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POPSUnsustainable Agriculture Heads for a Collapse While at the same time, the pressure to produce has increased -- India has trebled its chicken consumption. The chickens are raised in factory farms, wasting 3 times the protein and calories. As the rich consume more meat, prices go up and the poor become more malnourished. (The global scenario is repeated within the country).
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POPSTaliban whip woman for socializing with a Man Sindhi women's rights groups protested in Hyderabad against the Taliban atrocities in Swat. The video is disturbing. The punishment is similar to what happens in Saudi Arabia: By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: March 10, 2009 A 75-year-old widow living in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to 40 lashes and four months in jail for mingling with two young men who are not close relatives, her lawyer said Monday. The newspaper Al Watan said the woman, Khamisa Sawadi, met with two 24-year-old men in April after she asked them to bring five loaves of bread to her home. The two men, her nephew and his business partner, were arrested by the religious police after delivering the bread, the newspaper said.