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A Turkish teenager found dead in a hole next to her house was probably buried alive, a post-mortem examination has revealed. Medine Memi, 16, was found in the hole in December. Large amounts of soil were in her lungs and stomach, according to a source who has seen the report.
2010-02-05
honour murder Turkey gender traditionInuit living on the edge of the Arctic Ocean fear their unique way of life could be destroyed if oil drilling goes ahead.
2010-07-19
Eskimo Inuit Arctic Ocean oil drilling tradition culturePeruvian foraging societies were already chewing coca leaves 8,000 years ago, archaeological evidence has shown. Ruins beneath house floors in the northwestern Peru showed evidence of chewed coca and calcium-rich rocks.
2010-12-02
coca cocaine Peru leaf Bolivia archeology drug medicine history traditionThe Dutch lower house of parliament has passed a law effectively banning the ritual slaughter of animals, in a move condemned by Muslim and Jewish groups. The legislation states that all animals must be stunned before being killed. But the Islamic dhabiha and Jewish shechita methods of ritual slaughter require them to be fully conscious.
2011-06-28
animal slaughter Netherlands killing stun religion Islam Jewish tradition culture pain sufferingA former factory worker from the British Midlands may be the last living master of the centuries-old Sikh battlefield art of shastar vidya. The father of four is now engaged in a full-time search for a successor.
2011-10-29
India Sikh martial art culture tradition