Israel jails teen bomber Mohammed Mafarja for 25 years
A court in Israel today jailed Muhammad Abed al-Jaffer Nasser Mafarja, 19, for 25 years after he bombed a bus in Tel Aviv in
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Finnish female politicians highlighted by World Bank's 2012 gender report
Earlier this week the World Bank released the 2012 World Development Report on Gender Equality and Development. The report noted relatively high numbers of women participating in Finnish politics, and credited the…
Fiji makes progress on gender roles according to 2012 Report on Gender Equality and Development
On Tuesday the World Bank released the 2012 World Development Report on Gender Equality and Development. For Fiji, the report focused on progress being made in the country as it relates to gender roles and the local…
2012 Report on Gender Equality and Development says US women have room for progress
Tuesday, World Bank released the 2012 World Development Report on Gender Equality and Development. The United States is referred to many times, often as a benchmark to foster understanding of recent gains for women in…
For Jamaica, 2012 Report on Gender Equality and Development focuses on men
On Tuesday the World Bank released the 2012 World Development Report on Gender Equality and Development. For Jamaica the report highlights a number of negative gender issues for the nation's
2012 Report on Gender Equality and Development suggests Australian women are doing okay
Tuesday, World Bank released the 2012 World Development Report (WDR) on Gender Equality and Development. With few specific mentions of Australia, women in the country appear to be doing better than many other countries…
2012 Report on Gender Equality and Development looks at women's issues in India
Yesterday, World Bank released its 2012 World Development Report on Gender Equality and Development. India was mentioned over 300 times in the report, many more times than more developed countries like Spain which was…
Sydney plans loss of rainbow
Yesterday, the deadline expired for the rainbow colored sidewalk located at Rainbow Oxford St, Taylor Square in Sydney, Australia to remain
Supreme Court of the United States contemplates same-sex marriage
This week, the United States Supreme Court is scheduled to address two cases before them on the issue of same-sex marriage. The federal Defense of Marriage Act case is scheduled to be heard on Wednesday. The other case…
Texas college student found dead on campus
Authorities have confirmed that a student at Texas State Technical College-Marshall was found dead in his on-campus room around 9am CDT
Ireland's Occupy Dame Street, Occupy Waterford camps cleared
Occupy protests in two Irish cities have been cleared in the last two days. Dublin's Occupy Dame Street was cleared by police while the local council cleared the abandoned Occupy Waterford
Italians facing Indian fishermen murder charges
Six Italian armed guards face murder charges after shooting dead two Indian fishermen they mistakenly identified as pirates. The accused remain aboard MV Enrica Lexie, the oil tanker they were
'Stop being so damn respectful' say free speech supporters in London
Atheists, secularists, and supporters of free speech rallied in London today to protest what they feel is an "increased confidence of Islamists to censor free expression publicly". Around 200 people gathered on the…
Australian woman claims Church of Scientology imprisoned her for twelve years
Valeska Paris, an Australian woman and former Scientologist, has claimed that the Church of Scientology imprisoned her for twelve years aboard the Scientology-owned cruise ship,
U.S. space agency NASA sues ex-astronaut
NASA, the space agency of the United States, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against former astronaut and sixth human to walk on the Moon Edgar Mitchell. NASA filed the lawsuit in a Miami federal court after learning of…
Dan Savage wins Webby Award for It Gets Better Project
Dan Savage, author of the sex advice column Savage Love, has won a Webby Award for his work on the It Gets Better Project. He started the project in 2010 to address a series of incidents of suicide among LGBT
'George Davis is innocent - OK': UK court partially vindicates campaign after 36 years
Thirty-six years after he was found guilty of an armed robbery in London, a court has quashed the conviction of George Davis, ruling it unsafe. The court stopped short of ruling he was definitely innocent, leaving a…
IMF head remains in New York prison; charged over alleged hotel sex attack
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the International Monetary Fund, remained in jail last night after being charged with sexually attacking a chambermaid at a New York City hotel. Strauss-Kahn has agreed to undergo…
'Completely irresponsible' woman called emergency services to report theft of snowman
Police in Kent, England have described a woman who called the emergency services to report the theft of a snowman as "completely irresponsible." The woman rang 999 after noticing the snowman outside her house had…
Italian border guards seize $134 billion in U.S. bonds at Swiss border
Italian police of the Guardia di Finanza have seized US$134 billion (€96 billion) of United States bearer bonds at the border with Switzerland at Chiasso. The bonds include 249 Treasury bonds worth $500 million each,…
