A designer clothing store, a comic book store, a tattoo parlor and a ... women for sale store. This unusual window display shocked shoppers at a busy Tel Aviv mall last week when among the run-of-the-mill shops, they came across a group of young women standing in a storefront. On them were price tags detailing their age, weight, height, dimensions and country of origin.
Organizers said the campaign is designed to bring awareness to women trafficking. It aims to collect enough signatures to pressure the Israeli justice ministry to back legislation that makes it a crime for men to go to prostitutes. This legislation is the next important step in the fight against women trafficking, said attorney Ori Keidar, one of the founders of the task force against the problem. "The legislation against the prostitutes' customers will bring a reduction in the demand for prostitution and it will be a less lucrative business for crime organizations," Keidar said. "This in turn will bring a reduction in the trafficking of women."
Keidar said the legislation is modeled after similar legislation in Sweden that has drastically reduced trafficking and prostitution. Over the past decade, about 10,000 women have been trafficked into Israel in what Keidar calls "modern slavery." The women are locked, beaten, raped, starved and forced to receive 15-30 men a day 365 days a year, according to the attorney. About three years ago, Israeli police greatly reduced women trafficking by pouring resources into the problem. Security forces have also helped by stepping up patrols on the Israeli-Egyptian border as a result of al Qaeda presence in the Sinai. This 300-kilometer border was the main route for smuggling women into Israel, Keidar said. "This legislation against the customers will bring a further reduction in trafficking and with a little more pressure we can make this go away" Keidar said.
Man saves Australian woman during shark attack A quick-thinking man grabbed a shark by the tail as it attacked an Australian woman, causing the shark to release its bite on her, rescue officials said. The woman is recovering in intensive care, said the woman's employer, Rockingham Wild Encounters. The Western Australia company takes people on dolphin excursions. The woman was snorkeling with passengers Saturday when a 2- to 3-meter (6.5- to 9.8-foot) shark attacked near Garden Island, according to Fremantle Volunteer Sea Rescue.
"A male passenger, who was nearby the girl when the shark attacked, managed to grab hold of the animal by the tail, causing it to let go. The girl started to sink, but was again helped by the man and taken back to the boat," Fremantle Volunteer Sea Rescue said on its website.
The victim was naturally concerned about the bites. But "I thought she was remarkably calm and in good spirits," even joking with friends as rescuers worked on her, he added.
She had even hit the shark on the snout during the attack, said Pisani, who skippered the rescue boat.
"She is still in intensive care, but all is going well," Rockingham said on its Facebook page. "There is minimal muscle or ligament damage, and she is expected to have full use of her legs. She is also pretty chuffed that the surgeons extracted a shark tooth from her butt!"
The woman underwent six hours of surgery, Rockingham said earlier, adding that "She is in good spirits and already looking forward to getting back into the water."
She benefited from a series of fortunate events, Pisani said.
"She was fortunate that she was close to shore. She was fortunate because of this hero. She was fortunate because of this medical boat," which was launched only weeks ago and quickly came to her aid Saturday.
Medical workers expressed alarm Friday over the increase in hospitalizations and deaths in Haiti's cholera outbreak as the earthquake-devastated nation's already strained health system overflowed with the sick.
On the outskirts of the capital city of Port-au-Prince in the slum of Cite Soleil, Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) saw 216 cases of cholera at Choscal Hospital on Thursday. Five days ago, that number was only 30.
Stefano Zannini, the head of mission for Medecins Sans Frontieres, said his staff was seeing seven times the cases they were seeing three days ago.
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/07/17/greece.clinton/index.html Clinton praises 'vital' austerity measures in Greece U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Sunday the United States "strongly supports" the austerity measures that Greece has taken to try to avert potential financial disaster. "We stand by the people and government of Greece as you put your country back on a path to economic stability and prosperity," Clinton said during a visit to the country. Clinton spoke to reporters along with Stavros Lambrinidis, who serves as minister of foreign affairs under Prime Minister George Papandreou.
In the opening sequence, baby Conan is carved out of his mortally wounded mother's womb by his father's blade as a battle rages all around them. Before he's reached puberty the young whippersnapper is collecting his enemies' heads the way other boys collect baseball cards. For a while there you might think that "Conan the Psychopath" would be a more appropriate moniker.
Iranian police said the Americans illegally entered Iran. The Tehran Prosecutor's office has "compelling evidence" that the three were cooperating with U.S. intelligence agencies, Press TV has reported.
Shourd has said the hikers did not know they had crossed the border while hiking. Fattal and Bauer pleaded not guilty to the charges. The three are graduates of the University of California at Berkeley.
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/08/21/syria.unrest/index.html Official: U.N. team in Syria to assess government crackdown A U.N. humanitarian team arrived in Syria over the weekend to examine the effects of President Bashar al-Assad's crackdown against anti-government protesters.The team is meeting with humanitarian and government officials to assess the months-long crisis that has seen claims of brutality against the opposition protesters and counter-claims by the government of armed gangs terrorizing residents.
Defending champion Rafael Nadal and fourth seed Andy Murray will face each other in the semifinals of the U.S.Open at Flushing Meadows, as the four superstars of the men's game once again showed they are a class apart from their rivals.
後半の as がどういう意味で使われているか 悩んでいます。譲歩。理由。時。いづれでもしっくりこないし。。
Look, maybe Japan can sustain growth in the face of this tax increase. But maybe not. Why not wait until growth is firmly established, and in particular until expected deflation has been solidly replaced with expected inflation?
今までの主張から言えば当然だけど、クルーグマンは増税反対。
886 :885:2013/09/10(火) 06:57:17.77 It’s just foolish to endanger progress on that front in the name of fiscal responsibility.
Yes, Japan is going to need more revenue, eventually. But reflation should come first. It’s a really bad sign that this is even being discussed right now.