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It's kind of a reflection of how they were raised, their culture, and mental health. No offense.

She's just a random person. Don't exaggerate her in your mind. Ask her out once. If it doesn't go anywhere, move on.

Sonel:
Elaborate further pls.

What do you want to know?

The principal has transvestic disorder.

Cross dressing has nothing to do with equality or human rights.

Spain.

SEGLIZ:
this guys ain't the criminals but the government.

the wrong thing here is they pirating other brands.

in saner climes the thought would be 'what can this guy's contribute to the economy?'

I sometimes look at government demolishing seized facilities, rather than convert them to public use. with our housing deficit our government would seize residential buildings the next move is roll in bulldozers and excavators to bring it down.

penalize this guy's for piracy and illegal production, put them back in business legally, put them through your quality control check at the end create employment for a few.

this guys are better of fraudsters even our thieving polithiefcians.

You can't be serious.

She needs to study in the Caribbean. She can wiggle her būtt all she wants and still be allowed to study.

She didn't commit a crime. Imagine denying someone an education because they wiggled their būtt.

Get new friends.

I want to say that only uneducated people from very rural areas can be deceived. But celebrities deceive the masses about that region, especially UAE. We try to warn people, but then you have celebrity degenerates working constantly against efforts.

The truth is that west Asia is h3ll on earth. They're easily the most filthy culture and society on earth, even among Asians.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfzrScBFUvs

Direct her to a woman's health organization. They should be able to connect her with the various services available, e.g., therapy, medication, group therapy, and etc.

Be her friend instead of her boyfriend. She doesn't need some thirsty dude pressuring her.

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He needs his a** beat by his parents, uncles, or brothers.

If he's g4y, fine. But a man wearing a dress and lipstick is totally unacceptable.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday booted Ethiopia from a vital trade pact due to rights concerns as the historic US ally declared a state of emergency over rebel advances north of the capital.

Frustrated after repeated warnings to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed about suffering in the nearly year-old war, the Biden administration said it was removing Ethiopia, as well as coup-hit Guinea and Mali, from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).

In a notice to Congress, Biden said that Ethiopia's eligibility would end on January 1 over "gross violations of internationally recognized human rights."

AGOA, a landmark 2000 law credited with boosting industry in sub-Saharan Africa, removed US duties on most exports if countries adhere to good governance.

The Tigray war has generated accounts of massacres, mass rapes and widespread hunger in what US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has described as "acts of ethnic cleansing."

Jeffrey Feltman, the US special envoy for the Horn of Africa, said Thursday there could no longer be "business as usual" with Ethiopia's government which he accused of intentionally hindering humanitarian aid.

"No government can tolerate an armed insurgency -- we get that -- but no government should be adopting policies or allowing practices that result in mass starvation of its own citizens," Feltman said at the US Institute of Peace.

Ethiopia, which in recent weeks has lobbied to stay in AGOA, said it was "extremely disappointed" by the decision.

"These actions will reverse significant economic gains in our country and unfairly impact and harm women and children," a trade ministry statement said.

Ethiopia's exports to the United States have risen from $28 million in 2000 to nearly $300 million in 2020, with almost half the goods falling under AGOA, according to Abiy's government.

Later on Tuesday the US State Department also issued a new "Do not travel" advisory for Ethiopia and said American citizens "should consider departing now" on commercial airlines.

- Rebel gains -

Abiy, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019, launched the military campaign in November 2020 after attacks on the federal army by the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF).

The rebels in recent days have claimed control of two key cities and have not ruled out marching on Addis Ababa.

Authorities ordered residents of the capital to register their firearms as state-affiliated media announced a nationwide state of emergency.

Feltman, the US envoy, said Washington had directly warned TPLF leaders not to advance on the capital and instead to pursue talks.

He voiced exasperation at allegations in Addis Ababa that the United States is seeking to overthrow Abiy and install a government along the lines of late strongman Meles Zenawi, a former TPLF chairman.

"That is just not true," Feltman said.

But Cameron Hudson, a former US official now at the Atlantic Council, questioned the timing of the long-expected AGOA decision just as rebels advanced.

It "could end up looking like regime change depending on how things play out," he tweeted.

- Major benefits for Ethiopia -

Under the TPLF-led governing coalition that preceded Abiy, Ethiopia sought to create a national network of industrial parks, with AGOA's tax benefits giving a major advantage over manufacturing hubs outside of Africa.

