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July 6, 2011

ROME, JULY 3, 2011.- Sexual discrimination isn't limited to the workplace. In many countries around the world unborn baby girls are being singled out for elimination.

ROME, JULY 3, 2011.- Sexual discrimination isn't limited to the workplace. In many countries around the world unborn baby girls are being singled out for elimination.

Journalist Mara Hvistendahl chronicles the origins and extent of this in "Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls, And the Consequences of a World Full of Men," (Public Affairs).

January 3, 2011

Recent news reports in Japan have highlighted the problem of the lost centenarians. Government offices have not kept track of people who may or may not be over 100 years old.

Recent news reports in Japan have highlighted the problem of the lost centenarians. Government offices have not kept track of people who may or may not be over 100 years old. In one case, someone is still listed as living in Nagasaki Prefecture even though if he were alive he would be 200 years old!