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Koalas Named Protected Species After Sharp Drop In Numbers

Huffington Post UK | Charlie Lindlar | Posted 30.04.2012 | UK
Read More: New South Wales, Koalas, UK News, Australia, UK World, Endangered Species, Australian Capital Territory, Animals, Queensland, Act, UK News

Koalas have been named a protected species in Australia after statistics showed a sharp drop in the number of the animals in the country over the past...

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Forced Marriages Undermine the Values of Islam

Tehmina Kazi | Posted 12.06.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Home Office, Religion, Islam, Muslims, British Muslims, Forced Marriage, Secularism, Human Rights, Secular Muslims, Act, UK Politics News
Tehmina Kazi

Last week, the Home Office closed their three-month consultation on the criminalisation of forced marriage. When I initially posted the consultation document in the Facebook group for my organisation, British Muslims for Secular Democracy, there were cries of shock that forced marriage was not already a criminal offence. The right to choose who you will live with, sleep with, eat with and possibly raise children with, for the rest of your life, is as basic a right as they come. Violations of this right are not only disastrous for the individuals involved, but they undermine values that are fundamental to British society and Islam itself.

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Everybody Means Everybody

Graeme Keeton | Posted 26.05.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Charity, John Lewis, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Parenting, Act, Fundraising, Cambridge, Cambridge University, UK Impact, UK Lifestyle, UK Lifestyle News
Graeme Keeton

You don't have climb Everest or eat a giant cactus for your cause (although either of those things would be awesome). It doesn't matter what your day job is, if you're driven enough to help and to make a change, then there's always, always something that you can do. Just think about it.

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