Posts Tagged ‘humble’

Mikhail Gorbachev’s humble hometown reminisces over the late Soviet leader

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader who died last week, came from humble beginnings in a small rural village in Russia, home to only 3,000 people.

A humble TB treatment center weathers the Covid storm

Almost an hour from the bustling railway station of Madhupur in Jharkhand, beyond the vast green landscape and kuccha and pucca roads, lies the small and beautiful Santhal village of Fatehpur in district Deogarh. As you descend towards the village you are greeted by the strong nocturnal fragrance of ‘Raat ki Raani’ and blooming red […]

Jim Londos: The Humble Shepherd Who Conquered the Wrestling World

Jim Londos. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ Public Domain The story of Jim Londos — born Christos Theofilou — could be described as the archetypal story of success. Theofilou was just another young, impoverished Greek who decided to move to the United States in the early 20th century — only to become one of the most prominent […]

Is the Cure for Diabetes a Humble Root?

Sayer Ji, Green Med Info Waking Times Billions are spent annually and still there is no conventional cure for diabetes. Or is there a cheap, safe and freely available solution already growing beneath our feet?   Diabetes is a very big business, representing tens of billion of dollars in pharmaceutical drug sales annually. Tragically, while the […]

Jose Mujica, Uruguay’s Humble Ex-President, Offers to House 100 Syrian Refugee Children

Since the Syrian conflict began in 2011, over 2 million Syrians have been displaced from their homes and forced to migrate to other areas. Most refugees fled to Turkey, Jordan, and Lebanon. Others flocked to cities in Germany and Hungary, hoping to find a safe haven and a new lease on life. In response to […]

Gush Etzion junction is site of another Palestinian execution

Violence / Detentions — West Bank / Jerusalem Palestinian killed after alleged stab attempt at Gush Etzion BETHLEHEM (Ma‘an) 18 Mar — A Palestinian man was shot dead after allegedly attempting to carry out a stabbing attack at the Gush Etzion junction, shortly after two Palestinians were detained on suspicions of planning an attack in […]

Funding the Evil Empire: Senate passes NDAA bill, authorizing lethal arms to Kiev and Syria proxy armies

     The Senate has passed a defense spending bill that bans moving Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United States. This throws a wrench in President Obama’s 2008 campaign promise of closing the camp. The $607-billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed the Senate with a veto-proof 91-3, with Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) […]

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