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Orange Ukraine reports on the Pora political party's stance on the issues going into the next election.
the beatroot reports that alternative medicines like the use of leeches is on the rise in Poland and that alongside the growing popularity of these treatments is a rise in the number of cancer patients who die after refusing conventional treatment.
Toutatis claims that a recent headline at the major daily, Clarín plays on Argentine stereotypes towards rugby players. Not an isolated incident, Toutatis hopes that protests throughout the blogosphere will hold national and local papers responsible for their sloppy journalism and misleading headlines.
Mohit Kishore explores shopping malls, airports and locals (suburban trains) as places to know learn more about culture.
The GreatBong produces excerpts from his mother's letter to him after having visited the Cellular Jail in the Andamans where his grandfather was housed for four years. A reminder of history as it was not too many years back.
Adda on the winds of change in South Asia - from the world of blogs in Bangladesh to the newly launched Desicritics.
Razib Rashedin on another kind of Bangladeshi icon - “Bibi Russel's claim to fame did not only come from her tremendous success in the modeling world, but also from a penchant for pithy - and brazen - quotes. More than a model, Bibi is a global icon.”
I guess it has to do with humanizing a figure we prefer to see as super-natural. The almost funny thing...
people of maldives..you have to stop this civil war. its sad to see it in this state of affairs....
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I do not support capital punishment, in this instance there have no other alternative. What these killers have done is...