| Switzerland has lots of guns. But its gun culture takes different path from US. Posted: 07 Mar 2018 01:23 PM PST ![Switzerland has lots of guns. But its gun culture takes different path from US.]( "Switzerland has lots of guns. But its gun culture takes different path from US.") Switzerland has one of the highest per capita rates of guns in the world. "Every Swiss village has a range just like this one," says Renato Steffen, a top official of the Swiss Shooting Sports Association, representing the group at the event. If this seems like a scene that belongs in gun-loving America, there the similarities end.
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| The opioid crisis requires anger management Posted: 07 Mar 2018 11:14 AM PST ![The opioid crisis requires anger management]( "The opioid crisis requires anger management") For Americans looking to reverse the rise in opioid overdoses, a good place to start is the courtroom of Dan Polster, a federal judge in Cleveland. Judge Polster has offered this strong counsel to the plaintiffs and defendants: Ending the opioid crisis is too urgent to allow years of litigation over who is to blame. When the United States is losing about 150 people a day to drug overdoses, the judge is wise to avoid a jury trial and set a tone of reconciliation.
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| How Tunisia's resilient Sufis have withstood hard-line Islamist attack Posted: 07 Mar 2018 08:54 AM PST ![How Tunisia's resilient Sufis have withstood hard-line Islamist attack]( "How Tunisia's resilient Sufis have withstood hard-line Islamist attack") Such recitations, a pillar of Sufism, are reserved by some communities for special holidays but are part of the weekly, and at times daily, routine here in Tunisia. In parts of the Arab world, Salafis' voices have become so prominent, many Sufi movements and gatherings have adopted lower profiles to prevent attacks.
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| Taking the bull by the horns? Teaching men how to treat women better Posted: 07 Mar 2018 08:36 AM PST ![Taking the bull by the horns? Teaching men how to treat women better]( "Taking the bull by the horns? Teaching men how to treat women better") Women around the world have been finding their voice in recent months, accusing men – generally powerful men – of sexual harassment ranging from knee fondling to rape. In this article, Monitor correspondents look at all kinds of ways of teaching men how to treat women with respect and redress the gender power imbalance, from anger management classes in Mexico to lapel badges on Japanese schoolgirls' coats. SOSHANGUVE, SOUTH AFRICA - On a recent summer morning, in the courtyard of a squat brick house in this township outside Pretoria, Tumelo Mabena leans over a white board and scrawls a short phrase in block letters.
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