Pinky Up: I’m from San Francisco. When anyone would ask me about Pride in Sacramento, I would say you must be on time because 5 people walk in a small circle twice. My eldest daughter from San Francisco and her partner wanted to see Sacramento Pride Celebration. First things first, its […]
The UAE will be the best country to live in, if its Vision 2021 is a success. During Abu Dhabi Sustainability Group’s (ADSG) Hiwar session that took place on Monday in the Capital, three government officials came along to discuss the UAE’s Vision 2021, green growth strategy and the link between them. “The key role […]
For the crime of smuggling rice into North Korea to feed his starving family, Song Hwa Han’s husband was jailed and killed. Three of her six children died of starvation. Her oldest daughter escaped to China and disappeared, possibly a victim of human trafficking. Her elderly mother starved to death. And Han herself was arrested […]
Silvio Berlusconi: Battered, bruised, aging, under siege, and still kicking. When I tell my fellow university students I’m Italian, I almost always get two questions: “Can you teach me how to cook pasta properly?” and “How come you Italians still vote for Berlusconi?” I’ll try to answer the second question here, though it’s far from […]
People in poor households receive support from the government to escape poverty (Photo: B.Long) Vietnam is striving to shrink the rate of poverty struck households by two percent per year, said Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh at a live meeting with leaders of 63 provinces and agencies The meeting discussed implemented programs on reduction […]
Indian women might have broken through the glass ceiling on the political, professional and corporate fronts, and urban women especially have made remarkable progress and asserted their independence in many areas involving their career and personal choices, but the fact remains that insecurity haunts them on the streets, in offices, in their own homes or even in the mother’s […]
A certain group in society has recently said women should be employed in jobs that put them in direct contact with men and are unsuitable to their natures. This group has claimed this will help lower women’s unemployment and ensure that they can be financially independent. In reality, however, this group wants to confine women […]
The problem of the aging population and people’s future dependency needs is not being addressed sufficiently by the state, associations helping the elderly fear. Private insurance is increasingly popular THE ticking demographic time-bomb of France’s increasingly aging population and its dependency issues urgently needs to be addressed by the state, warns a federation of associations […]
June 16, 2013
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