5,000
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INDIA
There are glaciers in India? Global Warming - Melting Glaciers - Himalayas - India - New York Times. Somehow, we can learn about glaciers retreating from what's happening to the black ice glaciers in this country. -------------------
CHINA
If
you've been following the slavery scandal in China, a lot of heads have
been cut off over this in a short period of time. People have lost
jobs, been sent to jail and now punishment is being handed out. Death sentence over China slave scandal
Why
I think this is news, I can't tell you, but the idea of 1,000 public
toilets anywhere makes me queasy. Here, they are spread out over 32,290
square feet and they are in funny shapes. A urinal that looks like a
Croc opening his mouth is childish, but funny. Several have a bust of
what looks like the Virgin Mary, but the Chinese are really into
Christianity, so what's up with that? AccessNorthGa.com: China Public Restroom Has 1,000 Stalls
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On
his continuing trip through Africa, Nicholas Kristof writes in Op-Ed
about Roger Winter, the man Bush appointed to the U.S. Agency for
International Development, but ignored when he was warned about Darfur.
He Rang the Alarm on Darfur - New York Times
More
on Bush's actions/inactions regarding Darfur. I think we're on our 15th
threat to do something if they don't stop acting the fool. Spineless on Sudan - New York Times
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MEXICO
Mexico isn't prepared to deal with an outbreak of HIV that migrants are bringing home from the U.S. Mexican Migrants Carry H.I.V. Home - New York Times. There's also an interesting multimedia piece on the movement of HIV cases throughout the country.
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Sweden battles with its growing Muslim population. Sweden struggles to integrate Muslim immigrants.
How does a country so sexually....free is the best word I can think of
deal with a culture that is so sexually...not free? I guess that's
going to be the case anywhere except other Muslim countries.
