Monika’s Pensieve

Just a short Al Jazeera news report on the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy and how Barack Obama has promised gay men equal rights to serve in the military, but still hasn’t delivered on it.

Below is a long, but interesting report on how strongly religion influences Lebanon’s politics.

In the report below, Al Jazeera interviewed people in Beirut about their city and about their views on many issues. It looks like a fascinating place :)

Below is a report on how the statistics from Guantanamo have been skewed by the media. It gives a whole new perspective on statistics like “1 in 7 of the prisoners released from Guantanamo have returned to terrorism” :]

The building of Israeli settlements on Palestinian land has been in the media for a while now, but personally I found the coverage on it confusing and never really understood what was going on. Below is an excellent video report on the problem, I really recommend it - it’s a great way to finally start [...]

A news report about how green light bulbs aren’t all that green… at least not for Chinese factory workers.

The story of 16 year old Abel Selaocoe, who plays the cello. He sees classical music as his destiny, even though according to stereotypes black musicians are not associated with the genre.

Below I’ve embedded a video about how the Inpupiat community in Kivalina, Alaska are bringing a law suit against the major oil companies. Due to global warming their village will have to be relocated. The move is very costly and they hope to get the necessary money through the law suit.
The villagers will try to [...]

This is the story of an Afghan boy who was imprisoned by US authorities at the age of 12. He is still in Guantanamo today. While most of the cases of prisoners who were underage at the time of capture have been resolved by now, his was not the only such case.

A short report on why certain countries are treated differently than others when it comes to nuclear weapons…