Zemedeneh Negatu, chairman of the US-based Fairfax Africa Fund, warned that even temporary removal from AGOA would have long-term effects with investors leaving.

"What we're trying to tell the US government is that it's not like an on-off light switch," he told a roundtable with business leaders in Addis Ababa in September.

"The young women who work in the industries become permanently unemployed," he said.

Netsanet Sidamo, a supervisor for a garment manufacturer at the industrial park in Hawassa, in southern Ethiopia, told AFP she receives 4,000 Ethiopian birr per month (roughly $85) -- money that has helped her pay rent, support her family and pursue a university degree.

"If the company stops its operations, not only me but thousands of my colleagues will not have anywhere to go," she said.

"People can talk about many issues in this country, but what I can say is this has been beneficial for me and I hope others can be beneficiaries of this opportunity so they can change their lives."

TPLF leaders call it hypocritical for Abiy's government to appeal for continued support under AGOA when the war has severely damaged industrial infrastructure in Tigray.

https://news.yahoo.com/biden-revokes-ethiopia-trade-preferences-005032621.html

Oyinbo-sponsored coup.

Whatever.

Oyinbo-sponsored coup. They're trying to replace Abiy with a stooge that will stop Ethiopia's progress.

I hope they get support from Kenya.

baralatie:
Ethiopia is at war with tigray forces

No, with foreigners (oyinbos).

Good. More re-shoring.

So basically oyinbos have upgraded support for their proxy army.

What you're watching is a oyinbo-sponsored coup, so they can replace Abiy with a stooge.

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I sincerely apologize for my language.

The flight attendant bumped into Hsu who was traveling in first class, the source said. The attendant apologized, according to the source, but Hsu later walked to the galley and allegedly punched her twice.

He then returned to his seat as if nothing had happened, the source said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/american-passenger-charged-after-allegedly-punching-flight-attendant-twice/ar-AAQcnug

Authorities did not release details of the incident, but 20-year-old Brian Hsu, of Irvine, faces charges of interference with a flight crew and assault within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States, according to the Department of Justice.

Passengers said Hsu had to be duct-taped to his seat after the attack.

https://www.wane.com/news/man-charged-with-assaulting-american-airlines-flight-attendant-causing-plane-to-be-diverted/amp/

Cute wifey.

Bad odors and snoring can be fixed and tolerated. Bad attitudes and mentalities are a different story.

AgentGoat:
2300 dollars monthly for rent?

Some people, quite a few actually, can more than afford that. And people pay that much for everything that comes with it:
-Nice building
-Large apartment
-Nice amenities and services
-Better neighbors
-Convenient location
-Peace of mind
-Marketable Address

That's not shocking. Most of the world is "poor," based on government and common definitions, and it's by design.

The only person I can recall (atm) doing that is Kobe Bryant. He either converted a luxury sports car or had it specially made automatic for his spouse.

I don't see why someone of average means would attempt that besides experimenting, and certainly not on a vehicle that's meant to be road ready.

The most pervasive crime in the region is found to be human tr4fficking, which includes modern sl4very and organ tr4fficking, as well as human smūggling — the illegal entry, transit or residence of migrants (by land, sea or air) by an organized criminal group for the purposes of a financial or material benefit.

Three Arab countries — Libya, Yemen and the UAE — are ranked among the five worst countries in the world for human tr4fficking. Syria and Iraq are both rated as the third-worst countries globally for human smuggling. According to the index, in Libya “Smuggling is generally associated with high levels of violence and high death rates. The state has little control over the entire territory and many state officials reportedly benefit from the profits of migrant smuggling.”

Regarding the UAE, the index notes that “In combination with the continuation of the sponsorship (Kafala) system and a failure of the government of the UAE to meet the minimum standards for combating tr4fficking and smuggling, the demand for cheap labour enables both human smuggling and tr4fficking on a relatively large scale.”

https://www.fairobserver.com/region/middle_east_north_africa/hugh-miles-global-organized-crime-index-2021-middle-east-north-africa-news-66578/

BEIJING: After enduring six years of attacks, Shaanxi native Yang Xi killed her husband.

Life with him had been “worse than hell”, but the last straw was when he came up to her with a rope and axe. He threatened to slaughter her family, including her child, if she did not k-ll herself.

“All those years, he’d often threaten (me) and then make good on those threats,” the 41-year-old recounted. “In that instance, all the grievances accumulated over six years — including him beating my mother and child — finally erupted.”

