Jammu, July 13 (Scoop News)-The Joint Forum of Kashmiri Pandits Organisations today observed the 13th July as Black Day and organized a massive protest demonstration outside the Press Club of Jammu. According to KP leaders this day is being observed by the Kashmiri Pandit community as the Black Day since 1932 in commemoration of the […]
Brazil: Sugar Cane Farming Bill Puts Amazon at Risk
Written by Luciane Salles · Translated by David Bond Brazil has opened the door to the cultivation of sugar cane for the first time in areas of the Amazon forest and surrounding wetlands and savanna, causing concern among environmentalists. Federal Bill number 626/2011 [1] [pt], approved by the Brazilian Federal Senate on May 15, 2013, […]
More Trouble for Madagascar
The people of Madagascar just can’t seem to catch a break. In 2009, a decade of economic growth and progress on the international scene were halted by a military coup that installed current head of state Andry Rajoelina as head of the country’s “High Transitional Authority”. Four years later, there has been no “transition”- Rajoelina […]
Amanda Knox, Raffaele Sollecito and the Chamber of Horrors
How and why the Italian Supreme Court got it wrong “It is not our abilities that show what we truly are. It is our choices.” – J K Rowling Trial of the century On September 30th the eyes of the world will be on Florence for round four of the trial of the century following […]
Gang Rape cases in rise in Nepal
Gang Rape is utterly the most atrocious act against any woman. One cannot compare or imagine the pain and suffering of a rape victim and when it comes to gang rape then it multiplies thousand times. The act not only inflicts wounds physically but it prolongs a potential effect on the psychological state of the […]
The Amanda Knox Case: The Italian Supreme Court Faces Renewed International Scrutiny
Last week the Italian Supreme Court released a 74 page document outlining its reasons for overturning the appellate acquittal of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito for the 2007 murder of British exchange student Meredith Kercher. The decision reinstates their original 2009 conviction and orders a new appellate level review to be held in Florence. For […]
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