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International Day Against Homophobia
Today is the International Day Against Homophobia, held on May 17 every year. It is a rallying event offering an opportunity for people to get together and reach out to one another.
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Another Senior Moment
http://www.americanwota.com/ 2008/ 05/ another-senior-moment/Tsukiki of Shanimuni Paradise was asking for information about the Chinami-Bakanishi rumors from a while back. Since I enjoy her blog a great deal and almost never mention Chinami without alluding to that delightful non-scandal - seriously, look up her tag on this blog - I decided to share a link to
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Shkedi: Home front to suffer most during war
http://persevere.lineages.co.uk/ 2008/ 05/ 18/ shkedi-home-front-to-suffer-most-…Shkedi: Home front to suffer most during war May 18th, 2008 In the event of war, the home front will be hit by “thousands” of rockets, outgoing Israel Air Force commander Maj. Gen. Elazar Shkedy told Israel Radio on Saturday.
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Embryonic Stem Cells - “they Just Want To Make Babies”
http://www.peter-ould.net/ 2008/ 05/ 18/ embryonic-stem-cells-they-just-want-to-…Here’s a brilliant comment from my previous post on the Embryology Bill: I hope that a non-religious approach to this vastly misunderstood issue will appeal to some, so here goes, especially after an excellent scientific paper such as the one above.
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Tragedy Healing Process
http://www.ohmygodyall.com/ tragedy-healing-process/Tragedy Healing Process Posted By: admin // Category: Home In this world of nuclear science disasters are increasing day by day. It seems that the origin of all disasters is taking place in the coast of gulf rigid in the United States of America. It was said to have been hit by two big and vast hurricanes.
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ICTR distances itself from Human Rights Watch
http://www.james5.org/ 2008/ 05/ 18/ ictr-distances-itself-from-human-rights-wat…Strange news from the ICTR, the Prosecutor has distanced itself from Human Rights Watch claiming that HRW sources are “inadmissible and not very reliable. This is because of the HRW resisting ICTR attempts to move trials to Rwandan courts to fulfil its completion strategy and ignores the fact that the Prosecutor has used HRW sources in virtually all trials.
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What I Found Interesting in 2007…
http://www.naachgaana.com/ 2008/ 05/ 18/ what-i-found-interesting-in-2007/What I Found Interesting in 2007… May 18th, 2008 satyam|53 comments |Related|Filed Under Filed Under: Exclusive| International I offer films that I found more interesting than not for a variety of reasons… as is my habit I list films by year of release in the country of origin..
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Three AI engineers suspended for nosewheel crash
http://avindia.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ three-ai-engineers-suspended-for.htmlMumbai: Three Air India (AI) engineers have been suspended pending inquiry into Friday’s incident in which the nose gear of one of its aircraft collapsed during a routine pre-flight inspection. "An inquiry into the incident has begun and one aircraft maintenance engineer, one assistant engineer and one service engineer have been suspended," said an AI spokesperson.
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DGCA to investigate AI nose dive incident
http://avindia.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ dgca-to-investigate-ai-nose-dive.htmlMumbai: Friday’s freak incident in which an Air India (AI) aircraft nose wheel got retracted has made the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) institute an inquiry against the errant officials. DGCA said that the engineers responsible for this and earlier incidents will have to face an inquiry.
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The Best Paragraphs In The Sunday Newspaper
http://dekerivers.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 17/ the-best-paragraphs-in-the-sunday…The Best Paragraphs In The Sunday Newspaper Obama and the Jews Pssst. Have you heard? I have. I heard that Barack Obama once said there has to be “an end” to the Israeli “occupation” of the West Bank “that began in 1967.” Yikes! Pssst. Have you heard? I have.
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Progress for same-sex rights in Cuba
http://paulitics.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 17/ progress-for-same-sex-rights-in-cu…Today marked a great victory and the promise for substantial future progress for our gay brothers and lesbian sisters living in Cuba. AP reports that: “Cuba’s gay community celebrated unprecedented openness — and high-ranking political alliances — with a government-backed campaign against homophobia on Saturday.