Prostitution: Abolish or Regulate? Part I
Region: BelgiumBy Emmanuelle Leroy Cerqueira Two hundred NGO's from across Europe gathered at the European Parliament in Brussels on December 4, 2012. They called for the abolition of prostitution [1] and presented outlines for a European policy to abolish prostitution. This event presented the first opportunity for such a debate to take place within the European Parliament. In fact, the European Parliament is cu... more
Views: 862Say NO to ACTA –Protest rally against treaty threatening free speech and privacy online
Region: Belgium
After the fall of PIPA and SOPA, the internet community is again uniting to fight against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). A protest rally is being organized by the internet community on February 11 all over Europe Union, to defeat treaty threatening free speech and privacy online. Thousands of supporters are expected to protest in international day of action against ACTA this Saturday.Hundreds of ... more
Views: 1471Choosing Life with Meditactics
Region: BelgiumImagine a world where each individual is more kind to oneself. Imagine a world where each individual has the power to connect with himself and to connect to the world through that experience. Imagine a world where each individual is given not only the responsibility to affect his own life, but also the tools to do it. Would you become afraid if you realized that you actually have the power to affect your own life accor... more
Views: 1261Is Europe reverting to Religious Witch Hunting?
Region: Belgium
Hardly a day goes by without news about the restrictions that European countries have been introducing on Muslim proponents, much of which appears to touch upon a sign of visible expression of faith as is the case with the Burqa, a female full body veil that can make a woman literally invisible. The Belgian government has now made it unlawful for women to be veiled in public places. France, a leading light in the... more
Views: 1816NATO strategists puzzled
Region: Belgium
NATO counterinsurgency strategists feel puzzled as five British soldiers stationed in Afghanistan get killed by a trainee Afghan policeman. During eight years of US-NATO rule in Afghanistan, 92 British soldiers have lost their lives this year alone. NATO, after the collapse of Warsaw Pact as well as the Soviet Union, has shown its desire to expand its influence worldwide by accompanying US military missions. However,... more
Views: 1408Melanie Oudin's Mother Leslie Oudin in Affair with Coach Brian de Villiers?
Region: Belgium
Belgian tennis star Melanie Oudin is dealing with some drama beyond the court: the divorce of her parents Leslie Oudin (photos below) and John Oudin. Complicating matters is the allegation that Leslie Oudin cheated on her husband with Brian de Villiers-- Melanie Oudin's tennis coach. According to USA Today, Brian de Villiers has been coaching 17-year-old Melanie Oudin since she was 9. The story of Brian d... more
Views: 4706Airlines Misleading Online Prices
Region: BelgiumThe European Commission in Brussels continues to investigate some airlines and websites over the practice of misleading consumers regarding online tickets sales in the European Union. The investigation focused on the practices of pricing, availability and fair contract terms. After two years of investigations, the Commission found that only 16 of the 67 airlines complied with its online advertised pricing. Initially i... more
Views: 1702Sri Lanka Scores dead in battle for rebel enclave
Region: BelgiumSri Lanka's army says fierce fighting between troops and Tamil guerrillas has left scores more dead around the last rebel enclave. Udaya Nanayakkara said about 100 rebels have been killed since Friday.But he said till now only about 50 bodies have been found. The army's Web site said Sunday that troops suffered casualties in three clashes. The army has pushed the Tamil Tigers into a tiny territory on the northeaster... more
Views: 1095Belgium Struggles Under Language Divide
Region: Belgium
Posted by Isabel Cowles to FindingDulcinea Politics in Belgium have more than a partisan divide to overcome; they have a language barrier to deal with as well. To solve the ongoing language divide, Prime Minister Yves Leterme has called for “parties to agree on a new balance of power between Belgium's 6.5 million Dutch speakers and 4 million Francophones,” the Associated Press reports. In 1960, Belg... more
Views: 1259Underage Drinking: European Parents May Know Best
Region: Belgium
European teenagers’ familiarity with alcohol use, driven by a culture of “moderate, supervised drinking within families” and lower legal drinking ages, is an increasingly attractive model for American parents, writes John Cloud in Time magazine. Cloud outlines research on alcohol consumption in the United States that suggests that teenage drinking has fallen in recent decades, though binge drinking... more
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