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Transformed Planet | Global Warming
Global warming is radically transforming the world we live in. Glaciers and ice caps are melting even faster than experts predicted, and rising temperatures are threatening life in traditionally warmer climates. Even those areas that might enjoy rising temperatures will be affected when other areas of the world are damaged.
Climate change has taken its toll on Africa's highest peak. Mount Kilimanjaro, the inactive volcano in northeastern Tanzania, has been losing its famed ice cap at a phenomenal rate. Researchers have calculated that the cap may completely disappear within 20 years.
Scientists say the effects of global warming in the Arctic region are increasing at an accerated rate. Glaciers are shrinking, and permafrost is thawing faster than ever, and there has been a notable increase in the temperature of the region's water.
Emissions from coal burning are a major cause of acid rain and air pollution and have been connected with global warming.
A polar bear stands on a drifting piece of ice off the northern coast of Greenland. Ice in the region has melted much more quickly than experts had predicted.
A child walks through a junkyard full of used plastic bottles on the outskirts of the northern Indian city of Chandigarh. Waste disposal and treatment can produce emissions of several greenhouse gases that contribute to global climate change.
A view of the Huayna Potosi glacier in the Bolivian highlands. From the Himalayas to the Andes, faster-melting glaciers spell long-term risks for hydroelectric power generation and supplies of drinking water.
East Africa faces a critical shortage of water and food. Climate change has aggravated the situation.
The Brazilian Amazon holds 40 percent of the world's remaining tropical forests. It plays a vital role in bio-diversity conservation and climate regulation. A recent study from the WWF reported that deforestation could wipe out or severely damage nearly 60 percent of the Amazon's rainforests by 2030.
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New Rules for Highly Evolved Humans | Opinion
The Wired magazine came up with 30 rules of manner for the digital world. Some are a bit bizarre, but some are perfectly true. Check them out and get your etiquette polished.
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FEMEN | Women Protest Movement
The nationwide women’s movement FEMEN, formed of Kiew's high education establishment's woman students and representatives of Ukrainian showbiz, have risen against the prevalence of sexual journeys in the region. The women members have condemned the entire tourism management of Ukraine, for making it one of the crudest sex destinations in the world.
They have held a rally entitled "Ukraine is not a Brothel!". The participants called on the authorities and competent bodies to ban foreigners, who had been noticed in sex-tours, from visiting Ukraine and also to enhance punishment for trading in prostitution and pandering.
This is the real scenario behind the glitz and glamour of one of the celebrated European countries. The huge bevy of splendid beauties and the variety in sexual extravagance is what that pulls in the maximum of the crowd to the destination. Named and renamed as sex destination, Ukraine abounds in opportunities ready to be explored sexually at any hour. This has eventually led to the formation of a dark criminal den of corruption and exploitation.
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Sentencing Project | Opinion
The Sentencing Project is a US nation wide organization working for a fair and effective criminal justice system by promoting reforms in sentencing law and practice, and alternatives to incarceration. The Project was founded in 1986 to provide defense lawyers with sentencing advocacy training and to reduce the reliance on incarceration.
As a result of the Sentencing Project's research, publications and advocacy, many people know that this country is the world's leader in incarceration, that one in three young black men is under control of the criminal justice system, that five million Americans can't vote because of felony convictions, and that thousands of women and children have lost welfare, education and housing benefits as the result of convictions for minor drug offenses.
The Sentencing Project is dedicated to changing the way Americans think about crime and punishment.
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Sexual Warfare | Topicality
Sexual violence is a devastating weapon in the war-torn North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Congolese army and rebel groups systematically use brutal gang rape against their enemies, causing crippling injuries and spreading HIV.
The numbers speak for themselves. Aid groups estimate one in three women in North Kivu have been raped. Over 30 per cent of these have been infected with HIV. All across this devastated region – in every village, every camp and almost every home – a man-made plague is stealing and destroying the lives of women. In a scale never seen before around the world.
The Sydney Morning Herald has featured a superbly produced multimedia project titled Sexual Warfare: The Democratic Republic of Congo. Check it out to get more information.
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