When the Bombay High Court refused the plea of Niketa and Harish Mehta’s plea to be allowed to abort their unborn baby because of congenital defects in the fetus, they were of course merely stating the law. Perhaps the Mehtas were hoping that the court would interpret the law, which of course they did. But […]
Obama to AFL-CIO Council: He’s Counting on Union Movement
Posted by Mike Hall to AFL-CIO NOW Barack Obama told the AFL-CIO Executive Council he is counting on the union movement’s largest-ever voter mobilization to play a key role in his drive to take back the White House for working families on Election Day. Speaking via video conference at the council’s two-day meeting in Chicago this […]
Sex, Lies and Murder in Malaysian Politics
Posted by Mong Palatino to Global Voices Online Malaysian politics are sizzling with sex intrigues, murder accusations, scandalous lies and intra-party squabbles. A few months ago a government minister resigned after admitting he was the person caught in a videotape having sex with a young woman in a hotel. The video was uploaded on […]
NGO Numbers Wane in Uzbekistan
A News Briefing Central Asia report Uzbekistan is seeing a steady decline in the number of non-government organisations, NGOs, with a string of closures reported recently. Not only is the government hostile to any group with foreign links, it has blurred the lines with a semi-state umbrella body that manages the theoretically independent NGO sector […]
Useful information for Quality Education
Keeping in mind that each scholar is moving at his or her individual pace along the hierarchy, education can be rather a tricky job. One classroom will in all probability comprise students at each stage of human needs (physiological, safety, social, esteem, as well as self-actualization) at the same instant. This is why particular attention […]
Gov’t eyes huge Medicaid cuts; SSA monitors SSIs
The federal government’s plan to cut huge funding support to state governments across the country is expected to take a serious toll on those millions of residents who either lack insurance coverage or the uninsured patients who now avail of free medical services from the government. The new proposal, now being deliberated in the U.S. […]
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