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  • Life SIte: Thousands of Irish join Belfast rally to defend life from conception
    July 7th, 2016

    Thousands of people bussed, drove and walked from throughout Ireland and British-ruled Northern Ireland on Saturday to unite in defense of laws protecting life from conception.

    “This generation of pro-lifers are committed, tireless, skilled and determined, and they will ensure that love wins through, that abortion is defeated, and that mothers and babies are protected,” Niamh Ui Bhriain, the director of the Dublin-based Life Institute, told the All-Ireland Rally for Life — a crowd bright with banners, posters, flags, and face paint.

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  • Mail: 'Girls as young as NINE should be taught about fertility': Experts say children should be warned of starting a family too late
    July 7th, 2016

    Girls as young as nine should be told not to leave it too late in life to start a family, a leading fertility expert has advised.

    Adam Balen, chairman of the British Fertility Society (BFS) and professor of reproductive medicine at Leeds University, said children need to be taught about fertility from a young age.

    They should learn that they must eat healthily and exercise to ensure their bodies remain in good shape to have babies.

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  • Telegraph: Burka ban for Muslims enforced in Switzerland with fines of up to £8000
    July 7th, 2016

    A new burka ban has been enforced in a Swiss canton, with one couple already being fined for defying it.

    A Swiss woman, who has converted to Islam, and a French-Algerian businessman publically opposed the ban in the city of Locarno in the canton of Tessin when it came into effect last Friday.

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  • Mail: Bangladesh clamps down on social media after cafe attack
    July 7th, 2016

    Bangladesh has launched a clampdown on social media sites spreading jihadist propaganda after an attack on a Dhaka cafe in which 20 hostages were murdered, saying the country's young were being radicalised online.

    Authorities said the deadly siege at an upmarket cafe popular with foreigners had been an "eye-opener", exposing the role of social media in recruiting young men to jihadist groups.

    "Social media has become a fertile ground for recruiting militants," the head of the telecoms regulator Shahjahan Mahmood told AFP.

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  • Times (£): Three-parent babies 'face health risks'
    July 7th, 2016

    Creating “three-parent babies” may result in children suffering unexpected side-effects, research has suggested.

    Scientists in Spain bred mice with the same nuclear DNA but different mitochondrial DNA and found that as they got older they aged at different rates, according to an article in Nature.

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  • Parliament: Ofsted Chief Inspector candidate rejected by Committee
    July 7th, 2016

    Following a recent pre-appointment hearing, the House of Commons Education Committee has reported that it is unable to support the appointment of Amanda Spielman, the Government's preferred candidate to succeed Sir Michael Wilshaw as Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education, Children's Services and Skills (HMCI).

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  • NY Times: Internet Porn Nearly Ruined His Life. Now He Wants to Help.
    July 6th, 2016

    Alexander Rhodes sat along a stretch of grass, looking out over the Allegheny River. The two of us were sitting in a quiet space on the outskirts of Pittsburgh where we had planned to spend the night in tents camping out.

    “The key thing to consider is that I am not a very good businessman,” he said. “I’m not really anything but a guy who was addicted to internet porn.”

    A few years ago, Mr. Rhodes, 26, founded a website as an online space meant to help others who share his particular problem. It has about one million unique visitors each month, he said, and nearly breaks even.

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  • Irish Examiner: Independents to defy Enda Kenny on Mick Wallace's fatal foetal abnormalities Bill
    July 6th, 2016

    The lack of agreement within the Cabinet comes as several Fine Gael ministers rushed to the defence of Attorney General Maire Whelan, whose advice they have ignored.

    They denied her position is now untenable, given the defiant stance taken by the Independent ministers, but Ms Whelan was considering her position in recent days, sources have said.

    During the meeting, Mr Kenny is said to have told ministers of his own position in relation to the Bill and also of the importance of collective Cabinet decision-making.

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  • Washington Times: YouTube pulls video critical of jihad for 'hate speech'
    July 6th, 2016

    A three-minute video criticizing the Muslim Brotherhood, jihad and Sharia law was removed by YouTube on Tuesday for "hate speech."

    Posted by CoutnerJihad on Thursday, the video criticizes “civilizational jihad,” or the imposition of Sharia in the West through nonviolent means.

    Jim Hanson, executive vice president of the Center for Security Policy, told CounterJihad that the policy cited by YouTube was actually created to stop the spread of Islamic State propaganda.

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  • Bangkok Post: Separate LGBT jails on cards
    July 6th, 2016

    The Department of Corrections is preparing to separate lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) prisoners from other prisoners to ensure their safety and security.

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