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Saudi Women: "If you are dependent on another person, you've got nothing."

Posted on Apr 21, 2008, Source: Independent UK

In Saudi Arabia, women literally belong to men. A new report describes the demoralizing reality of this gender apartheid system.

The World's Dump: Ocean Garbage From Hawaii to Japan

Posted on Feb 6, 2008, Source: The Independent UK

A "plastic soup" of floating waste in the Pacific Ocean now covers an area twice the size of the continental U.S.

World Bank Pledges to Save Trees, Then Helps Cut Down Amazon

Posted on Jan 17, 2008, Source: The Independent UK

A month ago it vowed to fight deforestation. Now research reveals it funds the rainforest's biggest threat.
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