Acid oceans: the 'evil twin' of climate change
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MONTEREY BAY NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY, Calif. – Far from Copenhagen's turbulent climate talks, the sea lions, harbor seals and sea otters reposing along the shoreline and kelp forests of this protected marine area stand to gain from any global deal to cut greenhouse gases. These foragers of the sanctuary's frigid waters, flipping in and out of sight of California's coastal kayakers, may not seem like obvious beneficiaries of a climate treaty crafted in the Danish capital. But reducing carbon emissions worldwide also would help mend a lesser-known environmental problem: ocean acidification. "We're having a change in water chemistry, so 20...
Published on Tuesday 9th of March 2010 05:20:23 PM
Accountant Jailed Indefinitely For Throwing Acid On Lawyers
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Accountant Jailed Indefinitely For Throwing Acid On Lawyers A former accountant with an 'obsessional hatred' of the legal profession has been jailed indefinitely for an acid attack on a team of lawyers. 17 Dec 2009 Ashok Mahajan, 55, [Pic in URL] showered a barrister, solicitor and pupil with the contents of a bottle of hydrochloric acid after his race discrimination claim was thrown out. Trainee barrister Lucy Colter suffered a burned eye as corrosive fluid dribbled down her face and melted through her tights. Former accountant Mahajan had a decade-long history of courtroom outbursts including an incident where he threw...
Published on Tuesday 9th of March 2010 05:20:23 PM
Terrorism that's personal (12 images) EDITOR'S NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT
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Terrorism that's personal (12 images) EDITOR'S NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENTText by Jim Verhulst, Times' Perspective editor | Photos by Emilio Morenatti, Associated PressWe typically think of terrorism as a political act.But sometimes it’s very personal. It wasn’t a government or a guerrilla insurgency that threw acid on this woman’s face in Pakistan. It was a young man whom she had rejected for marriage. As the United States ponders what to do in Afghanistan — and for that matter, in Pakistan — it is wise to understand both the political and the personal, that the very ignorance and illiteracy and misogyny that...
Published on Tuesday 9th of March 2010 05:20:23 PM
I was savagely disfigured by my deranged boyfriend: Acid attack victim bravely shows her face
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With painful honesty, Katie Piper, the former TV presenter tells why she has finally waived her right to anonymity – and reveals the awful events that changed her life for ever However much she would like to forget them, the details of how she lost her dreams, her identity and very nearly her life will stay with Katie Piper for ever. They are burned into both her memory and her face. Katie, 26, has remained fearful and anonymous in the 18 months since the man she met on the internet attempted to destroy her, so few will recognise her name....
Published on Tuesday 9th of March 2010 05:20:23 PM
Vicious acid attack on woman: Pakistan
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THIS IS A WARNING: NO CHILDREN UNDER 18 AND NO ONE WHO IS INCAPABLE OF LOOKING AT GRUESOME CONSEQUENCES OF ACID ATTACKS SHOULD VIEW THIS VIDEO. Thank you. -Cindy # www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAKNkwRKY8o "Vicious acid attack on woman: Pakistan" Video Description - quote: July 27, 2009 Pakistani women brutally disfigured by acid when she refused a forced marriage to become someone's second wife. Not for the feint of heart. Category: News & Politics Tags: Islam acid attacks women in Pakistan
Published on Tuesday 9th of March 2010 05:20:23 PM
Muslim Woman In Fear After Friend 'Loses Tongue In Acid Honour Attack'
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July 23, 2009 Muslim woman in fear after friend 'loses tongue in acid honour attack' Adam Fresco, Crime Correspondent Two men have appeared in court after the suspected lover of a married Muslim woman had acid thrown in his face and was stabbed twice in the back in a possible “honour attack”. The woman was warned that her own “wellbeing may be in danger”, a source at Scotland Yard told The Times. Detectives have been told that the man and woman were not in a sexual relationship but were just friends. However, their relationship is said to have upset her...
Published on Tuesday 9th of March 2010 05:20:23 PM
....cheating wife faces honour killing - acid poured down lover's throat
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A married Muslim woman has been warned by police that she could be murdered in an honour killing after her lover was attacked with sulphuric acid. Her 24-year-old Muslim lover is not expected to live after suffering 90 per cent burns in the attack, which blinded him and left his tongue destroyed. He was also stabbed twice in the back by four men, and hit with bricks The Danish victim, who is of Asian origin, is said to have ‘insulted’ her strictly religious relatives, some of whom wear the hijab, and detectives believe the family feared being shamed in the...
Published on Tuesday 9th of March 2010 05:20:23 PM
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