Gay sex decriminalized in New Delhi

This is a great step forward in my opinion and it will certainly make life easier for gays and lesbians in India.

Diamond ring hunt

This looks like fun, although I do feel sorry for the lad,wish I was in Wellington on Saturday.

Afghan school girls poisoned

This is simply horrendous, anyone that would want to harm little children going to school is crazy.

Suspended for attending prom

When I think about people being against dancing, rock music, hand holding and kissing,I tend to think about it as being something from the past or from countries where there are repressive dictatorships.This incident however occurred in the Unites States.I suppose there may be people who hold similar opinions in Canada but I have never met anyone who held these types of beliefs myself and it seems almost hard to believe people could be so strict.

Acid attacks

I find this story quite disturbing all around ,how can people be so unfeeling towards each other.

Attack on women in India

India is a part of the world that I have not read much about but it seems to be becoming more modern but at the same time things like this are happening to women.

New blog

I found this blog this evening and looking at some of the pictures really brought home to me how devastating the attacks in India really were,it's hard to understand how people can do things like this to other human beings.

Love in Saudi Arabia

This is an interesting article about love in Saudi Arabia.Things are so different there than in our own country it is hard for me to even imagine the restrictions placed on young people and on women in particular.

Food shortages

This article is quite worrisome,and any food storages are sure to effect those who already have much less.I had noticed recently that the price of flour had increased but did realize that food prices were on the rise world wide.

Man wakes up at his wake

This is kind of scary to think about,at least they didn't bury him alive.

India's women gain more independence

The lives of India's women are slowly starting to change and become more modern although many traditions still exist.

Queen visits AIDS centre

The Queen visited an AIDS centre to day while in Uganda for the Commonwealth summit. It's good to see there has been a drop in the number of new cases of AIDS in adults in Uganda but more needs to be done there and in all of Africa to combat this terrible disease.

Egyptian doctor sets up gay clinic

This guy is crazy but i wonder how many more there are like him in the world and even in our own country.Found at the Sandmonkey.

King Tut's face

It's pretty neat to see this face after so many years.

Teen gets out of jail

The fact this young man served 2 years in jail is disturbing and he could have served as much as ten which was the original sentence ,hopefully with the 5 year close in age exemption on the new age of protection this will never happen here.I can see that we may not want to encourage kids to have sex when they are so young and not that mature but I definitely believe that it is not a crime when no adults are involved and the ages are so close.

Women talks about her life on the street

This article is sad and scary at the same time,the violence these women endure is terrible and the thought that girls as young as 13 are out on the street is almost worse.The system has definitely failed these young women some where,I don't know what the solution is or if making prostitution legal would solve any of them or not.

Internet shut down in Myanmar

This is a disturbing development,they want to cut the country off completely from the outside world.

Gays in Iran

An article about gays and lesbians in Iran and the challenges they face.

Interveiw with Scott Brison

I guess this was in the National Post but I missed it,I found it on Scott Brison's web site.

Taliban unveil a shadow Afghan constitution

This is one of the reasons I think we need to stay in Afghanistan past 2009.These people should never get a chance to be back in power again.