Australian girl, 6, barred from bus over hijab row

Seeded on Thu Oct 21, 2010 4:42 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

A six-year-old Muslim girl in Australia has been suspended from using her school bus for "bullying" after reacting angrily to being teased about her hijab, or headscarf, a report said.

muslim, australia, religion, hijab

Iraqis in military uniforms kill 24 in Sunni area - Yahoo! News

Seeded on Sat Apr 3, 2010 3:51 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

Gunmen trying to pass themselves off as U.S. and Iraqi soldiers raided a Sunni village outside Baghdad and killed at least 24 people in an execution-style attack, apparently targeting a Sunni group that revolted against al-Qaida in Iraq, authorities and witnesses said Saturday.

iraq, middle-east, al-qaida, sunni, murder, world-news, baghdad

ISRAEL: Nationalist group urges model Bar Refaeli to marry Jewish, dump Leo DiCaprio

Seeded on Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:18 PM EST (The L.A. Times)

Supermodel Bar Refaeli is one of Israel's most successful "exports." But with fame comes responsibility -- and now an Israeli organization is beseeching Refaeli not to wed Leonardo DiCaprio -- out of a responsibility to future generations.

israel, marriage, jewish, world-news

Doctors feared saving suicidal young woman

Seeded on Fri Oct 2, 2009 2:57 PM EDT (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Doctors allowed a young woman to kill herself because she had signed a ''living will'' that meant they could have been prosecuted if they intervened to save her life.

suicide, health, mental-health, uk, living-will

Women whipped for bad thoughts

Seeded on Fri Oct 2, 2009 12:12 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

One of several stories in 'Oddball' news. Some Hindus in India have a yearly ritual of whipping women so that they can be absolved of their 'bad thoughts'.

odd-news, hinduism, india-women

State budget cuts could close some libraries

Seeded on Thu Jun 25, 2009 3:14 PM EDT (Dayton Daily News)

Public libraries across Ohio will likely close their doors if the state sticks them with another $112 million budget cut on top of the steep revenue decline they've already endured, said Lynda Murray of the Ohio Library Council.

education, library