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Canada's National Anthem May Become Gender -Neutral

A vote is set to take place today on whether to change the English version of Canada's national anthem, "O Canada," to remove a reference to "sons" and replace it with gend...

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Internet Freedom: Why Access Is Becoming A Human Right

When most people think or speak about internet freedom, they are often concerned with the right, for example, to say what you want online without censorship and without bei...

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Revamped Los Angeles Film Festival Opens With An Aim To 'Bring Diversity To The Mainstream'

When the Los Angeles Film Festival announced plans to move from its hub in Westwood to downtown L.A. six years ago, the news was met with skepticism. Would industry types d...

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Why It Matters When Hollywood Actresses Talk About Pay Equality

This week everyone was talking about “House of Cards” — not because Netflix just dropped a new season on us, but because a star of the series, Robin Wrigh...

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No Middle Ground: The Risks Of Being A Human Rights Defender In India

The middle ground for human rights work throughout India is eroding fast. Social activists, civil society leaders and “right to information” activists—who...

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How Worried Should We Be About The 'Nightmare Bacteria' Making Headlines?

 “It’s not that this bacteria is highly transmissible,” said Dr. Emil Lesho, director of WRAIR’s Multidrug-resistant Organism Repository and Su...

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Plants Know When They’re Being Touched

By and large, most research seeking to attribute a mental life to plants has been discredited over the years. Yet new research coming out of the University of Western Austr...

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Ontario Place To Host Arts And World Music Festival In September

For the first time since 2012, Toronto's Ontario Place will be fully open to the public later this year for the staging of an arts and world music festival.
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Bollywood Actress Jacqueline Supports UN Campaign Against Illegal Wildlife Trade.

United Nations: Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez, Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen among others are lending their support to a global campaign launched by the Uni...

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World No Tobacco Day 2016: WHO Appeals For Plain Packaging Of Tobacco Products.

The World No Tobacco Day is observed on May 31 every year, and this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for governments across the world to enact policies ...

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