Cultural attitudes impede organ donations in China May 17th, 2013 - 16:40h (CET +01.00) BEIJING (AP) - China is phasing out its reliance on executed prisoners for donated organs, but an architect of the country's transplant system said Friday that ingrained cultural attitudes are impeding the rise of donations among the general pop... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : cultural, attitudes, impede, organ, donations, china, Top Keywords

First black Italian minister seeks cultural change May 3rd, 2013 - 18:00h (CET +01.00) ROME (AP) - Italy's first black Cabinet minister, targeted by racist slurs following her appointment last week, said Friday that Italians aren't racist but that some are merely ignorant of other cultures and the "richness" that im... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : first, black, italian, minister, seeks, cultural, change, Top Keywords

Culture war in Israel targets ultra-Orthodox Jews Apr 25th, 2013 - 22:30h (CET +01.00) JERUSALEM (AP) - A cultural war has erupted between Israel's rising political star and his ultra-Orthodox rivals. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : culture, israel, targets, ultraorthodox, jews, cultural, change, Top Keywords

Thatcher had profound effect on popular culture Apr 8th, 2013 - 18:30h (CET +01.00) LONDON (AP) - Margaret Thatcher was not just a political titan, she was a cultural icon - skewered by comedians, transformed into a puppet and played to Oscar-winning perfection by Meryl Streep. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : thatcher, profound, effect, popular, culture, cultural, change, Top Keywords

Iraq to revive cultural life to heal war wounds Mar 22nd, 2013 - 07:40h (CET +01.00) BAGHDAD (AP) - Sewing machines buzz inside the Iraq Fashion House as dressmakers work late into the night behind concrete blast walls readying intricately embroidered costumes. Models rehearse for an upcoming show upstairs. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : iraq, revive, cultural, life, heal, wounds, change, Top Keywords

Robes and Shovels: Medieval Monks Cultivated Wetlands Mar 21st, 2013 - 15:40h (CET +01.00) A medieval monastery in Belgium went to major effort to drain wetlands on its land, building structures on artificially raised soil, a new study finds. (Source: LiveScience.com)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : robes, shovels, medieval, monks, cultivated, wetlands, change, Top Keywords

Kenya horticulture 2012 earnings down 3.8 pct: report Mar 13th, 2013 - 13:50h (CET +01.00) NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan industry officials expect stronger horticulture export earnings this year after figures seen by Reuters on Wednesday showed a 3.84 percent fall in 2012. Kenya earned 87.71 billion Kenyan shillings from the cultivation of fr... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : kenya, horticulture, 2012, earnings, down, report, change, Top Keywords

Did a Comet Really Chill and Kill Clovis Culture? Mar 1st, 2013 - 18:10h (CET +01.00) A comet crashing into the Earth some 13,000 years ago was thought to have spelled doom to a group of early North American people, and possibly the extinction of ice age beasts in the region. (Source: LiveScience.com)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : comet, really, chill, kill, clovis, culture?, change, Top Keywords

Pope recalls 'joy,' difficulties in final audience Feb 27th, 2013 - 16:30h (CET +01.00) VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI basked in an emotional send-off Wednesday from an estimated 150,000 people at his final general audience in St. Peter's Square, recalling moments of "joy and light" during his papacy and also times... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : pope, recalls, 'joy', difficulties, final, audience, change, Top Keywords

Pope recalls 'joy' of papacy, and difficulties Feb 27th, 2013 - 11:40h (CET +01.00) VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI has recalled moments of "joy and light" during his papacy but also times of great difficulty in an emotional, final general audience in St. Peter's Square before retiring. (Source: Associated Press... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : pope, recalls, 'joy', papacy, difficulties, audience, change, Top Keywords