Syria Open to Cease Fire?

Bashar Al-Assad and wife Asmaa Al-Assad

It’s been a year since protest in Syria started and as time moved on, that once nonviolent protest turned into Genocide, as President Al-Assad did not want to be defy. It’s been said, that Bashar Al-Assad may have cheated on his wife, but he has been raping Syria for the better of part of 10 years.  Now with the United Arab league and other international organizations heavily involved and demanding this mass murder at the hands of the Syrian government --stop, it seems that Al-Assad just may be ready to meet them half way, but don’t get too excited, there is a catch to his sudden compromise.

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What's Your Number? #7Billion

As we move closer to October 31st, the day the world population reaches 7 Billion, find out where you fit into 7 Billion. Just enter your birthday into ‘7 Billion and Me,’ the newly launched interactive website from the UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund, which personalizes demographic trends. The website aims to help put these huge numbers in perspective by allowing users to relate their own personal characteristics —-such as date of birth, place of birth, sex, and current residence- to the rest of the world’s, soon to be, 7 billion citizens.


The Earth’s population topped the six billion mark approximately 12 years ago, and some estimates claim that it will top eight billion in 2025 and 10 billion by 2083.
The planet’s population has grown a reported 1.2% over the past five years.

“We are not here simply to acknowledge that milestone. We are here to address all of its vast implications,” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Photo Credit: UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund

PHOTOS: South Sudan is Born

Happy Independence South Sudan!!

After 40 years of civil war and 2.5 million dead, it was a joyous occasion as a new nation called the Republic of South Sudan was born.

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