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14.03.2010, 10:16
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Women in India have long been sidelined from politics, but that could be about to change, with a new bill approved by the upper house of parliament this week on setting aside one third of the seats for women.
21.06.2009, 10:24
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Barack Obama has urged Iran to end the violence against protesters. The Iranian government in turn says it faces not demonstrations, but riots.
25.07.2010, 11:04
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The plan to build a mosque near Ground Zero in Manhattan could spark a fresh wave of Islamophobia across the United States.
11.09.2009, 12:48
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Web journalist Lori Harfenist found on the streets of NYC that, eight years after the 9/11, New Yorkers think it’s scary to think it was an inside job, because if so – what can you believe in or and who can you trust?
04.07.2010, 09:33
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Islam is New York's fastest-growing religion, with over a million Muslim students in the city's schools, but their holy days do not seem to make it onto the curriculum calendar.
17.05.2009, 10:28
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Gay marriages: are you for or against? Online journalist Lori 'The Resident' Harfenist finds out what New Yorkers think about it.
26.07.2009, 10:18
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Although the death penalty has been abolished by more than two thirds of the world, over two thousand people were executed last year. Web journalist Lori “The Resident” Harfenist has New Yorkers’ say on the issue.
23.08.2009, 11:35
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After two truck bombs on Wednesday killed 95 people and also injured 500 in Baghdad, it looks like the conditions in Iraq has reverted to those endured at the beginning of the war.
23.05.2010, 08:57
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The US accepts over a million immigrants annually, but is the government doing enough to integrate them in American society?
18.10.2009, 10:35
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Some people react adversely when societies become increasingly multicultural. Web reporter Lori “The Resident” Harfenist took to the streets of New York to find out which group people think is most discriminated against.
Published: 26 April, 2009, 12:03
Barak Obama's officials have released memos detailing the interrogation methods used by the Bush administration. Online journalist Lori 'The Resident' Harfenist asked New Yorkers whether torture was ever justified.
What was interesting about this article, is that a proportion ordinary Americans, lacked basic morality and thought it was OK to torture. Its hard to assess, how big that group was in statistical terms. However, it should be a wake up call, to those who think, it is just the the politicians who lack morals. This defeats the arguments, that the American citizens are at odds with their blood thristy politicians. On the contary,they are very much on board with them, showing that a portion would quite happily torture Russians and put them in Orange suits in camps. I am glad this information came out, to expose the myth of the passive, peace loving citizen, who if only they could persuade their politicians to give up all arms, then they could live in perfect peace and harmony in the world. Basically, it is the other way around, with some citizens needing to be re-educated by the polititians or whoever else can restore a moral backbone to the US, because it badly needs it.; to listen to some comments, it is clear that a portion of the US population are barbarians.