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Albino Tribe Butchered for Black Magic Medicine

Albino Tribe Butchered for Black Magic Medicine

Albino children in Malawi are being hunted down and killed like animals.  The people believe that the bones, organs, and blood of the albinos can help in their medicine to bring them good health and wealth.  On the continent of ...
Food Additives Childrens Health - Antarctica Journal News

Food Additives and Chemicals are Harmful to Children

Whether you are feeding your children or letting them play with pool toys you need to consider what these items are made with.  Food additives, canned food containers, plastic bottles and containers, and inflatable pool toys.  They all contain some ...
Tattoos Could Actually Poison You

Tattoos Could Actually Poison You

When you decide to get a tattoo there are a few things you should consider before getting one.  Don’t do it if you are not of sound mind, like if you have been drinking with your buddies.  Have you checked ...
Can the Power of Touch Help You Relax

Can the Power of Touch Help You Relax?

A study was conducted with couples to see the effect of touch on how they reacted to pain.  They were either touching hands, sitting next to each other and not touching, or separated into different rooms.  The couples that were ...

Britain Teen Stuck In Drain

A British teenager had to be rescued by firefighters after she got stuck in a storm drain while trying to retrieve her new smartphone. Ella Birchenough, 16, dropped her iPhone down the drain while out walking her dog. "I thought ...
Elderly Swiss Couple Steals

Elderly Swiss Couple Steals For Fun

It may not be big world news when an Elderly Swiss Couple Steals from church collection boxes for the mere fun of it, but it's definitely news here! An elderly Swiss couple began robbing church collection boxes—because, they later told ...

Pakistani activists seek to block Chinese power plants

Karachi, Pakistan Nuclear plants at risk: Pakistani activists are seeking to block the construction of two nuclear power plants in an earthquake-prone, coastal area that is vulnerable to tsunamis. The Chinese are building the two reactors—using an experimental design—less than ...

Buddhist temple bombed

Bodh Gaya, India Bombs ripped through one of the world’s holiest Buddhist sites this week in an apparent act of revenge for Buddhist attacks on Muslims in neighboring Myanmar. Nine bomb blasts damaged parts of the Bodh Gaya temple complex, ...
Heavy drinking linked to strokes

Strokes Linked To Heavy drinking

Men who average three drinks a day and women who average two face a significantly higher risk for stroke in middle age, a new study has found. The study by Swedish scientists examined drinking habits of more than 11,000 twins ...

Indian state requires candidates to own a toilet before they can run in village elections

Authorities in an east Indian state have made it mandatory for candidates contesting village elections to have a toilet in their home as part of a move to improve sanitation in the country, a senior official said. On Wednesday, the ...