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...moral responsibility to the animals. "The human species has come to a sorry, wretched and unsustainable state," he declares, "if the main reason to do or not do something is based on money and economic expansion." Which makes the proboscis monkey a creature of amusement, and of grave concern, all at once...
...inaugural report on women's health from the cradle to the grave, the World Health Organization found that HIV is the No. 1 killer of women ages 15 to 49 worldwide and that unequal access to sex education and health care leads to millions of preventable deaths each year. Traffic accidents, suicide and breast cancer are the top causes of death in high-income nations, while HIV/AIDS, maternal conditions (such as dying during childbirth and unsafe abortions) and tuberculosis account for 1 in 2 female deaths in poorer countries...
While the film’s subject matter is undoubtedly grave, Hancock—who directed “The Rookie,” another compelling underdog story, in 2002—seems to understand that there is inherent humor in the uncomfortable melding of seismically different socio-economic backgrounds, and he never stops effectively exploiting these moments of drama as simultaneous opportunities for humor. “Who’d have thought we’d have a black son before we knew a democrat?” remarks Leigh Anne’s understanding husband, Sean, played...
...Amon temple, but were stopped short by the unforgiving Saharan khamsin wind, which triggered sandstorms that scattered and eventually destroyed the attacking troops. The Castiglionis' team also heard bedouin tales of an entire valley of bleached human skulls and bones and they did indeed come across a grave of skeletons not far from Siwa. Among the bones was a bit used by Persian cavalrymen to tether their steeds...
...Lowdown: The WHO's inaugural cradle-to-grave study on women's health is far from comprehensive, but the U.N. agency can hardly be blamed for it. "The data and evidence that are available are too patchy and incomplete for this to be possible," Margaret Chan, the WHO's director, said in a statement accompanying the report's release. As for the information that is available, far too much of it focuses solely on women's reproductive and sexual health - "women are more than mothers," the WHO notes, and they "should be engaged in research as active participants." After...