Average infection rate 30%; 400,000 deaths a year; 1.5 million orphans; 1.2 million without treatment.
Category: Latest News
Welcome to our archive of news stories relevant to the project of fighting fashionable nonsense. The stories are drawn from the electronic pages of the world’s media. On this page, you’ll find links to those stories that have been featured on Butterflies and Wheels during the current year. At the bottom of the page, you’ll find links to separate archives of stories from previous years.
We’re always pleased to hear about news stories that you think should be featured on Butterflies and Wheels. Just send an email here, if you want to point one out to us.
A note about links
Inevitably links go out of date. We suggest, therefore, that you make hard-copies of the stories that particularly interest you.
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Out of Prison
French rock star served four years for beating his girlfriend to death.
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Polio in Nigeria
There’s a new, mutated strain, thanks to the boycott.
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Nigerian Court Bans Satirical Play About Sharia
Court in Kaduna banned The Phantom Crescent, a play by civil rights activist and poet Shehu Sani.
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What is the Purpose of the Templeton Foundation?
The Templetons’ most famous baby is the young field of Positive Psychology.
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One Vote Under God
The role of religious belief in US 2008 election campaign.
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Sri Lankan Human Rights Advisers Quit
Days after UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said ‘prevalence of impunity’ in Sri Lanka was alarming.
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Amis Semi-apologizes for ‘Discriminatory stuff’
Never mentions ‘Islamophobia’ though, despite stupid headline.
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Eagleton is a Spiteful Bore Seeking Attention
‘I cannot understand how Western feminists can turn a blind eye to Islamic fundamentalism.’
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Pullman Magisterium v Hollywood Magisterium
Rejection of abuse of power in the Catholic Church has been altered ‘to avoid offending followers of the faith.’
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Women and Children for Sale
Abduction, false promises, transportation to a strange place, loss of freedom, abuse, violence, and deprivation.
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Hot New Idea: Treat Women as Grown-ups
And as if their bodies belong to them, not to everyone else.
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Indian Temple Stampede Kills Twelve People
Thousands of people reportedly crowded a narrow path leading to the temple when the stampede occurred.
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Welsh Girl Runs for her Life
After fleeing a forced marriage arranged by her father, Yasmin knows she must run or face certain death.
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Secularist of the Year Announced October 20
Matthew Parris, Kenan Malik, Johann Hari, Peter Tatchell, Mina Ahadi, Sam Harris, Michel Onfray, Oliver Kamm.
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The Return of Framing
If Gore would only take Matthew Nisbet’s advice, he might begin to get somewhere.
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Girl Marriage
Child brides are more likely to die young, suffer from health problems, live in poverty and remain illiterate.
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Nicaragua’s Abortion Law Risks Women’s Lives
Nicaraguan doctors are now afraid of going to jail. Many think it is better to let a woman die.
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Deaths Among Pregnant Women a Global Problem
In Nicaragua a new law has put a blanket ban on abortion even if the woman’s life might be in danger.
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Journalists Convicted of ‘Insulting Turkishness’
Arat Dink, son of Hrant Dink, and Serkis Seropyan referred to Armenian genocide.
