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High-Flying Saudi Woman Becomes Second In The Country To Receive A Pilot’s License

Captain Yasmeen Muhammad Yusuf Al-Maimani has become the second Saudi Arabian woman to earn her commercial pilot license. 20-year-old Yasmeen Muhammad Yusuf Al-Maimani has successfully received her commercial pilot license, m...
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North America

Unthinkable Tragedies in the Age of “Nod and Pass”

Every once in a while there comes a time when we are jolted from our routine self-absorption. These moments are sudden—disorienting. They push us into a larger, more insecure reality, where the illusions of power and control ...
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Human Rights

A Choice Called ‘Pragaash’

“Valentine day. Do you know what is it ? Saint valentine had loved a young girl and had sex with her before married (ZINA) And that’s why UK government had hanged him on that day 14 february and since then the non believer ...
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North America

Obama, Climate Change, and the Keystone XL Pipeline

There is growing pressure on President Obama to reject the Keystone XL pipeline extension, which, when complete, will transport crude oil from tar sands in Alberta down to various refineries in the United States. On February ...
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North America

Guns: The New Socio-Economic Divide in America?

With the ongoing debate surrounding gun control permeating the American public sphere since the tragic Newton, Conneticut shooting in December, the National Rifle Association (NRA) recently fired back with a highly propagan...
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Canada

Chief Spence Ends Her Hunger Strike; Can Idle No More Survive?

Last week, Chief Theresa Spence announced that she was ending her six-week-long hunger strike which began on December 11. Chief Spence initially started the strike in protest against the Canadian government’s latest omnibus...
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Remember Aaron Swartz – Understand and Support What He Was Fighting For

Aaron Swartz, age 26, committed suicide a few days ago. While friends, family and advocates of his beliefs mourn his untimely death – the media discusses the circumstances of his suicide, weighing in on his accomplishme...
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Human Rights

The Logic Of Our Sex Laws, Part 3: Altering The Acceptable

Previously: The Logic of Our Sex Laws, Part 2: Moving Forward The Nordic countries are often at least one step ahead of the rest of Europe when it comes to social progression. It’s perhaps unsurprising then, that the...
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Take a Peek at the Next 150 Years

With the start of the New Year, organizations often take the opportunity to publish outlooks on the upcoming year. Some take this very seriously and predict tech inventions even further into the future. BBC Future has released ...
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