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by melvin
From the front page, with format edit ~ whataboutbob
An article appeared in China Daily for December 27 on the future of gay China entitled "Quiet pink revolution in dark before dawn?" (You've got to love China Daily's headlines.) It is well worth reading in its entirety. Little over four years ago, homosexuality was still officially classified as a mental disorder in China. On December 16, 2005, China's gays and lesbians celebrated their first national festival. In fact, the festival was disrupted by the government before it began. But never mind. The China Daily article continues: Read more... (5 comments, 708 words in story) by melvin
From the front page (with minor edit) ~ whataboutbob
The Sydney Peace Prize was awarded in November to Olara Otunnu, former UN Under-secretary-General and special representative for Children and Armed Conflict. The text of his acceptance speech can be found here. I would like to expand on one part of his remarkable address below.
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(Crossposted at DailyKos)
From BBC News:
Extinction alert for 800 species By Richard Black Environment Correspondent, BBC News website Researchers have compiled a global map of sites where animals and plants face imminent extinction. The list, drawn up by a coalition of conservation groups, covers almost 800 species which they say will disappear soon unless urgent measures are taken. Most of the 800 are now found only in one location, mainly in the tropics. Writing in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers say protecting some of these sites would cost under $1,000 per year.
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