Womens rights NGO Aurat Foundation has launched a pilot study on honour killings in Pakistan, which focuses on legislation to counter the trend.
The study was launched on Wednesday under the foundations Legislative Watch Programme for Women Empowerment. Norwegian ambassador to Pakistan Cecilie Landsverk was the chief guest at the ceremony.
Speaking at the ceremony, the foundations Chief Operating Officer Naeem Ahmed Mirza stressed on the need to look into the hindrances in implementation of the law against honour killings that was passed in 2004.
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The Wall Street Journal: Ryan And The Right It’s no surprise that the White House has denounced Paul Ryan’s new House budget as the end of welfare-state civilization. The puzzle is why some conservatives are taking shots at the best chance in decades for serious government reform (3/26).
The Wall Street Journal: Ryan For Vice President? The news from Paul Ryan on Fox News Sunday had nothing to do with the budget. Chris Wallace asked the House Budget Committee chairman if he is open to becoming the vice presidential nominee, and Mr. Ryan didn’t close the door. He also said he had given the matter no thought, but if that’s true he probably should start thinking because it’s possible he could be invited to join a Mitt Romney ticket.
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Youth baseball season will soon begin, and parents and coaches need to know how to prevent player injuries, a medical expert says.
Shoulder and elbow injuries are the most common and are typically due to overuse, said Dr. Tony Wanich, an attending surgeon in the orthopedic surgery department at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City.
Appropriate conditioning and training, along with following safe guidelines for play, are the best ways to prevent injury.
Wanich offered the following tips:
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Aerobic exercise is indeed one of the cornerstones of health, but it turns out that aerobic activity and pollution really don’t mix. If you live in a heavily polluted urban area or travel frequently to such places, you may want to rethink your exercise regimen so that you can reap the maximum benefits with minimum harm to your lungs.
Why Air Pollution and Exercise Don’t Mix
Air pollution is never a good thing, but it becomes even more harmful when mixed with exercise. Exercising in polluted areas increases our exposure to air pollutants. During aerobic activity, we breathe more deeply and rapidly than we do when we’re at rest. As a
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Tags: Pollution
Take a cow. Chop it into pieces. Sell the edible bits to supermarkets, ship its hide to a handbag factory, send leftover bones and organs to a rendering plant. Now, what’s left? In most of the developed world, the answer is simple: pet food.
But in America, they do food differently. Here, scientists discovered a way to turn scraps from the abattoir floor into a substance called “pink slime”, which is then sold in hamburgers, tacos and other beef-based products.
In 2001, it became legal to sell “pink slime” in America. Today, more than half the ground beef sold in America contains the stuff.
US foodies have earnestly cited “pink slime” as exhibit A in the list of liberties taken by the food industry.
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