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In late August, Madonna performed in Bucharest, Romania, as part of her Sticky & Sweet tour. While on stage, the Queen of Pop took a short break from singing to discuss an issue she said she had become acquainted with, that of Gypsy discrimination. In return, audiences booed her. Now, Ethan Hawke is speaking in Madon... |
3 November 2009
11:21 GMT |
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A new study seems to indicate the fact that, in the 19th century, Irish emigrants to England renounced baptizing their children with Catholic names such as Patrick and Bridget, our of fear that the English would discriminate against them. The research team, based at the Durham and Northumbria universities, says that ... |
20 October 2009
20:11 GMT |
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More and more people are classified as overweight or obese with each passing day in what has been generally referred to as the obesity epidemics. Health experts constantly issue warnings about the health risks the obese and overweight are exposed to because of the many extra pounds, but the danger for them lurks from... |
20 October 2009
13:31 GMT |
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According to a new scientific study conducted by criminologists at the University of Leicester, in the United Kingdom, the effects of hate crime are both more widespread and deeper than initially estimated in other scientific papers. The experts also distinguish between the most aggressive forms of such crimes, such ... |
14 September 2009
09:52 GMT |
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The other week, as she was performing on her Sticky & Sweet tour in Bucharest, Romania, Madonna managed to get herself booed for cutting her set and addressing a 60,000-strong crowd on the issue of discrimination. In a statement released over the weekend to gossip blogger Perez Hilton, the singer’s rep says her... |
31 August 2009
03:22 GMT |
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For years now, Madonna’s tours have stirred controversy, either because she chooses to make a statement on art by being strapped on a mirrored cross or because of her dance moves and the way she dresses. The other night, though, as the singer performed in Bucharest, Romania, it was something that she said that ... |
28 August 2009
03:58 GMT |
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According to a new scientific study, published in the June issue of the scientific journal American Sociological Review, a publication of the American Sociological Association, the African American population in the United States is more likely than the White population to experience the sanctions of the welfare syst... |
2 June 2009
02:54 GMT |
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According to a new study, conducted in collaboration by the universities of Kent and Buffalo, men and women who feel pressure to look attractive are also more afraid of rejection than their peers who do not feel the same pressure. The results of the investigations also revealed that the pressure affects especially co... |
30 May 2009
05:33 GMT |
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According to the first study ever to assess the behavior of high-quality teachers in American schools, top educators are very likely to leave the institutions that are experiencing an affluence of African American students. In other words, whenever a learning institution – that is supposed to offer equal oppor... |
27 May 2009
21:01 GMT |
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University of British Colombia experts have recently published a new study showing the fact that people with Pakistani, Indian or Chinese names have a much lower chance of having their applications accepted for various positions than applicants who have English-sounding names. During the research, thousands of CVs we... |
21 May 2009
09:11 GMT |
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A blood type “frenzy” is currently sweeping Japan, authorities announce, in that all people are very interested in determining what their most outstanding blood-related features are. The country still holds the widespread belief that a person's blood houses a great deal of his or her character, and n... |
2 February 2009
16:01 GMT |
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The second largest computer maker in the world, Dell, is now being sued by female former top executives, alleging discrimination after the company announced a series of job cuts earlier this year. It seems that the Texas-based multinational technology company unfairly laid off four former senior female employees, who... |
31 October 2008
07:09 GMT |
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We all know that, when it comes to child safety and even customer support, the Xbox Live is not exactly something you would call "perfect", but at least the company is doing its best in order to change things around. However, it seems that every now and then they exaggerate things a bit too much and the only people w... |
15 May 2008
03:16 GMT |
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