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An Unsettling Account: Rape in India

With over 22,000 rape incidents occurring in 2010 alone, India is acountry which has become widely known for its high rate of rape inrecent years. Although, statisticians suspect the number is much higher

than this, as the majority of rape incidents go unreported. Navi Pillay, the

human rights chief of the United Nations, described rape in India as anational problem in 2011.

Recently, however, Indias rape problem has spent much time in the

international spotlight. On December 16, 2012, an Indian female and hersuspected boyfriend boarded a bus. They were headed home after seeinga movie and getting dinner together. The only other people on the buswere a group of 5 males and the driver. The group of males attacked thefemales boyfriend, beating him with a steel rod. They then raped the

woman and beat her severely. Using the same rod they had used to beatup her boyfriend, the males penetrated the woman and destroyed herintestines. Doctors would later find only 5% of her intestines left intact.

She died thirteen days later.

The nation of India responded immediately in outrage, with widespreadprotests. However, this anger was not contained within the borders ofIndia. People around the world were outraged, from South Africa to the

United Kingdom. The United Nations urged the government of India todo everything in their power to take up radical reforms, ensure justice

and reach out with robust public services to make womens lives moresafe and secure.

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January 2013


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WHOS THE MOST POPULARUS POLITICIAN, YOU ASK?

Thats right, its Hillary Clinton. According to a survey

released recently by Quinnipiac University, 62% of theAmerican voting population approves of Mrs. Clinton,

while only 34% disapproves. The former Secretary of

State surpassed both top ranking Democrat andRepublican politicians to land the coveted spot of most

popular.

The poll results were released just one week after she lefther post as Barack Obamas Secretary of State. Clinton

claims that she does not expect to re-enter the world of

politics, but her supporters hope this not to be the case.

Democrat and Republican strategists alike expect Hillary

to make her political re-entrance just in time for the

election of 2016.

HILLARY CLINTON IS THE FIRST FORMERFIRST LADY TO BE ELECTED TO THE U.S.SENATE

AND TO HOLD A FEDERAL CABINET-LEVEL POSITION.

If I want to knock a story off the front page, I just change my hairstyle.-

Hillary Clinton

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THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA:AGAME OF PASSIVE-AGGRESSION

Its no secret that the United States and Russia have had anything but a smooth

relationship over the past 200 years. Trying desperately to reach a state of

steadfast peace, both counties have often struggled to put on the facade that

everything is A-okay. This pseudo-friendship is a result of both countries

recognizing the power of the other. Those with big stones shouldnt throw stones

at those with equally big stones, so to speak.

Tension between the United States and Russia increased particularly in the post-

WWII era. Although the US had worked with the Soviet Union to take-down the

Axis powers, Franklin Roosevelt was always weary about working with Joseph

Stalin, a power hungry Communist; however, the enemy of my enemy is my

friend idiom prevailed, and World War II was brought to close. As the Soviet

Union and the USA no longer needed one another, they both began to make their

distaste for each other known. Russia was angered that the United States waited solong to enter WWII, leaving them to fend the Axis powers off by themselves.

Conversely, the United States was worried about the power of the Soviet Union as

they began to expand their control to much of Eastern Europe. This, of course, is

what led to the infamous Cold War.

Despite previous disagreements, the United States and Russia have managed to

get along fairly well in more recent years. With the elections of President Barack

Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, the United States and Russia

pressed a figurative and literal reset button to signify their dedication to starting

fresh.

All good things must come to an end, unfortunately, which is exactly what

happened when Vladimir Putin was re-elected to the Presidency of Russia inMarch of 2012. Putin has never been particularly fond of the USA, and most

likely never will be. The most recent example of this dislike for the United States

came in the form of an adoption ban which banned Americans from adopting

Russians children. Many families who were already in the process of adoption,

some of which had taken multiple trips to Russia to visit their future children,

were forced to end the adoption process before it was finalized. High ranking

Russian officials stated that American officials had refused Russian access to a

Russian-born boy who had been placed in a new home after his original foster

parents were found guilty of child abuse. This ban comes as a painful blow to

Russia-United States relations, as the State Department had worked out an

agreement for continued adoptions mere months ago.

Indeed, Russia and the U.S. were allies during the two tragic conflicts of the Second and the FirWorld Wars, which allows us to think there's something objectively bringing us together in difficu

times, and I think - I believe - it has to do with geopolitical interests and also has a moralcomponent. .Vladimir Putin

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