China turns to sea burials as space for graves runs out
In this country of almost 1.4 billion people, life is an unending struggle for resources - money, property, even spouses. And it doesn't get easier in death.
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In this country of almost 1.4 billion people, life is an unending struggle for resources - money, property, even spouses. And it doesn't get easier in death.
China's middle class was above 10 million in 2012, and 75 percent of them hope that their children will study abroad, according to a report jointly released by Forbeschina.com and CreditEase, a Beijing-based wealth management firm.
It seems that in at least one part of the world, the golden arches have lost a little luster.
Boston College is threatening to punish a group of students who are giving out condoms in their dorms and on campus sidewalks.
An Italian man known as the "Devil's Advocate" who said he provided legal representation to the likes of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, was not a genuine lawyer but a fraudster, a jury at a London court ruled on Wednesday.
A British judge upheld on Friday a decision to ban a Christian group from placing adverts on London buses that suggested people could be cured of homosexuality.
Most people who are not straight white men would probably smirk at the idea that straight white men feel alienated in the higher education workplace.
(Mary Mitchell has written several books on the subject of etiquette, including "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Etiquette" and "Class Acts."
The news that the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis I, is a Jesuit, a scholar, and an advocate for social justice was greeted with enthusiasm by Catholic-college presidents.
Very few of us would argue that “it’s OK to kick a puppy in the face.”