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Apr 08
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Image via Twitter user @eleisa_jp.

'Better naked', say Venezuelan students

Campus raid in Caracas sparks #MejorDesnudosQue solidarity stripping campaign.
Apr 08
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Supporters of the controversial birth control or Reproductive Health (RH) law celebrate in front of the court's summer residence in Baguio City, north of Manila on April 8, 2014 (AFP/Getty Images)

Birth control law upheld by Philippines Supreme Court

Filipinos celebrate ruling they say separates church and state.
Apr 08
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A Roma man holds up a sign reading "Slums for all" during a demonstration on Republic Square in Paris on International Roma Day on April 8, 2014. (AFP/JOEL SAGET)

Discrimination persists as world marks #RomaDay

Amnesty International says European leaders not doing enough to fight discrimination and violence against Roma.
Apr 08
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A butcher arranges halal meat at a butcher shop in Paris, France on March 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

French mayor calls for halal ban in town canteens

Netizens discuss halal food and secularism after right-wing politicians vow to take religion out of cafeterias.
Apr 07
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A girl stands in the background after escorting the Rwandan genocide flame, known as the "Kwibuka" (Remembering) 20-years, in the Rwandan capital on April 5, 2014. (REUTERS/NOOR KHAMIS)

Remembering #Rwanda20yrs

Netizens hold a social media memorial to commemorate the Rwandan genocide.
Apr 07
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Children and parents are rounded up in police raids in Nairobi's Eastleigh suburb on Sunday, April 6, 2014. (HARU MUTASA/AL JAZEERA)

Kenyans question mass arrests of Eastleigh Somalis

Hundreds arrested following bombing last week that left six people dead.
Apr 07
Episode
A nurse uses a wireless electronic tablet to order medicines from the pharmacy at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital on March 16, 2010 in Birmingham, England. (GETTY/CHRISTOPHER FURLONG)

Crowdsourcing a cure

The Stream looks into the harms and benefits of online medical campaigns.
Apr 03
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Photo via William Floyd School District.

Black student gets into every Ivy League school, Reddit gets racist

Student's admittance into elite US universities sparks online conversation about race and affirmative action.
Apr 03
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Applicants scale a fence during a recruitment drive for the Nigeria Immigration Service in Abuja March 15, 2014. (REUTERS/AFOLABI SOTUNDE)

Nigerians want minister fired over stampede deaths

Job seeker deaths prompt public anger and calls for Nigeria's interior minister to resign.
Apr 03
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A couple at the St. Peter's church of the Anglican Church of Kenya in Uthiru, Nairobi, Kenya, on Easter Monday, 05 April 2010. (EPA/DAI KUROKAWA)

Marriage in Kenya: A man's world?

Kenyan parliament passes a bill that legalises polygamy without a wife’s consent.

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