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In The Name of blasphemy - (part One)

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 In The Name of blasphemy - (part One)   Religious Atrocities in India. How was Kanhaiya Lal killed? Why was the Udaipur tailor murdered? Kanhaiya Lal had written some allegedly objectionable remarks over the Nupur Sharma row on social media. He was arrested and later released. The news agency PTI reported that after his release, he was getting threats over the phone. He had informed the police about them as well. The police had also arranged a meeting between him and the aggrieved parties and the matter appeared to be resolved. However, on Tuesday, he was murdered. According to reports, the two alleged assailants entered Kanhaiyalal's shop disguised as customers who wanted their clothes stitched. The unsuspecting tailor fell prey to their deception and started taking the measurements of Akhtari. The video of the crime shows Akhtari holding the cleaver as Kanhaiya Lal took his measurement. Mohammad, meanwhile, was recording the act on his camera. He then attacked the tailor a...

ADHD, Self-Harm, and Suicide

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Repost from originally published magazine/article   Attention Magazine Summer 2017             Download PDF   Risk Factors and Recommendations for Parents by Jocelyn Meza HIGH LEVELS OF RISK-TAKING and sensation-seeking behaviors mark the critical periods of adolescence and young adulthood. In particular, self-harm and suicide are public health concerns that affect adolescents and young adults disproportionately, with suicide rates quickly rising. Study links self-harm to heightened levels of self-hatred and childhood emotional abuse by Emily Manis June 25, 2022 in Mental Health What factors contribute to someone committing self-harm? A study published in Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy attempts to answer this by exploring differences between people who have a mental illness and self-harm, people who have a mental illness but don’t self-harm, and mentally healthy individuals. Deliberate self-harm is causin...

Syria Qubair: Bloody traces of massacre seen in village

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Syria Qubair: Bloody traces of massacre seen in village Ban Ki-moon: "How many more times have we to condemn them?" Syria Crisis Counting the victims Can Syria avoid civil war? Slow-motion tragedy Who are the shabiha? Source : BBC The smell of burnt flesh and evidence of bloodshed have greeted a BBC correspondent entering the village of Qubair in Syria, scene of a massacre. Our correspondent, travelling with UN monitors, found buildings gutted and burnt, but no sign of people in the tiny village near the city of Hama. Violence continues across Syria, with reports that the central city of Homs came under heavy shelling. Elsewhere, state TV reported two deadly car bomb attacks. Condemning the Qubair massacre earlier, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned of an imminent danger of civil war an...

'Life is such a blessing': The incredible bravery of Pakistani women who suffered horrific acid attacks in the name of 'family honour'

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Source : The Daily mail 'Life is such a blessing': The incredible bravery of Pakistani women who suffered horrific acid attacks in the name of 'family honour' By Associated Press PUBLISHED: 2 June 2012 After six years of abuse, Allah Rakhi was walking out of her marriage when her husband struck again. Snatching a knife, he sliced off her nose. 'You're no longer beautiful!' he shouted. He then slashed at her foot - brutal punishment for leaving the house without his permission. 'A woman is only a woman inside the home, outside she's a whore!' he yelled at Rakhi as she lay bleeding on the dusty street just outside her home. That was 32 years ago. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Years of abuse: Pakistani Allah Rakhi, 51, whose husband sliced off her nose and slashed her right foot with a razor in 1980, when she was 19. After marrying at 13, Rakhi suffered six years of abuse at the hands of her husband, right, sh...

'Napalm Girl Photo' From Vietnam War Turns 40

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'Napalm Girl Photo' From Vietnam War Turns 40 By MARGIE MASON 05/31/12 South Vietnamese forces follow after terrified children, including 9-year-old Kim Phuc, center, as they run down Route 1 near Trang Bang after an aerial napalm attack on suspected Viet Cong hiding places on June 8, 1972. A South Vietnamese plane accidentally dropped its flaming napalm on South Vietnamese troops and civilians. The terrified girl had ripped off her burning clothes while fleeing.(AP Photo/Nick Ut)  -------------------------- TRANG BANG, Vietnam — In the picture, the girl will always be 9 years old and wailing "Too hot! Too hot!" as she runs down the road away from her burning Vietnamese village. She will always be naked after blobs of sticky napalm melted through her clothes and layers of skin like jellied lava. She will always be a victim without a name. It only took a second for A...

Italy Earthquake 2012: Death Toll Rises To 17

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Italy Earthquake 2012: Death Toll Rises To 17 Source The Telegraph An earthquake killed at least 15 people in northern Italy, damaging buildings and spreading panic among thousands of residents still living in tents after a tremor in the same region destroyed their homes just over a week ago. Picture: EPA/MAURIZIO DEGL'INNOCENTI  ------------------------------------------------------------- Officials said several people were trapped under the rubble of houses and warehouses in the Emilia- Romagna region, where several building sites and workshops had just reopened after the previous quake on May 20. Picture: Pierre Teyssot/AFP/GettyImages  --------------------------------------------------------------- Civil protection officials said 15 people were confirmed dead. Seven people were killed in the May 20 quake that, like Tuesday's, had its epicentre not far from the city of Modena. ------------------------------------------------------------- The 5.8-mag...