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Gay marriage makes history in France

Gay marriage makes history in France

Wednesday May 28th marked a special day in the gay community as the very first gay couple got married. There were emotional scenes as the couple said I do, at a ceremony in the town hall in the southern city of Montpellier in front of hundreds of specially invited guests, which also included the world’s media. Before the ceremony took[Read More…]

Malcolm Shabazz

Questions emerge over death of Malcolm X’s grandson

The grandson of the civil rights activist Malcolm X has been found dead after being brutally murdered in Mexico it has been reported. Two men have been arrested by Mexican authorities suspected of the murder of 28 year-old Malcolm Shabazz, after it was reported in the media that he died following a brawl in a Mexican nightclub over a bill.[Read More…]

Assata Shakur

FBI redefines terrorism by hunting down Assata

The FBI has redefined terrorism by placing Tupac’s aunt – known as Assata Shakur – on the top ten “Most Wanted Terrorists” list. Shakur, who the FBI refers to as Joanne Chesimard, was a member of the Black Liberation Army in the 1970s. She was convicted of killing a policeman after being stopped for an alleged traffic violation by a[Read More…]

Toru Hashimoto

Japanese mayor advocates military rape

“Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it” George Santayana Rape is necessary to boost the morale of soldiers – according to one politician who has caused outrage by trivialising the sexual slavery of thousands of Asian women during the world war. Japanese mayor Toru Hashimoto, is co-leader of an emerging conservative political party, which has[Read More…]

David Sengeh

‘Dare to dream’ says inventor and civil war survivor

A civil war survivor has found a new lease of life after pioneering a series of innovative designs which could dramatically change the outlook of amputees all over the globe. David Sengeh, 26, is a Harvard and MIT Media lab graduate student from Sierre Leone, who has come up with a technology that could change the whole field of bionics,[Read More…]