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We have some unfortunate news for all the readers and friends of the blog Ridwan passed away on Wednesday 2 July 2014. He succumbed to a h...

Foreign Policy in Focus Christine Ahn June 24, 2014. A growing global movement is ensuring that if the Japanese government won't h...

BBC Magazine Janak Rogers June 24, 2014. Few Australians are aware that the country's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peop...

The Huffington Post (UK) June 22, 2014. An American exchange student had to be rescued after getting trapped in giant stone vagina. Fi...

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"Aren't we the same two people who lived through years in the dark?"  (Eagles)

Al Jazeera June 21, 2014. Presbyterians say move to pull investments modelled on campaign against apartheid in South Africa. A le...

"Ah sookie sookie now ..."

"If you have a white friend as a black person and he or she  doesn't know your language or is not taking the initiative to  le...

The Guardian (UK) Tania Branigan June 19, 2014. Unpublished memoir reveals how a couple at heart of black freedom movement visite...

***** Comment : By now you know that Pharrel Williams' Happy anthem is making its rounds across the globe.   My favorite is t...

"And I refuse to leave 'Till I see the morning sun  Creep through your window pane ..." ***** Comment : It's ...

"You got a fast car Is it fast enough so you can fly away? You gotta make a decision Leave tonight or live and die this way " ...

BBC Lucy Williamson June 9, 2014. Koreans could once be sure that their children would look after them in their old age, but no long...

***** Comment: Nadal has now eclipsed Borg's record of four straight wins at Roland Garros.  He has won nine French Opens and wi...

New Statesman June 6, 2014. Seven Bahá'ís – members of Iran’s largest non-Muslim religious minority, persecuted by the government fo...

Common Dreams Abby Zimet June 4, 2014. A brilliant new logo in honor of the Rolling Stones "historic" first performance ...

The ruling BJP's Babulal Gaur is also  a lawyer (Picture Credit ) "This (rape) is a social crime which depends on men and...

Credit Comment : Here's to at least 50 more boners .... Onward!

The Guardian (UK) June 2, 2014. Around the world, calls for national autonomy have grown. Minorities are blamed but the real culprit is ...