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In the aftermath of the recent assassination of Pakistani governor Salman Taseer the alleged suspect, Mumtaz Qadri, was praised for killing him not by Al-Qaeda or the Taliban, but from moderate Muslim scholars (who actually oppose the Taliban) since they believed that a insult to Islam should result in death. In order to prevent any more assassinations linked to this one at the funeral for the gov. there is very tight security. I think that this shows how vulnerable someone becomes when they openly oppose or argue for a law or act that affects a large number of people. This kind of assassination has been seen many times before like when a activist is assassinated so they cannot fight against something.
This event also affect our lives, we have been having a similar problem within our class if someone say wanted to charge then that person wouldn’t be assassinated most likely but they may be called a “tattle tale” or similar names. This kind of not letting opposition speak, as long as the opposition is for a good cause and not just for personal gain, must end.
Now this one is a shocker, North Korea wants to have peace talks with South Korea! Just months after bombing South Korea and killing four people. What the U.S is telling N. Korea is that it needs to stop provoking S. Korea and that they can’t just say “actually never mind you just come on over and lets work this out, without warfare.” This proposal. Even if it is a trap or something, show how once people get the “one story” in their head and then something that doesn’t fit comes along then it doesn’t get accepted immediately. But this also shows how what years of conflict couldn’t solve perhaps two or three of talking can and how violence is not the best way to solve problems, especially large ones.Retracted Autism study an ‘elaborate fraud,’ British journal declares.
A now forsaken study that linked autism to certain childhood vaccines was an ‘elaborate fraud’ that has had a huge impact to public health, reported a leading medical publication.
The British Medical Journal, BMJ, conducted an investigation that concludes that Dr. Andrew Wakefield altered the medical history of all 12 of the patients whose cases were the main body of evidence of the study, done in 1998. They also conclude that there is “no doubt” Wakefield is responsible.
The no longer credited study grieved many parents, which led to a huge drop in the number of parents giving their children a vaccine that prevents measles, mumps, and rubella. The number of vaccinations given in Britain dropped sharply, decreasing so low as to a whopping 80%.
"It's one thing to have a bad study, a study full of error, and for the authors then to admit that they made errors," Fiona Godlee, BMJ's editor-in-chief, told CNN. "But in this case, we have a very different picture of what seems to be a deliberate attempt to create an impression that there was a link by falsifying the data."
Britain stripped Wakefield of his medical license in May, while damage to public health continued. It was fueled by unbalanced media reporting and an ineffective response from government.
In the United States, the most cases of measles were reported in since 1997 according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 90% of those infected had not been vaccinated or their vaccination status was unknown, the CDC reported.
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Dogar, Babar. "Muslim Scholars Praise Killer of Pakistan Governor - World News - South and Central Asia - Pakistan - Msnbc.com." Breaking News, Weather, Business, Health, Entertainment, Sports, Politics, Travel, Science, Technology, Local, US & World News - Msnbc.com. Web. 05 Jan. 2011. <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40923917/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/>.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/01/05/autism.vaccines/index.html
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