Rape of 5-year-old girl sparks outrage, protests in India
Posted by: aymaan30
New Delhi :: India | updated 2013-04-23 09:22:58 -0700 | causes-news
Only months after brutal December 16 gang rape incident, India is witnessing another horrific rape case. According to reports, a 22-year-old neighbor, identified as Manoj Kumar, allegedly raped starved and tortured a 5-year-old girl continuously for two days before she...
Iran announces nuclear expansion ahead of talks in Kazakhstan
Posted by: aymaan30
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-03-16 14:52:31 -0700 | causes-news
According to reports, Iran has selected sites for 16 more nuclear power stations and discovered fresh deposits of raw uranium to feed its nuclear program. The Iranian state news agency IRNA said Saturday that the deposits were discovered in Iran’s...
New York: Ban on large-size soft drinks turns into a civil rights issue
Posted by: aymaan30
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-01-29 21:30:13 -0800 | causes-news
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has called for the ban on large-sized sodas and other sugary drinks. The move was considered necessary keeping in mind the rising obesity and other health-related issues due to rampant consumption of sugary drinks...
PHOTOS: World Naked Bike Ride 2012 in Guadalajara & Mexico City
Posted by: faraway
Mexico City :: Mexico | updated 2012-07-27 13:26:40 -0700 | causes-news
Hundreds of Naked cyclists participated Saturday morning in the 7th Annual Naked Bike Ride in Mexico City as part of the international World Naked Bike Ride held annually in 80 cities worldwide to protest against fossil fuel dependency and demanding...
Omar Borkan Al Gala deported from Saudi Arabia for being ‘too handsome'
Posted by: aymaan30
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2013-05-12 17:08:50 -0700 | causes-news
If you ever wondered that there’s no flip side to being irresistibly handsome, think again! Apparently that chiselled face, the dreamy eyes fringed with dark lashes and the manly chest could land you in trouble, even forced deportation. Well, this...
US drone program in Pakistan violates international law, says UN official
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aymaan30
Islamabad :: Pakistan | updated 2013-03-20 15:05:42 -0700 | causes-news
The United Nations fact-finding mission on the US drone program in Pakistan has issued a statement calling the American drone strikes a violation of international law. The panel was set up by the UN to investigate the exponential rise in...
Shady side of Uganda’s booming adoption industry revealed (Interview)
Posted by: bojanaj
Kampala :: Uganda | updated 2013-04-12 11:05:56 -0700 | causes-news
Being one of the world’s poorest countries with an extremely high birth rate, Uganda has become a top destination for what turns out to be a rather shady business – international child adoptions. After Russia’s recent ban on US adoptions...
Fewer, poorer babies forecast a dimmer future for California, report says
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Billie Greenwood
Sacramento :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-01-16 21:18:49 -0800 | causes-news
California may be in trouble. An unprecedented decline in California’s child population is not the only problem the state faces. A tidal wave of baby boom retirees also complicates its population prospects. These two factors will put the state’s future...
Pentagon to take control over drone strikes from CIA
Posted by: aymaan30
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-03-25 14:20:40 -0700 | causes-news
The Obama administration is working to shift the CIA-led drone program to the Department of Defense, according to reports. The move could make the targeted killing program dependent on the consent of host countries and subject to international laws of...
Controversial body-revealing scanners to be removed from US airports
Posted by: aymaan30
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-01-21 18:51:28 -0800 | causes-news
Bowing to intense pressure from privacy advocates, the US Transport Security Administration (TSA) have decided to remove body scanners from US airports. TSA decided to remove the 174 full-body scanners following public complaints and a congressional mandate. The TSA introduced...
NATO officers warn that the war in Afghanistan is far from over
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aymaan30
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-04-30 13:20:43 -0700 | causes-news
The latest suicide attack by Taliban bombers, who stormed a courthouse in Farah province on Tuesday in bid to free Taliban prisoners, sends clear indication to Western powers that the Taliban will strike back and that they are still potent...
France legalizes gay marriage
Posted by: aymaan30
Paris :: France | updated 2013-05-21 13:15:24 -0700 | causes-news
A law allowing same-sex marriage makes France the 14th country to legalize gay marriages. Following months of bitter debate and demonstrations, President Francois Hollande on Saturday signed a bill into law legalizing gay marriage and adoption. “The bill, a campaign...
Shaista Wahidi decides to “not to observe Iddat of Divorce”
Posted by: pasharani999
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-01-26 17:27:14 -0800 | causes-news
Private TV Channel’s Morning Show’s host: “Shaista Wahidi” decides to not to observe the Iddat of Divorce and has come back to the World of Showbiz. Doctor Shaista Wahidi’s on-going arguments with her husband for many months have ended as...
US drone program in Pakistan violates international law, says UN official
Posted by:
aymaan30
Islamabad :: Pakistan | updated 2013-03-20 15:05:42 -0700 | causes-news
The United Nations fact-finding mission on the US drone program in Pakistan has issued a statement calling the American drone strikes a violation of international law. The panel was set up by the UN to investigate the exponential rise in...
Zumba hooker did five a day
Posted by: skooter
Cebu :: Philippines | updated 2013-04-24 03:21:28 -0700 | causes-news
Skooter reports 04/20/13 Aside from her Zumba dance studio, a fitness instructor managed a prostitution operation having as many as five clients a day and wanted her business partner monitoring the meeting, according to her e-mails and text messages to...
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