Indonesia is classified as Tier 2 in the 2007 United States Department of State Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires to Indonesia John Heffern revealed Wednesday, saying that the improvement is due to the Indonesian government’s efforts in raising the awareness to the public about the human trafficking issues. The government of […]
USA, land of violence?
The new Global Peace Index rank US on 96th, Iraq ranks last The USA, to many (inside the country, at least) the land of freedom and opportunity, is also a land of violence. According to a study published by the Economist Intelligence Unit – EIU, the renowned think tank associated with The Economist, called […]
Aung San Suu Kyi’s detention, a Myanmar’s military junta political strategy
It is this Sunday that pro-democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s detention is due to be reviewed by the Myanmar’s military junta. However, the junta on Friday extended another year of Suu Kyi’s house arrest. And whether the United Nations or the world leaders from the United States and European […]
Is Organic Eating a healthier way to live
Is organic eating the better way to a healthy lifestyle? The food that’s eaten today is loaded with chemicals and artificial flavoring, preservatives, and coloring. Food that was made 25 or more years ago didn’t have a lot of ingredients and artificial coloring and preservatives. What would the world be like without fast food restaurants […]
Could the Virginia Tech shooting been avoided?
In light of recent events this just gets added to the list of school shootings that have taken place over the last 5+ years and what seems to be motive is identical the perpetrators are young white males under the age of 21 with a history of disturbing behavior either expressed through writing or other […]
TB wake-up call for Africa
The recent emergence of extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) in South Africa is not only the result of poor treatment adherence by TB patients. It stems from years of neglect endured by TB programmes throughout sub-Saharan Africa. The current scale of the region’s drug resistance challenge is poorly understood, and African TB programmes are […]