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U.S. Supreme Court approves strip searches for minor offenses A New Jersey man who was strip searched in prison after being accused of failing to pay a traffic fine lost his Supreme Court appeal Monday. The Supreme Court refused Monday to limit strip searches of new jail inmates, even those arrested for minor traffic offenses. […]

A-level students often apply to universities in the United Kingdom. British universities (including Scottish universities, which receive many applicants taking A-levels). Students in England study General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) over 2 years, from the age of 15, and take GCSE exams at the end of this period.  These are the final years of their compulsory high […]

People with origins in India are close to being one percent of America’s population Indo-Asian News Service Washington: People of Indian origin are close to making one percent of America’s population of 308.7 million with their numbers shooting up by a whopping 69.37 percent over the last decade. Indians are now the largest Asian subgroup in […]

April 1, 2012  China cracks down on social media as coup rumours swirl Ian Johnson The Sydney Morning Herald . China started a sweeping crackdown of its vibrant social-networking media over the weekend, detaining six people, closing 16 websites and shutting off the comment function for two gigantic microblog services. The campaign, which was announced late […]

Brazil to rally BRICS against rich countries Reuters NEW DELHI- Brazil will push for its large emerging-market peers including China to denounce what it sees as unfair monetary policies by Europe and the United States, raising the stakes in a global confrontation over economic imbalances. Brazilian Trade and Industry Minister Fernando Pimentel told Reuters on […]

Understanding the difference between Hispanic/Latino and one’s racial classification By Dilemma X Joe Oliver the so called friend who claims George Zimmerman, the man who shot and killed unarmed teen Trayvon Martin, is not white and is a Latino seems to not understand something about race and Hispanic/Latino origin. What Joe Oliver doesn’t know is the U.S. […]

Almost 2 out of 10 men in their prime are not working By Allison Linn MSNBC The recent improvements in the job market have given us reason to hope the economy is finally on the mend. But after five years of struggles, here’s a sobering reminder of how far we still have to go: Nearly […]

View the most recent update release date March 26, 2015 at this Dilemma X weblink: U.S. Census Bureau population estimates reveal metro areas and counties that propelled growth-Release Date: March 26, 2015 U.S. Census Bureau releases data on growth in U.S. urban population centers Among urbanized areas with populations of 1 million or more, the Charlotte, N.C., […]

Sunday 25 March 2012 Senegal votes in new president Macky Sall wins as incumbent Abdoulaye Wade conceded after preliminary results showed a landslide for opposition Associated Press in Dakar President Abdoulaye Wade conceded defeat to his former protege Macky Sall after preliminary results showed the opposition candidate had trounced the 85-year-old incumbent. The move alleviated […]

Sunday 25 March 2012 US compensation for Afghanistan shooting spree Authorities have paid $50,000 for each Afghan killed and $11,000 for each person wounded, say tribal leaders Associated Press US authorities have paid $50,000 (£32,000) in compensation for each Afghan killed in a shooting spree allegedly carried out by an American soldier in Kandahar province, […]