Alibaba, the Golden Child of China's Globalization Strategy
On September 19, the Chinese Internet e-commerce firm Alibaba officially debuted on the New York Stock Exchange, raising a record $25 billion. Alibaba's initial public offering is the world's largest,...
View ArticleHundreds Of Islamic State Militants Killed In Kobani Strikes: U.S.
By Phil Stewart and David Alexander WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - U.S.-led air strikes have killed several hundred Islamic State fighters around the Syrian town of Kobani, the Pentagon said on...
View ArticleIt's Really The Settlements, Stupid!
Benjamin Netanyahu is in desperate need of a top-of-the-line hearing aid, because evidently he is growing tone deaf. He can no longer hear the voices warning him of Israel's destructively deteriorating...
View ArticleThe Two Ebola Outbreaks In Africa Have Different Sources
A second, smaller Ebola outbreak has been going on in Africa, and a new study shows it has a different source in nature than the massive epidemic raging now in the western part of the continent. The...
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Liberian Women Adopt New Strategies in Ebola Response
Cross-posted from UN Women Radio host Justice Clarke and his guests sit in a semi-circular United Nations radio studio for a live discussion of ‘Ebola and Stigma’. This is a special edition of the UN...
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The Venezuelan Revolution & The Indigenous Struggle
In the midst of the unrest this year in Venezuela, there was little attention paid in the media to the conditions facing Indigenous peoples in that country and where they stood in regard to the...
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Here's A Breakdown Of The Ebola Treatments Used So Far In This Outbreak
As the Ebola outbreak rages on in West Africa and begins to slowly spread in the United States, the race for a cure or vaccine for the deadly virus is more pressing than ever. Because of relatively few...
View ArticleWhat Will The Synod Really Mean For LGBT Catholics? "All Together' Podcast
Welcome to this week’s ALL TOGETHER, the podcast dedicated to exploring how religious ideas and spiritual practice inform and shape our personal lives, our communities and our world. The show is...
View ArticleCareer Killer And Kidnapper Gets 12 Life Sentences
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The convicted leader of a Mexican drug gang that killed and kidnapped people in Southern California has been sentenced to a dozen life sentences without chance of parole. U-T San Diego...
View ArticleWhen It Comes To ISIS, How Screwed Is The U.S.?
WASHINGTON -- It's been a little more than a month since President Barack Obama announced an expanded fight against the Islamic State in both Iraq and Syria. Few foreign policy officials would argue...
View ArticleObama Cancels Campaign Trips Amid Ebola Crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's best-laid plans to go all out for Democrats in the final weeks of the midterms are running smack into a widening Ebola crisis, as Americans anxiously turn to...
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Why The Fight Against ISIS In Kobani Matters
On Thursday, a barrage of U.S.-led airstrikes pushed back the Islamic State's advance on the besieged Syrian town of Kobani. While hardly a sea change in the fight against ISIS, it was a significant...
View ArticleNo More Talk; It's Time for Iran to Act
Iranians aspired to look past the scandal and violence associated with the 2009 presidential elections in the weeks and months after President Hassan Rouhani's ascent to office last year. His campaign...
View ArticleSecret Order Cancels Guantanamo Hearing on FBI Spying -- Government...
I really hope family members of victims of the 9/11 attacks weren't planning on attending the hearings scheduled at Guantanamo Bay this week. It's bad enough that observers who planned to travel to...
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Major Player In Black Market For Stolen iPhones Pleads Guilty
A Michigan man whom authorities say was a major player in the underground market for stolen smartphones pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to trafficking stolen iPhones and other devices...
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World Food Program Was Forced To Cut Aid To 1 Million People.. Just In Time...
Thursday marks World Food Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness about global hunger issues. There are an estimated 805 million hungry people in the world, according to the United Nations. On...
View ArticleTime for Real Transparency in Trade Talks
Over the last year or two, critics of trade agreements have stepped up their attacks on the "secrecy" of trade negotiations. Discussing these agreements behind closed doors, or only with corporate...
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Why Some Syrians Are Against Strikes on ISIS
This article first appeared at Syria Deeply and Worldcrunch. By Omar Abdullah IDLIB -- Since the beginning of Syria's uprising, opposition supporters have been asking for international intervention in...
View ArticleConflicting Priorities for the Members of the Anti-ISIS Coalition
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will not compromise on the conditions he set out to President Barack Obama, for entering as a direct party to the war on ISIS. He is not convinced about the US...
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Syrian Filmmakers And Activists Put On Film Festival Inside War-Torn Syria
ISTANBUL -- If it weren’t for the videos coming out of Syria -- often shot on cellphones -- that are regularly uploaded to social media sites and used by news agencies, the outside world would know...
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