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Our computer keyboard may have five times more microbes than our toilet seat. British microbiologists have reached this conclusion after 33 keyboards were examined. Their research showed that 4 out of 33 keyboards were regarded as a potential health hazard and one harboured [...]

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Yesterday I heard a report on the radio that stopped me completely in my tracks.
The report details the violence continuing in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo, despite a recent ceasefire, and in contrast to plans for the UN to reduce their peace-keeping [...]

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This is not Arnold Schwarzenegger’s movie “Junior”, but this is a true story about an American woman, Tracy Lagondino, who had women as a preference and used to be lesbian. One day, she decided to have a sex change operation in order to be “legally” [...]

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This montage gives hints of local stories, situations and symbolisms that I picked up during my time at a community radio station in a town called Ada, Ghana. The audio montage includes a range of voices, from University lecturer, midwife and the local leader of [...]

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 Ghanaian Women [3:24m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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“Bedour, did you have to die for some light to shine in the dark minds? Did you have to pay with your dear life a price … for doctors and clerics to learn that the right religion doesn’t cut children’s organs.”  Nawal El-Saadawi
Lives saved [...]

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This is a link to a blog  by a Palestinian woman, Dr Mona Al Farra, living and working (or trying to live, and trying to work) as a doctor in Gaza. The blog is in English and her aim, she states, is ‘conveying the ordeal [...]

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Subir un certain stress. C’est souvent ce qui nous procure l’énergie et la motivation dont nous avons besoin pour relever nos défis quotidiens au travail. Ce genre de stress vous aide à surmonter la difficulté et à atteindre vos objectifs. Certaines personnes ne considèrent pas [...]

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 Today I write to you to tell you a sad story. The story of women spanked, violated, harassed or killed by their husbands or boyfriends. Statistics tell us that one in every three women suffer some kind of abuse during their lives, but the annual [...]

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This is interesting and funny at the same time. According to a BBC article, a recent medical study shows that high heels improve women’s sex life! Please read the link below:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7225828.stm
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Dans une étude réalisée par l’OMS, il a été démontré que les substances toxiques du narguilé provoquent les mêmes maladies que celles de la cigarette.
Comme pour la cigarette, les composants carcinogènes de la fumée du narguilé sont à l’origine des cancers du poumon, de la [...]

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