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Historic Nordic Agreement Opposes Circumcision

"This resolution tells the world that questioning circumcision has growing international support and brings needed attention to a practice that causes unrecognized physical, sexual, and psychological harm." - Ronald Goldman, Ph.D., executive director of the Circumcision Resource Center in Boston

(BOSTON) - Yesterday at a meeting in Oslo, Norway, Nordic ombudsmen for children representing six countries (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, and Greenland) and Nordic pediatrician and pediatric surgeon organizations agreed on a resolution urging their national governments to work to prevent non-therapeutic circumcision of boys.

According to the resolution, circumcision is irreversible, painful, and subject to serious complications.

Shine a Light on Lung Cancer

Nobody can breathe easy while the disease of lung cancer continues to strike our fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, husbands, wives, neighbors and friends.

(SALEM) - I am writing you today to inform you of this wonderful event we have created, progress we are making locally, after my mother-in-law passed away from a terrible disease.

She was 50 years old and two weeks away from meeting her first grandson when she passed. She was overlooked by her doctor for months before they finally found her cancer. I ask that you please read my letter and help spread the information.

Human Rights News: Mexico Forced Displacement on OAS Agenda

Since 2007, violence from organized crime has transformed forced displacement into a national phenomenon.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - The growing issue of people forcibly displaced by violence in Mexico is getting scrutiny from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).

At a November 1 session of the Organization of American States’ commission in Washington, D.C., a representative of the IACHR asked the Mexican state to enact “specific” policies for forcibly displaced persons.

42% of `In Vitro` Conceived Children Develop Cancer, Reveals Study by University of Lund

Fertilization "in vitro" could be defined as the taking of male and female gametes and the realization of their union outside the human body to transfer the fertilized embryo into the uterus of the mother to implantation and subsequently birth.

(MADRID) - Infants conceived with techniques used in fertility clinics, are four times more likely to have certain birth defects and malformations than children conceived naturally, according to a study by researchers at the University of Lund (Sweden).

By in vitro babies, the risk of childhood cancer is great. Specifically, they have a 42 % chance of having a childhood cancer. Experts say that the figures are evident but they have not yet determined how the disease develops.

Open Letter to Miley Cyrus, the Femen of the Year!

Nudity has become the first weapon of women against male chauvinism

(PARIS) - Dear Miley, Mrs. Sinead O'Connor obviously cannot compete with you and particularly not her matronizing and moralizing open letters on her FB page that overall refer to her own disastrous experience of ill-advised star. You did well to give up all polemic with her; she is too vulnerable.

Your marketing team is obviously far more efficient than hers at the time of her beautiful "Nothing compares to you" and the big fun you make around your own clip is amusing the whole world.

Don`t Forget the Family Restaurant!

"There are not a lot of good pizza establishments around my way, but tonight my family and I found the best spot!"
- JB Founder of Aldin Entertainment Music Group

(N ATTLEBORO, MA) - In this era of fast-food eateries and chain restaurants, people out looking for a pleasant dinner in comfortable surroundings may find the uniformity a trifle monotonous.

Economic realities are making the old-style family restaurant an endangered species in many areas of the country, but if you take the time to look about, you might find some pleasant surprises in your own neighborhood.

Canada And The Age of Reason (at least in Europe)

Historians have noted that most Canadian treaties have funny names, but not nearly as weird as the names of some of the wars.

(DAYTONA BEACH) - The 18^th Century history of Canada is divided into three brief periods of peace, following three treaties – the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748 and the Treaty of Paris in 1763. Except for the Treaties, it was pretty well war big-time, whenever the English and French weren't resting or doing wars in Europe.

There were also treaties with the Indians, but nobody but the Indians took them seriously. With one exception, which we'll get to later, just to keep you reading. (Yes, the Indians actually won one.)

Land, Migrants and Poets: The Day of the Dead 2013

Issues of land, water and climate loom large in 2013, conveying a special significance for a holiday that falls at the end of the harvest cycle.

(LAS CRUCES , NM) - New Mexico and the borderland will come alive this weekend with activities related to the annual Day of the Dead celebration, which falls on Saturday, November 2, this year.

As befits a cultural boom that is drawing in thousands and thousands of people, this year promises bigger and broader events than ever before, encompassing art, music, literature, and culinary treats.

Age Segregation Spurs Ugly Family Divide

Learning is either a two-way street or a dead-end run. We can drive that engine!

(SALEM) - Why are we perpetrating putting the generations into tiny little compartments? We seem to be shortsighted in the long run, making a mockery of family connections.

I grant you that this writer is from the 1950's generation of Ozzie and Harriet in which grandparents and grandchildren live in the same area. My own childhood was spent in Brooklyn during and after WW II. Living with grandparents and a single aunt as well as a teen uncle made life mighty interesting.

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

My aim is to create a peaceful environment in the society and to help eliminate human rights violation / persecution through my writing as I bring the plight of those brave people under the spotlight of the whole world.

(ISLAMABAD) - Doing journalism in the country like Pakistan, which is dominated by Muslim religious extremists, is not easy, especially when you write about religious minorities.

Pakistan is ranked the third most dangerous country for reporting, and also has one of the highest numbers of journalists threatened, kidnapped and killed.