Israel warns Journalists over planned flotilla

Israel warns media over planned flotilla to Gaza.  States that journalists may be banned from entering the country for 10 years and have their equipment confiscated if they participate.

Blockaded Gaza Strip nearly out of medical supplies

Blockaded Gaza Strip nearly out of medical supplies, are nearing a crisis.

China's Ai Weiwei released from detention

China's best known artist Ai Weiwei has been released from detention after 81 days.

Dr. Jack Kevorkian has passed away at the age of 83

Dr. Kevorkian was best know for his work in physician assisted suicide. He sparked sparked the debate over assisted suicide and raised issue about how people should be allowed to die. The Catholic church, and several pro-life groups vilified him and said that he left behind a legacy of death. While many family members of the people he assisted in ending their lives remain grateful.
Physician assisted suicide opens up an uncomfortable debate for many people, but it is a debate worth having. Do the terminally ill have the right to die to end their suffering? Can they get help from others to do so?

Modern Day Slavery

Slavery, by any other name, still common in parts of South Asia