News about an uncontacted tribe in Brazil is making big waves in the academic and scientific communites worldwide. Members of an unknown Amazon Basin tribe and their dwellings are seen during a flight over the Brazilian state of Acre along the border with Peru in this May, 2008 photo distributed by FUNAI, the government agency for the protection of indigenous peoples. Survival International estimates that there are over 100 uncontacted tribes worldwide, and says that uncontacted tribes in the region are under increasing threat from illegal logging over the border in Peru.

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here in the Philippines, summertime is “tuli” or circumcision time for adolescent boys.  Usually, boys who are aged 9-12 get circumcised during this time of the year.  The Department of Health (DOH) also launched a few years ago an annual program that is roving health team tasked to circumcise boys and aged alike in many barangays.

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