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Archive for December 22nd, 2008

Saudis think women doctors are “easy”

Monday, December 22nd, 2008

Saudis have several cultural prejudices against women who enter the field of medicine, according to a Saudi blogger.

The women will end up married to their careers
Women will work in mixed environments (medical facilities are not segregated like the rest of the work world in KSA)
The women will end up getting married late [...]

“Human rights carolers” call for boycott of jewellery store

Monday, December 22nd, 2008

When you come across a bunch of people calling themselves “human rights carolers”, you can bet they’re not spreading Christmas cheer.
Thirty human rights carolers braved the cold and ice today to serenade Manhattan’s holiday shoppers with a call, for the second year, to boycott the jewelry store and companies of Israeli settlement-builder and diamond mogul [...]

Mass arrests of Christians in Eritrea

Monday, December 22nd, 2008

Eritrean authorities have taken into custody over 100 Christians during the past month in a nation-wide campaign of house-by-house arrests. Detainees are being brutally abused and some may have died as a result.
The report originated with Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) and was picked up by BosNewsLife.
Several churches in Eritrea were without their leaders or [...]

A family-unfriendly Christmas CD

Monday, December 22nd, 2008

The American rap singer Cordozar Calvin Broadus, Jr., better known as Snoop Dogg (formerly Snoop Doggy Dogg), last week released his first Christmas CD, Snoop Dogg Presents Christmas in tha Dogghouse.  I burst out laughing when I read the song titles with the warning after each one.
1. Christmas Intro [Explicit]
2. Xmas on Soul [Explicit]
3. This [...]