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Condoms Approved For Certain Situations, Says Pope Benedict VI

Long-Time Ban On Contraceptives

Since time immemorial, the Roman Catholic Church in the Vatican City has opposed the use of contraceptives.  Millions of Catholic pilgrims are banned from using condoms, birth control pills, or any other contraceptive devices during sexual intercourse.  However, in a shift away from the Vatican City’s long-established stance, Pope Benedict XVI said that [...]

| Thursday, December 9, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Difficult Questions | Leave a comment | | |

Indonesia – Tifatul Sembiring Gives New Meaning To AIDS

Tweet, Tweet And More Tweets 

Tifatul Sembiring is Indonesia’s Information and Communications Minister.  And he is happily tweeting away, as any Information and Communications Minsiter should.  But the problem is that some of his tweets are insulting or offensive while others are disappointing or illogical.  His latest tweets on gay activists and HIV are all of these – insulting, offensive, [...]

| Sunday, October 3, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Insights & Views | Leave a comment | | |

Guinea – Violence Against Women

Following up on yesterday’s post on human rights and discrimination against women in Muslim countries, I came across reports of violence against women in Guinea, a Muslim country.

First, a little information on Guinea.  This was previously a French colony in the African continent, but in 1958 Guinea became an independant country. Guinea has a population of around [...]

| Wednesday, October 7, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Family & Relationships | 2 comments | | |

H1N1 – Fastest Moving Pandemic, But For How Long?

It is offical now.  The H1N1 virus is declared the fastest moving pandemic of all time by no less an authority than the World Health Organization (WHO).  Barely one month after declaring a pandemic, the WHO now says it’s pointless to report the number of infected cases because the number is growing too fast all over [...]

| Saturday, July 25, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Insights & Views | Leave a comment | | |