By Rachel Balik On March 5, the California Supreme Court will hear arguments against Prop 8, the same-sex marriage ban; some say the hearing threatens the power of the voters. Supreme Court Will Hold Unprecedented Hearing on Prop 8 After months of anxious anticipation, the California Supreme Court will listen to hearings and rule […]
The Story of American President Barack Obama’s Mother
Obama’s Mother Story Each of us lives a life of contradictory truths. We are not one thing or another. Barack Obama’s mother was at least a dozen things. S. Ann Soetoro was a teen mother who later got a Ph.D. in anthropology; a white woman from the Midwest who was more comfortable in Indonesia; a […]
The Supreme Court of India :The Hindu Marriage Act has broken more homes than uniting
The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday expressed its anguish and concern over the increasing number of divorce cases. Justice Arijit Pasayat, heading a vacation Bench, orally observed that the Hindu Marriage Act, ‘ has broken more homes than uniting’ ‘The growing number of divorce cases in the country is having a disastrous effect on […]
Romania and Italy Criticized for Discriminating Against Roma Minority
The report issued by Amnesty International in 2008, published on Wednesday signals once again the allegations of involvement in secret CIA detentions, doubled by the refuse of authorities to reopen investigaitons. Romania is also mentioned in issues such as the intelorance and discriminaiton towards sexual minorities and Roma ethnics. Romanian gendarmes involved in an incident […]
Librarian Threatened to Stop Palestinian Exhibit
NEWS FROM A CHILLED LIBRARY: In Australia, in Leichhardt 1848 – Terra Nullius: Leichhardt, Ludwig, was a white (East) German explorer. Born, in what was then Prussia, in 1813. He came to Australia in 1842 and “explored” parts of what is now Queensland and the Northern Territory. At the time, and […]
Gaza’s Falling Wall Changes Middle East Map for Ever
They came and went in lorries and gas tankers, in flatbed trucks loaded with cattle and sheep, in coaches and mini-buses, loaded by the dozen in the backs of trucks, all shuttling across Gaza’s southern border. Four days ago they went on foot like refugees, but yesterday for the first time the trucks drove through […]
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