That night, she picked up the axe and killed him. “I didn’t expect myself to have the guts to do such a thing,” she said.

“Afterwards I was frightened, yet relieved to know that no one would beat me, my mother, my father and my child any more.”

It was not her first abusive relationship. When she was 17, her fiancé became violent after she asked to delay their wedding. According to her mother, he was of “inferior” character and afraid Yang would change her mind.

Over two years, their relationship soured. One day, he pushed her down when they were arguing and gouged her eyes out with his hands. He was sentenced to death, according to her.

Feeling like she could not survive as a blind, unmarried woman in a poor rural area, she got married twice — the second time to the man who beat and threatened her.

She was sentenced to 12 years in jail for killing him and released after eight years. In jail, where she learnt how to be a masseuse, Yang said she met female inmates who had been similarly abused.

About one in four women in China are said to have experienced domestic violence. Every 7.4 seconds, another woman falls victim to this deeply entrenched problem, according to the All-China Women's Federation, the country’s largest women’s organisation.

Can the world’s most populous nation stem the scourge, asks the programme Undercover Asia.

China remains a traditional society that prizes harmony in the household, arising from Confucian patriarchy.

And in some regions, wife-beating is a symbol of “patriarchal power”, said Ma Sainan, the chief lawyer handling marriage and family cases at Jiali Law Firm.

“(Some men) don’t think of it as something immoral and may even take pride in it.”

Many women endure more than 30 episodes of violence before they seek help or go to the police, noted Lin Shuang, an anti-domestic violence volunteer in Shanghai for eight years.

Even after divorcing or leaving their abuser, some victims are unable to break free.

In September, a 30-year-old vlogger from Sichuan province was doused with petrol and set alight by her ex-husband while she was live-streaming at home. Lamu’s death, after she suffered 90 per cent burns, stoked a public outcry.

Although a higher proportion of victims are in rural areas, domestic violence is very much present in cities. Abusers may, however, be more “secretive” in order to keep up a “glamorous” front to neighbours and colleagues, said Ma.

Shanghai resident Wei La (not her real name), a successful entrepreneur, told Undercover Asia how a “sensitive soul” she met in 2019 quickly became a manipulative man.

One night when she was a few minutes late arriving at his place, his suspicions about her whereabouts turned violent. He rained punches on her head, kicked her stomach and sat on her.

“I felt like I was going to die,” she said.

When she seized a window of opportunity to run out of the house, he chased her and yanked her out of a taxi. She managed to get to a friend’s place only after a couple passing by stopped to help.

He harassed her and threatened to harm her family and make a scene at her company. “My friend asked me why I didn’t leave him, and I had nothing to say,” she said.

“It’s not that I didn’t want to leave him, but he’s like a piece of chewing gum. Even after you tear it off, there are remnants.”

The authorities have taken steps in recent years to address domestic violence, but activists say gaps persist. They also highlight the role men play in ensuring that harmful norms and notions do not get passed to future generations.

About 157,000 Chinese women commit s-----e per year, and in a 2016 study by the All-China Women’s Federation, 60 per cent of the cases were related family violence.

That year, the government introduced a domestic violence law that allows victims to obtain protection orders against their abusers.

State media reported that complaints about domestic violence made to the women’s federation decreased by 8.4 per cent in 2019 compared to 2018. But observers say this is not the full picture.

“When grievous harm is inflicted, the judge still takes into account family conflict as a mitigating factor for a lighter sentence,” cited Ma, who feels that the law does not go far enough.

“It’s hard to understand. If you hit someone in the street, you may face jail time of three to seven years. However, for violence in a family setting, one might get only three years, with it hardly ever going to seven years.”

Some police officers are insufficiently trained to deal with domestic violence; for instance, they may tell victims their injuries are “too minor”, said Lin.

According to her, victims must do “a lot of work” after going to the police, such as collecting evidence and documenting their injuries.

More victims are now willing to dial the police hotline, and the law requires that all calls be accepted, noted Feng Yuan, co-founder of Equality, a women’s rights and gender equality non-governmental organisation in Beijing.

“But what’s the problem now? (It’s that) calls aren’t taken properly. When the police hear that it’s a family matter, they’d just give you some casual advice,” she said.

“Or even when they hear that it’s domestic violence, they just dismiss it as a family matter and don’t deal with it properly.”

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/cnainsider/every-7-4-seconds-women-china-face-domestic-violence-patriarchy-1938081

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