Meet the attorney who got Uganda's anti-gay law overturned
http://www.vox.com/2014/8/21/6005841/meet-the-attorney-who-got-ugandas-antigay-law-overturned
Nicholas Opiyo is a 34 year-old attorney who lives and practices law in Kampala, Uganda. He was appointed to a team of lawyers that was tasked with challenging and ultimately prosecuting Uganda's infamous Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA). In fact, Opiyo ...
Duke of Hawaii: A Swimmer and Surfer Who Straddled Two Cultures
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/23/upshot/duke-of-hawaii-a-swimmer-and-surfer-who-straddled-two-cultures.html
Duke Kahanamoku, who won a total of five swimming medals in Olympics from 1912 to 1924, probably did more than anyone else to bring the sport of surfing from his native Hawaiian islands to the United States mainland. Almost in reverse, he also played a ...
WHO warns of 'shadow zones,' hidden cases in Ebola outbreak
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/08/22/who-warns-shadow-zones-hidden-cases-in-ebola-outbreak/
The scale of the world's worst Ebola outbreak has been concealed by families hiding infected loved ones in their homes and the existence of "shadow zones" that medics cannot enter, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. The U.N. agency ...
Triad fans create own 'Doctor Who' episodes
http://myfox8.com/2014/08/22/triad-fans-create-own-doctor-who-episodes/
The Winston-Salem Journal is reporting that some enterprising local fans have created their own ?Doctor Who? fan film and plan to turn it into a series titled, ?Doctor Who: The Ginger Chronicles.? The first episode, ?A Dame to Kill,? was filmed early ...
Ebola Kills 1427: WHO
http://www.newsweek.com/ebola-kills-1427-who-266294
Earlier, the WHO said the scale of the world's worst Ebola outbreak had been concealed by families hiding infected loved ones in their homes and the existence of "shadow zones" that medics cannot enter. It is due to issue a global strategy plan towards ...
'Doctor Who' or 'Dr. Who'? Experts weigh in on the great name debate
http://www.zap2it.com/blogs/doctor_who_or_dr_who_experts_weigh_in_debate-2014-08
There's been plenty of debate in recent years over whether it's acceptable to refer to the BBC sci-fi classic "Doctor Who" as "Dr. Who." Sure, the abbreviation makes tweeting easier, but does it also highlight someone as a total "Who" newbie who doesn ...
Let's play the ?Who gets suspended this Friday?? game
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/08/22/lets-play-the-who-gets-suspended-this-friday-game/
So who ya got? Will it be Browns receiver Josh Gordon, who faces a one-year suspension under the substance-abuse policy? Will it be 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith, who faces a multi-game suspension for multiple violations of the substance-abuse policy ...
WHO, health ministry working on 'preparedness plan' on Ebola
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/WHO-health-ministry-working-on-preparedness-plan-on-Ebola/articleshow/40693794.cms
Interestingly, an example of working in tandem with the government was, WHO had recently informed the ministry that one passenger had travelled on the same flight in which an Ebola patient (foreign national) was travelling from Morovia to Lagos. The ...
