Activism

The Indian government children's minister has proposed the introduction of mandatory tests to determine the sex of an unborn child in a bid to counter the disturbing levels of female foeticide.

Prenatal sex tests are officially illegal in India, a policy designed to stop so many unborn girls being aborted by parents desperate for a boy.

An online petition is calling for the Nobel Prize to be given to the Greeks of Lesbos due to their demonstration of compassion and sacrifice as thousands of refugees have inundated their island.

Activist group Avaaz hopes to gather more than 500,000 signatures by February 1. Already there are more than 351,000 signatures thus far. The organizers of the petition stress:

Famous actress Charlize Theron is one of 31 stars who posed for the W magazine’s annual Movie Issue.

In the photo which was shot by Peter Lindbergh, Theron looks amazingly beautiful sitting naked on a bed, wrapped up in white sheets.

With almost no makeup and her blond hair pushed back and messy, she proves that natural beauty is the always the best.

If there is a will, there is a way. If the Turkish and Israeli governments really want to mend fences, they have an abundance of diplomats with enough creativity to find a face-saving solution to the issue or issues blocking reconciliation.

Last week in Paris, thousands of people were sending SMS messages to each other with the details of a demonstration to be held the next day designed to cry aloud that the diplomatic negotiations held in Paris for two weeks were not a solution to the climate crisis.

Fewer journalists were imprisoned this year but the number of those kidnapped increased significantly, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said.

In a report published on Tuesday, the NGO said the number of imprisoned journalists fell 14 percent compared to 2014 and was at 153, while 54 professional journalists were kidnapped in 2015 - up 35 percent on 2014.

Sultry actress, Playboy bunny and animal rights activist Pamela Anderson met with President Vladimir Putin’s chief of staff Sergei Ivanov, at her request, ti discuss Russian seals and the prevalence of sea aquariums that keep belugas, orcas and dolphins in captivity. During his opening address, Ivanov praised Anderson for her beauty.

Just a curly brunette teenager, who would have thought that Pamela Anderson would grow up to become the most iconic bunny!

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Aged just 21 years of age with a coming of age Playboy… just before her first boob job that took her from a 34D to a 34DD.

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Pamela Anderson, aged 48, will be the Playboy centerfold to end all nude Playboy centerfolds. The first nude was with Marilyn Monroe in 1953. Now Anderson, who has appeared nude for the magazine a record 13 times will be the last cover girl to not cover up.

She says that she was chuffed to get a call from Hugh Hefner’s attorney who said: “We don’t want anybody else!”

Richard Gere and his girlfriend, Alejandra Silva, attended the premiere of his film, Time Out Of Mind, in Madrid, Spain.

The 66-year-old kept his arm around the waist of the 32-year-old Spanish, who was nervous and shy, while walking on the red carpet at the Callao Theater.