Our problem is with the switch. This is announced through the train’s PA system. We are on a 7:22am train heading eastbound to Manhattan. A woman sitting across from me says something, but I am thinking about the switch. She is wearing a bulky wool coat and holding an earphone between her fingers – […]
Police Seek Clues About Pakistani Bombing
Currently, the forensic scientists have combed through the scene and the remains of the explosive device and the victims. They were part of the larger crowd as they offered prayers for Eid al-Adha. This takes place during the Eid celebration. Seven arrests were made at an Islamic school at a nearby village, according to the […]
AIDS
AIDS is caused by infection with a virus called human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This virus is passed from one person to another through blood-to-blood and sexual contact. In addition, infected pregnant women can pass HIV to their babies during pregnancy or delivery, as well as through breast feeding. People with HIV have what is called […]
UN calls for ‘safety zones’ across Somalia
According to the United Nations, the constant battles taking place in Mogadishu between both Islamist insurgents and the Ethiopian-assisted government forces has created the worst humanitarian crisis in Africa. “We have reports of both parties recruiting child soldiers,” Christian Balslev-Olesen of Unicef said to BBC. Insecurity to the region had cut off food, clean water, […]
Sushmita sen faces case for remark
The city of Madurai, famous for its temple of Goddess Meenakshi, is now getting quick notoriety as its moral captains are hauling movie stars before the courts on charges of obscenity. After Khushboo, Shilpa Shetty and Reema Sen, it is now the turn of Sushmita Sen to come under the spotlight, with the Madurai bench […]
Nigerian Police Turn to Gangster Tactics
The Nigerian police have long had a reputation for needless highhandedness and unjustified bloodlust. So embedded is this fearsome reputation in the popular imagination that Nigerians have taken to describing mobile police officers as “kill-and-go.” The picture is of officers quick to draw their guns, take aim at (usually) innocent citizens, and let out a […]
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