Male circumcision helps Africa fight AIDS (with Video)
globalpost.com — Africa has the world's largest number of HIV infections and AIDS cases. Across the continent the disease is being battled with public education and antiretroviral drugs. A new additional strategy is male circumcision. Several tests show that circumcised men have substantially reduced risks of contracting HIV. (Submitted by amprather) More...
Never before has the African penis been so scrutinized
globalpost.com — In this discourse, penises come in two kinds: circumcised or uncircumcised. Some tribes and some religions circumcise, at birth or as initiation rite into manhood. Some don’t. Those who do, think it is good. Those who don’t, think it is awful. Each thinks its version of the penis is superior and makes men manly. Africa's HIV problem.... (Submitted by alanocu) More...
Irish Police and clergy protected pedophile priests
globalpost.com — Police officers, government officials and bishops of the Catholic church in Ireland have been harshly censured in a report on clerical child abuse over three decades in the Archdiocese of Dublin. An official commission investigated 320 allegations against a sample of 46 out of 183 priests from 1975 to 2004.. (Submitted by Slashered) More...
Special Report: The Dog Meat Mafia
globalpost.com — The Dog Meat Mafia is a four-part special report on Southeast Asia's booming dog meat trade - a crime-ridden, multi-million dollar industry that stretches from upcountry Thailand, through Laos and into Vietnam. The series examines the economic, cultural and illicit aspects of the controversial business. (Submitted by Slashered) More...
Where Green Technology Clashes with Culture
globalpost.com — In Yemen, traditions and chaotic governance block efforts to build a sustainable water supply. Experts say that within 15 years, Sanaa could be the first capital city in the world to run out of groundwater. The rest of the country will not be far behind. (Submitted by Shiner76) More...
Behold: The World's 10 Fattest Countries
globalpost.com — If you tend to pack on a few pounds over the holidays, blame it on globalization. As the world has grown smaller, we’ve all grown larger — alarmingly so. In countries around the world, waistlines are expanding so rapidly that health experts recently coined a term for the epidemic: globesity. (Submitted by amprather) More...
White skin is all the rage in Asia
globalpost.com — Hilda Chu balanced an umbrella in one hand and textbooks in the other. Her skin was ghostly white. “I try hard to make my skin white,” said Chu, 18, a student at National Tsing Hua University. “If my skin is lighter, I will be happier because I think I look good. It makes my emotion better, yes.” Asians spend $18 billion a year to appear pale. (Submitted by Slashered) More...
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