Monday, June 17, 2013

Interesting News

It's been quite a while since I've posted anything of great value or meaning and there are many world wide events happening that I think are pretty interesting (or at least important.)
Of course I'm going to the New York Times, because that's where I always go to learn about current events that are occurring around the world.

  • Riots in Turkey have caused a great uproar in the news recently. The Turkish people seem to be rioting against their government and have caused a vast unrest among the country of Turkey.  Here's a more recent article. -> Turkish Riots

  • A art piece, in form of a play, called  "Roadkill" is making headlines about the terrors of human trafficking.  If you don't know about human trafficking, you're not living in the present.  It is a large and ever growing problem in the country and around the world.  Here's the article from the NYT  -> Roadkill
Here's some facts about human trafficking according to the Polaris Project
    • 27 million people are "modern-day" slaves around the world
    • 70% of any women that gets abducted into trafficking is involved in the sex trafficking "industry."
    • Here's a sad statistic: The average age that a person enters into prostituions is between the ages of 12 to 14.

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