Everyday, I’ll try to post a summary of three non-geek articles I read today. This is my vain attempt at trying to spread awareness of these types of issues.

WHO
Policemen and their families

WHAT
Were hit by a car bomb

WHEN
Yesterday

WHERE
Barracks in northern Spanish city of Burgos

WHY
Unclear

FTA
Watch video

More: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJfL-4ct_zU

WHO
Rural Indian witchdoctor

WHAT
Beheads a five-year-old-girl

WHEN
Tuesday

WHERE
Lakhimpur Kheri district near state capital of Lucknow in India

WHY
A ritual to help villager produce healthy male heirs

FTA
Police said they recovered the child’s headless body after her mother reported her missing, and had detained the three men.

More: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/30/2641545.htm

WHO
Japanese elderly

WHAT
Experiencing a dramatic rise in suicides

WHEN
This year

WHERE
Japan

WHY
Pertains to a Japanese cultural code of honor

FTA
“Suicide has become a national epidemic,” the Japanese Government announced after the number of people taking their own lives reached an all time high of 30,000 in one year.

More: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/crossing_continents/2862051.stm