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The Brutality of "Bulldozer Justice" in India by Dr. Binoy Kampmark 27 June 2022 It looks all too eerily similar as a method: the expulsion of individuals from their home, the demolition of said home and the punishing of entire families. All excused by a harsh reading of local regulations. (Add a comment) | Once again turned back by Amir Khatib 27 June 2022 Once again my eyes go to that place;
To a square mark the sides of the heart,
Measured by a closed eye,
(I used to grope the walls of the houses and ran with my eyes closed until I reached... (Add a comment) | "Work will pay again": EU directive for adequate minimum wage by Ovi Magazine Guest 27 June 2022 The EU Parliament agrees on the new directive for an adequate minimum wage. In the future, the cost of living, purchasing power, general economic growth and the wage structure of an EU... (Add a comment) | Ephemera #62 by Thanos Kalamidas 27 June 2022 Ephemera: a word with ancient Greek roots meaning 'something that is produced or created that is never meant to last or be remembered'. (Add a comment) | Alice McDermott by The Ovi Team 27 June 2022 June 27th; National Book Award winner Alice McDermott is born this day in Brooklyn to first-generation Irish-Catholic parents in 1953. (Add a comment) | Ebola Virus by The Ovi Team 27 June 2022 27th June 1976; the world's first recorded Ebola virus epidemic begins making its way through the area. By the time the epidemic is over, 284 cases are reported, with about half of the victims dying from the disease. (Add a comment) | Soviets blockade West Berlin by The Ovi Team 27 June 2022 Jun 27, 1948; Soviets blockade West Berlin. One of the most dramatic standoffs in the history of the Cold War begins as the Soviet Union blocks all road and rail traffic to and from West Berlin. The blockade turned out to be a terrible diplomatic move by (Add a comment) | 26 June: International Day Against Torture. by Rene Wadlow 26 June 2022 Torture has a bad name among the police and security agencies of most countries. Thus torture is usually called by other names. (Add a comment) | Desert Wind by Nikos Laios 26 June 2022 I walked on along
A desert highway
That cut through
Red sand and rolling
Dunes that stretched
As far as the eyes could see, (Add a comment) | Always something; the family edition #36 by Thanos Kalamidas 26 June 2022 Mix a little childhood silliness with adult seriousness and you are always up to something; trouble most of the time! (Add a comment) | International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking by The Ovi Team 26 June 2022 The 26th of June International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking was established by the United Nations in 1987. In its 2006 edition, the UNODC launched an anti-drugs campaign... (Add a comment) | International Day in Support of Victims of Torture by The Ovi Team 26 June 2022 June 26th is the international day in support of victims of torture. Torture seeks to annihilate the victim's personality and denies the inherent dignity of the human being. The United Nations has... (Add a comment) | Pearl Buck by The Ovi Team 26 June 2022 June 26th 1892; Nobel Prize-winning author Pearl Buck is born in West Virginia to parents on furlough from their missionary work in China. The family soon returned to China... (Add a comment) | Chaplin's, 'The Gold Rush' by The Ovi Team 26 June 2022 June 26th 1925; Charlie Chaplin's comedy, "The Gold Rush," premiered in Hollywood. A lone prospector ventures into Alaska looking for gold. He gets mixed up with some burly characters... (Add a comment) | newer 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 older |
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