Italy: Public Outcry After Destruction of Exhibition Center
Written by Marisa Petricca · Translated by Mirella Biagi On the evening of 4 March 2013 a large fire destroyed the “Città della Scienza” [1] [en] structure in Bagnoli, Naples. youtu.be/NZwa4J5pI5g The public centre was built between 1989 and 1992 in the former industrial area of Bagnoli, in the ex-headquarters of ILVA-Italsider [2], closed down due to the crisis in the steelworks sector and the pollution it was creating. This state-of-the-art centre... more
Views: 572WHAT AILS THE 'RIGHT TO SELF DETERMINATION' MOVEMENT IN KASHMIR?
Region: IndiaWHAT AILS THE ‘RIGHT TO SELF DETERMINATION’ MOVEMENT IN KASHMIR? The latest spurt of protests in the Valley, which commenced with the execution of Afzal Guru, got extended due to the mysterious death of a Kashmiri student in Hyderabad and has thereafter continued in the aftermath of a youth shot by the security forces in Baramulla. A ‘protest calendar’ was promptly issued and with people taking to the streets in large numbers, normal life came to a standstill, proving... more
Views: 552Love Can Be Confusing A Lot Of Times In Life
Region: VA
Commentary: Readers have you ever been confused by love? I hate to admit it but I've been confused many times in my lifetime and I often wonder if I'm the only one who has had mixed feelings about the confusions? I've loved people and I've thought they've loved me too but many times I have gotten a big surprise and the love wasn't as strong for me as I had thought. It's my personal opinion people can get confused by love regardless of how confident they may feel about their love for a... more
Views: 544Child Identity Theft
Region: United StatesDo you have a child that has been victimized by child identity theft? Millions of adults each year find themselves victimized by identity theft yet they rarely think to protect their children. An alarming and consistent fact among surveys, done over the past three years, shows that ten percent of all children in the U.S. have been victimized by identity theft. This percentage means that approximately 500,000 children each year are targeted successfully by identity thieves. &nbs... more
Views: 995Creating a Strong Co-Parenting Relationship After Divorce
Region: United StatesLast July I received a call from my ex husband I will never forget. He’d been diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancer. Both of us knew his diagnosis was deadly. Neither of us knew that he had only 10 weeks left. We’d been divorced for three decades and after the first tumultuous years, we’d healed enough to create a strong co parenting relationship and celebrated our children’s birthdays and graduations , had danced ... more
Views: 1183Police Brutality During LGBTQI Mardi Gras in Sydney
Written by Kevin Rennie A video shot at the iconic Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras [1] on March 2, 2013 involving participant Jamie Jackson has sparked claims of police brutality. There were more than 1.6 million views in the first week of this version, taken by a press photographer for the parade. youtu.be/wxtFtVfAeeE The event celebrates LGBTQI: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex. Each year tens of thousands take part in the parade and festivities... more
Views: 831Civilian rights against Police atrocities
Region: Nepal
Saturday 9 March 2013: Fighting against the Nepal police atrocities, the facebook activists of Nepal organized a protest program here at Basantapur Durbar Square on Saturday. The program focused on highlighting the basic rights of citizens where different police victims shared their stories and showed solidarity to fight for their rights. Pranav Shrestha, a student said, “Nepal Police is not accountable to the public. It’s high time we have to make them accountable to us becau... more
Views: 600Dirty Politics
Region: PAThe concept of sequestration was originally promoted by President Obama (check his speeches) but somewhere along the way in an attempt to besmirch the Republican Congress, he began promulgating doom and gloom and threatened that the sequester would bring about quick and devastating results; inordinate airline delays, school teacher layoffs and more. Further he squarely placed the blame on the Republican congress accusing that this was their idea and that they were sabotaging the middle class ... more
Views: 989Colombia: Coffee Producers on Strike
Written by Cati Restrepo · Translated by Natalie Southwick A group of Colombian coffee producers have been on strike since February 25th because of the low costs of the coffee bean, an issue that has generated systemic poverty among its producers. The association has been in a state of crisis for more than a year, “motivated by low bean prices, the reevaluation of the Colombian peso against the dollar as well as the decrease in exports, the high prices of fertilizer and in... more
Views: 545Surrogacy getting acceptance in India
Region: IndiaIn a significant order, the Madras High Court on March 5, 2013 has held that a woman who had a child through surrogacy is entitled for maternity leave. The ruling was given by Justice K Chandru while allowing a petition by a woman employee of the Chennai Port Trust (CPT) seeking to quash an order of the management rejecting her plea for maternity leave in 2011. "This court does not find anything immoral and unethical about the petitioner having obtained a child through surrogate... more
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