't. But you have pulled me to your side on a number of issues. That's how the hell this is suppose to work..imo.
— maddad
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Thank you Alkimija for being a friend and fine supportive true feminist.
I appreciate your insightful articles and seeds. You are a wonderful woman and don't ever let anyone ever tell you otherwise! You rock!— Lilith41
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Alkimija, you "honor" my firends list.
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good stuff......the truth is breaking out of jail, alot of us here will be in the getaway car...
— eirelion
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Always enjoy reading you. Your honesty, and integrity are attributes we all hope to achieve. Thank you for being a friend. *Smiles*
~Sara— Sara G.
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You've got a heart of darkness, and a wicked-smart mind...glad to have you on my friends list...
— E.D.Kain
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I think you left something out of your bio...you are predisposed to being kind. One of the most well-spoken writers on the Vine, imho. We disagree on some things, agree on a greater number, and I always enjoy the debate!
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Thanks for the fyi...
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Thank you for the invitation, hope to chat often.
DW
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