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Nile River: Egypt and Sudan firm up water alliance Staff They are not ordinary neighbors; they have a shared history and continue to drink from one well, the vital River Nile. They also speak the same language and sit in the same meetings as members of the Arab League, and both are non-signatories to the…
A royal decree allowing women the right to vote can’t hide the decay in the House of Saud. SEPTEMBER 26, 2011 Articles enumerating the advances in women’s rights in Saudi Arabia have, until now, tended to be rather short. There simply hasn’t been much to write about: Saudi women haven’t had many rights, at least…
WikiLeaks Loyalists Hack MasterCard: revenge !
A HERO OF THE FUKUSHIMA 50 Fukushima Plant Worker’s Blog Post By Erik Hayden 10:23 AM ET As the world watches the precarious developments at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear plant, the small band of Tokyo Electric Power Company workers frantically trying to contain the radiation leakage have been hailed as heroes. Today the New…
Corruption concerns remain as buyers jet into Harare to view rough stones. A stash of gemstones that human-rights organizations allege were mined by virtual slaves who were threatened with death goes on sale today in Zimbabwe, having been approved by an international regulator. About 900,000 carats in rough diamonds from the Marange field were brought…
The Silent Victims: A Hidden World Where Boys Are Trafficked BY BOWEN XIAO June 12, 2019 NEW YORK—One boy was trafficked with his mother by her husband and held in captivity for most of his life. Another was lured through video games into a family that forced him to have sexual relations with them and…