The Supreme Court in El Salvador has banned total abortion. Even if the woman is very ill and can not carry the baby, she can not have an abortion. Also a child that has been raped can not have an abortion. This is the seventh Latin American country where total abortion is banned. http://www.bbc.com/n...
Excerpt: "The University of Baltimore is making it OK to read Spider-Man and X-Men comic books in class, and even will give you college credit for it.In what is believed to be a first, the school is offering a course next spring on the superhero world of Marvel Comics, a university spokesman said...
Countries Pledge to End Forest Loss; Brazil Balks More than 30 countries set the first-ever deadline to end deforestation by 2030, but Brazil said it would not join. The United States, Canada and the entire European Union signed on to a declaration to halve forest loss by 2020 and eliminate deforest...
A contract employee at a Chicago-area air traffic control center apparently set a fire and tried to kill himself, officials said Friday, shutting the facility and stopping all flights at the world's second-busiest airport.The bizarre situation resulted in a "ground stop," triggeri...
Due to intelligence reports that contain information about talk of potential threats by terrorist support networks, the Australian government has ordered its federal police to review parliamentary security. Federal police have already been conducting counter-terrorism raids, and have det...
President Obama has asked for more assistance in fighting this terrorist organization for all countries saying "Today, I ask the world to join in this effort...We will not succumb to threats, and will demonstrate that the future belongs to those who build it, not those who destroy it". W...
Liberia is the first nation in Africa to completely stop cutting down forests in exchange for developmental aid. Norway has agreed to pay Liberia $150 million to stop deforestation by 2020 and they will help the country to monitor and police the forest. Liberia has agreed to place 30% or more of its fo...
The Mexican government has been cracking down on drug cartels, which in response has caused the iron industry to collapse. The reason: drug cartels are also working in the mining industry. With the shutdowns of several mines due to their affiliation with drug cartels, the industry has flat lined. W...
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