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Do Countries Experience an Increase in Military Aggression When They Go to...
My new study addresses the longstanding debate about whether international sporting events make countries more peaceful or violent. To tackle this question, I compare the aggression levels of countries...
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5 Practical Actions to Help Free Imprisoned Sudanese Mother
It's a mother's nightmare. Forcibly separated from her husband and currently caring for her two tiny children in a Sudanese prison, Meriam Ibrahim awaits 100 lashes and death by hanging. Condemned to...
View ArticleHow My Mobile Bookshop Overcame a Bump in the Road with Facebook
This story was produced in partnership with Facebook Stories. Submit your own Facebook story here. --- In Sicily, my home, books are becoming a lost art. Bookshops are closing, and reading seems to be...
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Miss World Linor Abargil Spoke Up About Being Raped, Now Everyone Can See Her...
Filmmakers Cecilia Peck and Inbal B. Lessner set out on a journey to tell the story of a young woman who was the victim of a horrific rape crime. That woman, Linor Abargil chose to speak up, take a...
View ArticleNASA 'Flying Saucer' Test Postponed Because Of Bad Weather
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The U.S. space agency has postponed its plan to send a "flying saucer" into Earth's atmosphere to test technology that could be used to land on Mars. NASA spokeswoman Shannon...
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Teens Reportedly Trying To Have Sex Fall To Their Deaths From 6th-Floor Balcony
Two teens at a party in south London fell to their deaths from a sixth-floor balcony during an intimate moment, local media report. Samson Oguntayo, a neighbor who witnessed the plunge from the luxury...
View ArticleA Fight As U.S. Girls Face Genital Cutting Abroad - NYTimes.com
ATLANTA — Last summer, an American-born teenager of Somali descent fled her parents’ home in a suburb here after she discovered that a coming vacation to Somalia would include a sacred rite of passage:...
View ArticleSmoke Aboard Space Station Traced To Water Heater
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A galley water heater is being blamed for smoke aboard the International Space Station. Russian astronauts reported smoke and a burning smell in their main compartment...
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UN: We Need Women Peacekeepers To Obtain Peace
Obtaining stability and security in conflict zones could be as simple as getting more women involved in the peace process, according to the United Nations. Admittedly, the U.N. has been a slow to...
View ArticleAbu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, Head Of The Islamic State In Iraq And The Levant, Is...
By Mariam Karouny BEIRUT, June 11 (Reuters) - The leader of radical Sunni fighters who have made rapid military advances in Iraq is the rising star of global jihad, driven, Islamist fighters say, by...
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This Little Hedgehog Is A Master Of Disguise
This little ball of spikes and cuteness is Marutaro, the hedgehog! ( ･`ω･´)ｷﾘｯ pic.twitter.com/Z2La9wCakV— ハリネズミ★まるたろう (@hedgehogdays) June 9, 2014 Marutaro is not your average hedgehog -- he is a...
View ArticleBeyoncé Gave A Donation To A TED Fellow That Could Save 1,900 Babies
Jane Chen knew that, for her infant warmer to save lives, moms would need to be the evangelists for the device. But she had no idea that one of the world’s most famous moms -- Beyoncé -- would be the...
View ArticleIsrael: The Danger From Within
The nearly seven decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict continues to overshadow the brewing conflict between the Jewish majority and the Arab minority in Israel. There is overwhelming evidence that...
View ArticleEmpowering Women, Ending Violence
The horrific abduction of more than 200 innocent Nigerian schoolgirls has, rightly, shocked the conscience of the world. It also serves as a harsh reminder of the violence women and girls endure not...
View ArticleIs Snowden Lying?
Many readers have asked whether Snowden was lying in his recent NBC interview, knowing I have worked for the government and corporations spotting lies by how someone behaves. When I attempt to evaluate...
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This Map Shows Just How Much Territory Extremists In Iraq Won In Recent Days
Militants from the jihadist group ISIS took over Iraq's second largest city of Mosul on Tuesday, seizing control of banks, government offices and army camps. On Wednesday, the fighters pressed on to...
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Nude Models Pose In Animal Print Body Paint (NSFW PHOTOS)
Lennette Newell dreamed of being a wild animal as a kid. The photographer took that childhood inspiration and channelled it into an NSFW photo series of models covered in body paint, posing as (and...
View ArticleWatch John Oliver Compare FIFA To 'Breaking Bad's' Walter White
FIFA may be the one who knocks, but John Oliver will answer the door every time. While on "Late Night" Wednesday, Oliver made one of the most poignant comparisons of soccer's governing body ever when...
View ArticleColombia's Peace Talks with FARC: A Political Conspiracy?
On February 4, 2008, over 12 million people participated in demonstrations in 193 cities around the globe protesting FARC (The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia). While there is arguable evidence...
View ArticleDon't Blame Central American Newspapers For Influx Of Undocumented Children
A new conservative talking point holds that Central American newspapers are inaccurately reporting on U.S. immigration policy, thereby creating a stampede of undocumented minors over the U.S.-Mexico...
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