Posted in Uncategorized on Wednesday, 30 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »
BBC NEWS | Middle East | Egypt anger over virginity faking
(tags: egypt sex women islam MiddleEast religion sharia sexuality)
Richard Dawkins: "The Greatest Show on Earth" | Newsweek Books | Newsweek.com
(tags: evolution atheism biology science)
Excerpt: Richard Dawkins's New Book on Evolution | Newsweek Books | Newsweek.com
(tags: science evolution religion books richarddawkins biology)
Why women have sex | [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Tuesday, 29 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Kefaya threatens to take Gamal Mubarak to court – Daily News Egypt – Full Article
"[Kefaya] has taken serious measures to launch a legal battle against Gamal Mubarak, inquiring about the source of his wealth and accusing him of taking up political roles that they claim are unconstitutional.
[..]
The movement will call on Mubarak, who is currently [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Monday, 28 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Kenya's slums attract poverty tourism | World news | The Guardian
"Slum tourism is taking off in Kenya. Several local organisations have started selling guided trips through Kibera, a short drive from the luxury hotels that serve most foreign visitors in Nairobi.
For about £20, tourists are promised a glimpse into the lives of the hundreds of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Friday, 25 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »
BBC NEWS | Programmes | Newsnight | Ukraine's agricultural revolution
"[O]nce again – forces from far beyond these fields are at work. The world is getting hungrier and the old "wheat basket" of Eastern Europe is offering new opportunity.
You could call it the latest foreign invasion. No tanks this time, but a state-of-the-art agricultural army is [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Thursday, 24 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »
U.S. to block Goldstone Gaza referral to ICC – Laura Rozen – POLITICO.com
(tags: united-states israel gaza international law icc)
SHE2I2: Remember the 11th of September (1973)
"The US, and the world at large, are captivated with the terrorist crime that took place on September 11, 2001. Rightfully so for this was an inhuman crime which claimed the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Wednesday, 23 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »
GREEN LEFT
(tags: blog green socialism socialist)
No Shortage of Amusing Wind Turbine Ideas : Windpower Engineering – Design, Installation, Service, Policy and News for the Windpower Professional
unusual wind power concepts
(tags: wind energy alterntive technology)
The physics and economics of wind turbines : Windpower Engineering – Design, Installation, Service, Policy and News for the Windpower Professional
Awesome. Provides technical [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Friday, 18 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sick and Wrong : Rolling Stone
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This is what the prospects for real health care reform come down to — whether one of three Republicans from tiny states with no major urban populations decides, out of the goodness of his or her cash-fattened heart, to forsake forever any contributions from the health-insurance industry (and, probably, aid [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Thursday, 17 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bush Behind 9/11: Charlie Sheen – IslamOnline.net – News
"Renowned Hollywood star Charlie Sheen is charging that the administration of former president George W. Bush was behind the 9/11 attacks, calling for an independent investigation into the tragedy.
"People of the US and the World demand the truth," Sheen said in a video message to US President [...]
Posted in Cairo, Egypt, Health on Wednesday, 16 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here is the notice that AUC sent out:
AUC to Suspend Classes until October 3rd
AUC will be suspending classes beginning Thursday, September 17 until Saturday, October 3. The decision follows a request by the Egyptian government that the university suspend its classes in line with government universities, which have suspended classes due to concerns relating to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Wednesday, 16 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »
BBC NEWS | Technology | How the world was connected
map of broadband connectivity and undersea cables over time (1999-2011)
(tags: IT ICT internet graphic)
BBC NEWS | Americas | US foreign policy: 'No we can't'?
(tags: obama international politics policy united-states)
BBC NEWS | Business | 'Tighter grip on economy needed'
"Overall a total of 67% of people wanted an [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Tuesday, 15 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Canadian Investment in Vitamin A Leads to Reduction in Global Child Deaths
Through its leadership in providing vitamin A supplementation to children around the world, Canadians have played an important role in contributing to a significant decline in child deaths worldwide, says Micronutrient Initiative (MI) President Venkatesh Mannar.
On Thursday, UNICEF reported that the rate at which [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Saturday, 12 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Getting to Pluralism: Political Actors in the Arab World – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
(tags: MiddleEast arab books democracy politics)
International Crisis Group – Donald Steinberg in Global Post
(tags: gender international UN women)
Posted in Uncategorized on Friday, 11 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »
85MW Generated By Wind Power
(tags: iran wind energy renewable)
Posted in Uncategorized on Wednesday, 9 September 2009 | 2 Comments »
Why scientists may need to pay women for their eggs.
scientists have discovered a way to replace the nucleus of an egg. Thus, there would be three parents: the nuclear mother, the sperm father and the mitochondrial/cytoplasm mother. This was done with monkeys. Now they want to move to humans (the main purported benefit would be [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Tuesday, 8 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Jamaica Gleaner News – The brain drain and conomic growth – Commentary – Sunday | September 6, 2009
(tags: development migration labor education Jamaica policy)
Our foreign aid needs fixing – St. Catharines Standard – Ontario, CA
Says Cida's new more focused (20 countries only) approach risks abandoning the poor esp since country selection seems politically motivated and [...]
