By RACHEL D'ORO, Associated Press Writer ( Read more... )

I love anthropology, but two years after completing my BA, I find I have no real interest in pursuing a PhD or Masters in it...I feel like I want to do something really applied where my subjectivity will be a nonissue, or even an asset (see those discussions on FGM for more on what I mean ( Read more... )

The world is fast approaching the point where the majority of the human population will be found in urban areas.

Somewhere, sometime in 2007, someone migrating from their rural home to begin a new life in a town or city will tip the global rural/urban balance, the UN estimates. Throughout history, the world has experienced urbanisation but the ( Read more... )

I found this to be very interesting.
So different from Western Gay culture.

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fl20060117zg.htm

And for the Link Phobic the same article in here.

annakas

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India readies for shopping mall boom
By Zubair Ahmed
BBC News, Mumbai

It is a make-believe world.

Once you are inside, you forget about the city's potholed roads, utterly rowdy traffic and in-your-face poverty.

Instead, Inorbit, the biggest shopping mall in India's commercial city Mumbai (Bombay), is buzzing with customers.

It is a rich man's ( Read more... )

I am looking for an article that was posted a few months back regarding Detorit Mich and the Urban plight there....?....Would greatly appreciate the link- thanks

The capital of the south-western Chinese province of Yunnan, Kunming, has banned the use of foreign names for buildings and property developments ( Read more... )

LARRY BRADSHAW and LORRIE BETH SLONSKY
are emergency medical services (EMS) workers from San Francisco.
They were attending an EMS conference in New Orleans when Hurricane
Katrina struck. They spent most of the next week trapped by the
flooding--and the martial law cordon around the city.
here is thier story of what has been called tribal behaviour( Read more... )

A rush to purchase US$50 used laptops turned into a violent stampede today, with people getting thrown to the pavement, beaten with a folding chair and nearly driven over. One woman went so far as to wet herself rather than surrender her place in line ( Read more... )

Rats or lead poisoning. When it comes to the threats from the broken down house next door, Dorothy Bates isn't sure which is worse ( Read more... )