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# humanity

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# humanity
'I wish I had a pound for every time I offended someone. Wait, I do': Gervais defends 'dead babies' joke
The comedian came under fire after a recently bereaved couple walked out of his show.
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Mar 31st 2017, 7:43 AM
# Population
Turkish president says a woman's life is "incomplete" if she doesn't have children
He said that women’s careers should not be an “obstacle” to having children.
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Jun 6th 2016, 6:30 AM
# England
A man robbed a woman's handbag as she cleaned her husband's grave on Christmas Eve
The 73-year-old victim sustained minor injuries in the mugging.
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Dec 31st 2015, 9:33 AM
# humans of dublin
This Irish teen saved a man from taking his own life - and had a baby named after him
Jamie Harrington approached the stranger on the ledge of a bridge and asked ‘Are you okay?’.
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Aug 4th 2015, 2:50 PM
# on the upside
The moments that made us smile in Ireland this year
One of the world’s better small-island nations.
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Dec 25th 2014, 3:00 PM
# Clayton Lockett
White House says botched execution wasn't humane, but maintains support for death penalty
President Barack Obama believes the death penalty doesn’t deter crime, but still supports it in some cases.
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Apr 30th 2014, 7:39 PM
# CRY
Let's all feel good about humanity for a minute will we?
We’re mostly good after all.
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May 8th 2013, 11:44 AM
# humanity
Can sport save mankind?
The United Nations says yes. Well, kind of.
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Apr 1st 2013, 11:00 AM
# India
Pics: Kumbh Mela festival gets underway in India
The 55-day Hindu festival is expected to attract as many as 100 million people in what could be the largest ever gathering of humanity.
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Jan 14th 2013, 8:24 AM
# unhappy face
Here’s when you reach the saddest point in your life
A behavioural economist has analysed data in 72 countries, coming up with an average for when people are least content with life in each.
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Jan 2nd 2013, 8:30 PM
# experience
How art and social media helps us understand what it's like to be ill
International symposium in Cork to hear how experience of illness expressed through music, dialogue, fiction, film and other arts – as well as through social media.
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Nov 11th 2012, 11:00 AM
# fear factor
10 tips on overcoming fear
Author Robert Greene has written books on how to gain power and keep it – this is how he thinks you can overcome fear…
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May 13th 2012, 7:45 AM