UK fashion giant Topshop recently pulled photos of what international media called a painfully thin 18-year-old Australian model Codie Young. From personal experience, I know that media taunts won't help, but rather exacerbate Young's problem. Recently Codie Young addressed rumors, spread by eating disorder groups, that she definitely suffers from anorexia and/ or bulimia.
Just a thought, but I can't help thinking in hindsight that Tiger Woods showed all of the characteristics of an athlete delivering exceptionally with the benefit of performance enhancing drugs in recent years. Woods was a lean and powerful player with exceptional endurance, and he seemed to have something more than rare talent in becoming for years the world's top-ranked professional golfer. Most all of the top professional golfers have rare talent, after all.
The United Nations human rights office today voiced concern about the apparent use of excessive force against protesters on the weekend by Malaysian police and possible retaliation against demonstrators who were arrested and released.
The United Nations refugee agency said today it is scaling up its help to people fleeing recent fighting in north-western Pakistan.
The United Nations independent expert on torture today voiced concern over restrictions imposed by the United States on access to detainees, stating that it is vital for him to have unmonitored access to Bradley Manning, the US soldier detained for allegedly leaking classified information to the WikiLeaks website.
