Tuesday, 7 November 2017
Monday, 23 October 2017
'This land is just dirt': a rooftop view of Jerusalem
Interesting article about religious tensions in Jerusalem with lovely photos! Not essential for the course but it wouldn't kill you to know more than you're expected to, would it? :)
Friday, 20 October 2017
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
Thursday, 5 October 2017
Terminally ill man loses high court fight to end his life
A man who fears being entombed in his own body as he suffers
the effects of motor neurone disease has lost his high court fight to enable
doctors to help him to end his own life.
Three judges ruled against Noel Conway, a 67-year-old
retired lecturer, who argued that the law on assisted dying should be changed
to allow him a “peaceful and dignified” death.
'Tinder for polygamists': Indonesian firm angers with app for multiple marriages
A new Tinder-like dating app for wannabe polygamists is
courting controversy in Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation,
where such unions are legal but largely seen as taboo.
The application, which has been downloaded 50,000 times
since its release this May, is marketed as an online platform to match male and
female users ready to be part of a “big family”.
Saturday, 23 September 2017
Abortion should not be a crime, say Britain's childbirth doctors
Britain’s childbirth doctors have urged ministers to scrap
laws dating to Victorian times that could see a woman jailed for life for
having an abortion.
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