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Walking boots split across the soles. Something got in them and chewed my ankles. I have holes in my feet now. Left boots in bin at hotel. Came home in slippers ( Read more... )

[NSFW]http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/terrifyingly-lifelike-male-sex-dolls-are-now-on-the-market-but-surely-women-wont-buy-them-10410553.htmlRead more... )

General Kanene: Zambia pardons singer who raped 14 year old - makes him ambassador against sexual violenceUN human rights experts have criticsed Zambia after it pardoned a singer who was convicted of the rape of a 14-year-old girl - then appointed him as an ambassador in the fight against gender violence ( Read more... )

"Out of great crises, humanity has borne beautiful visions. World War II gave rise to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, an enduring standard for our spirit and capacity as one people. The fall of Apartheid led South Africa to the single most bold and progressive constitution in the world ( Read more... )

People keep asking that on the G Adventures forum. It's always women travelling alone who are worried about whether that's safe.

Of course it's not safe. Nowhere's safe, and some places in Europe are particularly unsafe.

If you're living in the USA, though, it looks like it might be a lot safer than staying at home.

If you think that's bad, ( Read more... )

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/lord-lawson-climate-think-tank-under-review-after-adviser-offers-to-write-paper-for-sham-oil-company-a6767261.htmlRead more... )

Torres del Paine? I'm making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS ( Read more... )

Tired of horizontal smears on your monitor screen? Use PC World ESSENTIALS screen cleaning wipes to turn them into vertical smears ( Read more... )

"Why, of course, the people don't want war. Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after ( Read more... )