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Dubai, Shanghai, Mumbai, or the Highway.
Until hearing this speech, I had failed to realize how upset the rest of the world might be with the U.S. for its subprime crisis.
Think about it. U.S. banks make ill-advised loans to poor U.S. citizens. And what happens to the rest of the world? They lose half the value of their stocks. The annoyance over our high-leverage loans is particularly high in Muslim countries, where mortgages are inconsistent with Shariah.
We will kill you if you go to school.
Take the latest one from the Taliban: they have warned that in North-West Pakistan they will kill all girls who still go to school on January 15th, and that they will blow up schools who will enrol female students after that date.
A Global First: Openly Gay Appointee to a Nation’s Highest Court in South Africa.
Matthew Alexander on Torture. A former Special Operations interrogator on why torture does not make America safer.
New Year’s resolution: Make 2009 the ‘Year of Africa’
Tragedy and the Commons: A Crowdsourcing Appeal. On different states’ approaches to roadside memorial shrines.
Ushahidi was developed a year ago to map the violence last January following Kenyan elections. It has since been used in the DRC and now Al-Jazeera is using it to map and document the Israel’s attack war on Gaza.
Fires.. Meanwhile, NASA is mapping global fire activity.
England Pilots Non-Prescription Birth Control Pill Program.
Metropolitan Community Church Initiates Fledging Church In Malaysia.
Brazilian taskforce frees 4,634 slaves after raids on remote farms.
Original Essay: The Not Rape Epidemic.
The Politics of Wizards and Vampires.