Hong Kong Dock Workers Demand Pay Raise
Region: Hong KongWritten by Oiwan Lam An ongoing strike by Hong Kong dock workers [1] demanding a pay raise and protesting arduous working conditions is delivering a costly blow to the city's port operators and winning widespread ... more
Views: 785Amanda Knox, Raffaele Sollecito and the Curse of the Zombie Haters
Region: United Kingdom (Great Britain)"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts." - Daniel Patrick Moynihan On March 29th, Nina Burleigh, author of “The Fatal Gift of Beauty”, a book about Amanda Knox, placed a stor... more
Views: 2138Multipronged approach in place to generate employment: Omar
Region: India
Jammu, April 3 (Scoop News) –Reaffirming his government’s determination to tackle unemployment crisis purposefully by providing ample avenues to youth both in the government and the private sectors, Chief... more
Views: 435STD Awareness Month Have You Been Tested?
Region: United States
April is National STD Awareness Month. A time to get real about STDs and get tested. Every year in April the Center for Disease Control and other social state and private programs push for more education and testing for S... more
Views: 407Censorship Disclosed By Argentine Journalism Forum
Region: ArgentinaThe Argentinian Journalism Forum (FOPEA [1]) [1] [es] launched the 2012 edition of the Monitoreo de Libertad de Expresión [2] [es] (Freedom of Expression Monitor) in which 172 attacks on th... more
Views: 614Ladakh highway to be thrown open on April 5 for light vehicles
Region: India
Srinagar, April 1(Scoop News) – To facilitate the people of Leh-Kargil region and to take stock of the efforts being made regarding the snow and landslide clearance for the opening of the Ladakh National Highway, the... more
Views: 635Lebanon: Civil Marriage Legally Approved
Region: LebanonEarlier this year, Kholoud Succarieh and Nidal Darwich initiated Lebanon's first civil marriage [1]on Lebanese soil, in a country where only religious marriages could be contracted until then, and where civil status is ... more
Views: 659Moonshine, Hootch, White Dog Can Be A Killer
Region: United States
The making of homemade booze in the United States is called making moonshine, hootch or white dog liquor and I would imagine the process is much the same as the Libyans make in the North African country where alcohol ... more
Views: 632Australia's Public Areas Should Be Redesigned to Cater for Exercise
Region: AustraliaOverweight and obesity is increasingly becoming a universal disaster and all efforts are directed towards addressing these problems. On the frontline are physical fitness and healthy lifestyles. There are so many ways to a... more
Views: 775Innovative Approaches For Poverty Reduction
Region: FranceWritten by Julie Owono Global Voices bloggers have been commissioned [1] to liveblog the OECD Global Forum on Development [2] in Paris on April 4-5, 2013. Leading up to the meeting, our team is submitting posts about de... more
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