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...China's defense spending has increased by an annual average of 16% over the past 10 years, and on Oct. 1 the government marked the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic with a massive military parade. U.S. officials often question why China feels its military requires such a sustained modernization program, and a Pentagon report in March said that a lack of transparency from the Chinese side "poses risks to stability by creating uncertainty and increasing the potential for misunderstanding and miscalculation." China rejected the U.S. report as "groundless" criticism and an effort to stir...
...with power were allowed to abuse those who had none," Rudd told an audience of 1,000 in Canberra on Monday. "The truth is this is an ugly story, and its ugliness must be told without fear or favor if we are to confront fully the demons of our past. And in so doing, animate it once again the better angels of our human nature...
...Right-to-die proponents, however, are outraged at what they perceive as the government's interference in a personal matter. "This goes against the human right of self-determination - a principle that has been an integral part of the Swiss mentality for the past 700 years," says Bernhard Sutter, a board member of EXIT. Sutter says that the organization, which has 70,000 members, not only obeys the law, but also follows its own stringent guidelines, such as the detailed examination of a candidate's medical records, in-depth interviews and compulsory counseling about alternatives to suicide...
Between gay marriage, decriminalized abortion and all that pornography on TV, you'd think that the Spanish would be impossible to shock. After all, theirs is a country that in the past couple of decades has not merely evolved from its conservative, Catholic past but has rushed dramatically away from it. But teen masturbation workshops funded with public money? Turns out some Spaniards may not be quite ready for that...
...curriculum for ninth-graders includes lessons on abortion and masturbation. In Germany, where sex education is mandatory, public school teachers have been known to discuss oral sex and different sexual positions. And in Britain, the National Health Service responded to the country's burgeoning rates of teen pregnancy this past summer by launching an awareness campaign called "One Orgasm a Day" that sought to steer young people away from intercourse and toward masturbation. (Admittedly, that one got a lot of attention...