The truth about the effectiveness of condoms

Sub-Saharan Africa has two-thirds of the world’s HIV/AIDS cases. So you would think that Western journalists and politicians might condescend to ask us what we think about how to fight AIDS. But they haven’t. A pity, because they would have found that many of us support Pope Benedict XVI’s scepticism about the effectiveness of distributing [...]

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Sex slaves may be working in NZ, officials say

Immigration officials admit that women could be working undetected as sex slaves in New Zealand, despite previous assurances that there is no evidence of a problem.
The Cabinet will be asked to set up a taskforce involving seven Government departments to stop human trafficking in this country.
The action plan follows criticism in United States intelligence reports, [...]

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How not to create an idyllic town

It takes more than government money and an army of public servants to keep communities from descending into chaos.
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