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Medical Student Cheating- Is it Institutionalized?

"Cooperate and Graduate": When cheating is the norm.

(PORTLAND, OR) - The New York Times, September 15th 2012, reports “125 Harvard University students cheating on a final exam” by Rebecca Harrington, Harvard 2008. Other reports from all over the country report similar shenanigans even at West Point, Annapolis and the Air Force Academy. What gives?

Best grades get best internships!!! It doesn’t seem to make any difference where one is or what university, grades are the ONLY thing that matters.

The Rohingya Problem: Why? - Speech

It is necessary that we learn of this greatest tragedy of our time so that we can work towards finding a lasting solution to it.

(BANGKOK Eurasia Review) - I have been writing for the past 32 years since my days as a university student on a plethora of issues, which include history, culture and civilization of the peoples of the South Asia and the Middle East.

I have also studied and written on international politics, human rights and terrorism.

U.S. Directly Encourages Destruction of Muslim Culture in Burma

Into the depths of despair: Burma's Human Rights violators given clean bill by Clinton; it is all about money and not saving lives, being legal or even decent.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - This should be satire, but it is not.

As a Genocide rages in Burma against Rohingya Muslims from Arakan state, the United States government announces the end of sanctions on Myanmar leaders.

Ethnic Cleansing Nightmare: Buddhist Bloodstains on Burma`s Barren Soul

Warning: Extremely Graphic Photos - CAUTION!

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Just what is it that forces human beings to behave like the most savage beasts? Here are a couple of insights I am gleaning from my work.

First, when committing war crimes, be sure to do a really thorough job of destroying the person or people you attack. Make their final appearance 'unacceptable' to the photo editors and then your murders of civilian innocents will never be seen by anyone!

Syria`s Propaganda War

To the embarrassment of the opposition army, the presence in Syria of jihadist groups, some claiming links to Al-Qaida, is an established fact.

(PARIS Le Monde) - Both sides in the Syrian conflict — and all the Middle Eastern powers — are manipulating events and rumours for their own purposes.

Media access to hard facts is limited where it exists at all, and anyway most media want a simple, sympathetic narrative, and want it now.

Kappang A9 Highway and Kappang Flyway of Sri Lanka

Tamils going through Katunayake International airport are targeted.

(COLOMBO Sri Lanka Guardian) - The government’s big banging road development projects in the north is becoming money minting machinery for the police/army patrols and check-points.

Vehicles are stopped with the intent of demanding kappang (bribe) from the drivers on ludicrous charges of violation of road rules.

9/11 Doubts Seep into the Mainstream as Evidence Accumulates

The most significant expert may turn out to be Judge Ferdinando Imposimato, the widely respected honorary president of the Italian Supreme Court and legendary mafia hunter who lost his brother in a revenge attack.

(LONDON) - As the annual 9/11 remembrance draws to a close, the world is as split as ever. Not only on whether the Afghan and Iraq invasions were justified, but between those who accept Washington's official 9/11 story and those who do not.

Under the mainstream media radar, the number of those who do not is steadily increasing, forming substantial majorities in places like Pakistan and Egypt and significant minorities even in NATO's heartland countries, France, the UK and the US itself.

Blog.... uh excuse me!

An ugly word, an ugly purpose?

(BANGKOK) - The word "blog" is a ridiculous contraction of "web log" and an ugly word, it sounds like someone walking through a swamp in too-small wellington boots.

The word was developed and pushed by the mainstream media to denigrate opinions held by non-aligned individuals, so I don't read anything that independent writers call "blogs"...

Sedition Law is Against Spirit of Democracy

The process of building up political alternatives has to be based on holding -- and advocating -- views that are contrary to those held by the current holders of power.

(NEW DELHI) - I was convicted of sedition (section 124 of the IPC) on Christmas eve 2009, and awarded life imprisonment. I had already spent two years in jail as an undertrial before the Supreme Court granted me bail.

Following my conviction, another four months was spent in a solitary cell before the Supreme Court suspended the sentence and granted bail, remarking in the process that there did not seem to be any evidence against me.

Poor Mitt, He Can`t Help if He was Born With a Silver Foot in His Mouth

(In reference to the poor) “My job is not to worry about those people (because) I’ll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their (own) lives.” - Mitt Romney

(PASO ROBLES, CA) - Mitt Romney says he was born with a silver spoon, but inherited nothing. Obama believers might change that to read, “poor Mitt, can’t help it if he was born with a silver foot in his mouth.”

Mitt said “47 percent of voters will vote for Obama Because they are dependent upon government, who believe they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe they are entitled to healthcare, to food...