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Bangladesh: Political Gang Rape of Student- Eleven Sentenced to Life

Melanie Nathan May- 04, 2011 In Bangladesh a judicial commission in April concluded that more than 200 Hindu women had been raped following the 2001  parliamentary election, won by the…

Tweet-Witness To History: Irate Blogger Live Tweets Abbottabad Raid

Tweet-Witness To History: Irate Blogger Live Tweets Abbottabad Raid

05/02/11-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire One irate Sohaib Athar unwittingly tweeted the entire raid as it was happening. Right now, he has to be the most popular man in the world.…

Osama bin Laden Killed

Osama bin Laden Killed

05/01/11-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy President Barack Hussein Obama made the announcement that Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin…

Taiga Ishikawa First Openly Gay Politician Elected To Office In Japan

Taiga Ishikawa First Openly Gay Politician Elected To Office In Japan

04/26/11-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire There has been so much bad news out of Japan that a little bit of good news is welcome. Taiga Ishikawa has broken down a barrier…

Taiwan: Possible Presidential Candidate refuses to Answer Question about her Sexuality

Melanie Nathan April 18 2011- A hopeful candidate to run for presidency in Taiwan  refused to answer questions about her sexual orientation and lashed out at a political leader who…

Disaster At Fukushima Dai-Ichi Officially As Bad As Chernobyl

Disaster At Fukushima Dai-Ichi Officially As Bad As Chernobyl

04/11/11-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire It has been a quarter century since a nuclear accident has been rated a ‘7′ in the INES scale. Today marks the second time that this…

Japan Hit By Another Large Earthquake, Tsunami Warning Issued

Japan Hit By Another Large Earthquake, Tsunami Warning Issued

04/07/11-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Japan was struck by another earthquake today, this time measuring 7.4. The quake happened off the coast of the already stricken Miyagi prefecture which was heavily…

S. Korea Anti-Gay Military Ban Still In Place

S. Korea Anti-Gay Military Ban Still In Place

04/04/2011 – by Cynthia S. Wright On Thursday, a 39-year-old military law punishing homosexual soldiers that engage in sexual acts in the military was considered constitutional by the South Korean…