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15Mar/15

Indian bride calls off wedding as groom fails maths test

March 15, 2015Human InterestAnthropology, Articles, Bengali culture, Bengali Hindu wedding, Culture, Groom, India, Kanpur, Marriage, Punjabi culture, Ram Baran, Rekha, Social institutions, South Asian wedding, Uttar Pradesh, Wedding, Wedding customs by countrysmbale

An Indian bride walks out of her arranged wedding after the groom fails to solve a simple mathematics problem in northern state of Uttar Pradesh.

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14Mar/15

Celebrities walk the red carpet at AmfAR gala in Hong Kong

March 14, 2015CelebrityAmfAR, AmfAR The Foundation for AIDS Research, Articles, Cannes, China, Elizabeth Taylor, Gwyneth Paltrow, Health, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS activism, India, Kate Moss, Kenneth Cole, Kenneth Cole Productions, Leung Chun, Leung Chun-ying, Medicine, Michelle Yeoh, Milan, Naomi Campbell, Paris Hilton, Paulo, Rome, São Paulo, the foundation for aids research, United States, Venice, Victoria Beckhamsmbale

International and local celebrities walk the red carpet in Hong Kong at the inaugural gala for the Foundation for AIDS research.

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08Mar/15

World leaders vow to reach gender balanced world by 2030

March 8, 2015WorldAhmet Davutoğlu, Articles, Ban Ki-moon, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Feminist theory, Gender, Gender and society, Gender equality, Gender studies, Government, Humanities, International Women's Day, Liberia, president, Prime Minister, Social inequality, Social Issues, Turkey, Turkish people, United Nations, United Nations Development Group, Women, Women's empowermentsmbale

World leaders including Turkey’s Prime Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu and Liberian President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf urge the international community to do more to reach global gender equality by 2030.
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23Feb/15

What to expect for the year of the goat

February 23, 2015Human InterestAesthetics, Articles, Astrology, Chinese astrology, Chinese culture, Chinese philosophy, Chinese thought, Chinese zodiac, Divination, Earth, Environmental design, Feng shui, Fire, Goat, Human Interest, New Age, Rat, Raymond Lo, United States, War/Conflict, Yangsmbale

(NVO) – Welcome to the year of the goat!

Even though markets are still shut across Mainland China, in the freewheeling city of Hong Kong – a densely packed maze of skyscrapers built to cater to Chinese principles of Feng Shui – masters of the craft are divining what the year will bring.
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21Feb/15

Turkish men don miniskirts to protest killing of woman who fought off rape attack

February 21, 2015CrimeAbuse, Ali Riza, Articles, Beyoğlu, Bianet, Crimes against women, Cultural history, Culture, Domestic violence, Ethics, Family therapy, Gender-based violence, Humans, Istanbul, Miniskirt, Ozgecan, Rape, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Social Issues, Taksim Square, Tayyip Erdogan, Tolga Akyildiz, Turkey, Violence, Violence against men, Violence against women, Women, Women in Turkeysmbale

Stung by the reported killing of a woman as she tried to fight off a rape attack, Turkish men are mounting miniskirt protests at violence against women.

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16Feb/15

Virtual body-swapping could tackle racial bias

February 16, 2015InnovationArticles, Attitude, Barcelona, Behavior, Behavioural sciences, Bias, Cognitive biases, Ethics, Ethology, Human behavior, London, Manos Tsakiris, Neuroscience, Psychology, Racism, Social Issues, SOUTH EAST ENGLAND, Spain, United Kingdomsmbale

EGHAM, SOUTH EAST ENGLAND, UK / BARCELONA, SPAIN (REUTERS) – It’s hard to imagine having a body part with a different skin colour to your own – isn’t it?

In fact, it’s surprisingly easy to “trick” people into thinking they have a foreign body part.

And once that’s achieved, psychologists have found that racist attitudes can be diminished.
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14Feb/15

At least 300 migrants feared dead trying to reach Europe from Africa

February 14, 2015WorldAfrica, Aftermath of war, Articles, Demography, Euronews, Europe, Forced migration, France, Germany, Human migration, hypothermia, Immigration, Immigration to Italy, Iraq, Italy, Lampedusa, Lampedusa e Linosa, Lampedusa harbour, Libya, May 2007 Malta migrant shipwreck, Mediterranean, Mediterranean Sea migrant shipwreck, NEXT MEDIA, Organizations, Politics, Refugee, Social Issues, Syria, United Kingdom, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugeessmbale

(Next Media Online) – At least 300 migrants are feared dead in Mediterranean waters after they tried to reach Europe from Africa, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
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