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Women’s Rights in India: Marriage at Gunpoint

Priyanka Bhardwaj February 19, 2009 Priyanka Bhardwaj

Indian Women's Rights Rally
Official statistics show that rape is the fastest growing crime in India compared to murder, robbery and kidnapping.  Every 60 minutes, two women are raped in this country, according to India's National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). A total of 20,737 cases of rape were reported in 2007, registering a 7.2% increase over the previous year. Instances of forced marriage of young girls by militants are also on the rise in Indian Kashmir.

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Mesmerized by Melodic Rhetoric: Where Are the Protests in the US?

Joel S. Hirschhorn February 18, 2009 Joel S. Hirschhorn

Budget Cut Protest in NY
What do we see in the US? Millions of people getting notices that they have lots their jobs, getting eviction notices, applying for bankruptcy and standing on long lines to get a shot at few jobs. Compared to rioting Europeans, Americans seem like docile, drugged out sheep herded towards the economic cliff, mesmerized by melodic rhetoric of political messiah Barack Obama.

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Sri Lanka: Civilians Massacred in War Against Tamil People

Chris Slee February 16, 2009 Chris Slee

Protesting Attacks on Tamils
Sri Lankan Air Force bombers destroyed the Ponnampalam Memorial Hospital in the town of Puthukkudiyiruppu in northern Sri Lanka on February 6. According to press reports, 61 patients were killed in the attack. The hospital had previously been attacked twice before. Other hospitals have also been subject to aerial and artillery bombardment. These attacks are part of the Sri Lankan government's war against the Tamil people.

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Global Warming: Looming Disasters and What Needs to Be Done

Al Huebner February 12, 2009 Al Huebner

It is well-established that global warming will, among other consequences, alter rainfall patterns around the world and raise sea level substantially. Estimates are that altered rainfall will bring droughts to the US southwest, southern Europe, northern Africa, and western Australia, comparable to those that caused the devastating 1930s Dust Bowl in the United States. The rising sea level will inundate low-lying islands and continental shorelines.

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Tax Solution to Wretched Greed

Joel S. Hirschhorn February 11, 2009 Joel S. Hirschhorn

By now most Americans have experienced extreme disgust upon hearing about the nearly $20 billion in bonuses given to people in New York City's financial sector at the end of 2008.  After sending the nation into the current economic black hole there is no way of comprehending the audacity of financial company executives in giving themselves and their colleagues shameful rewards for abysmal and disgraceful performance.  Other than screaming and moaning about all this dishonorable behavior what should the Obama administration and Congress do?