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Hong Kong Protesters March After Leader Says Democracy Gives Poor Too Much Power
HONG KONG -- Representatives from trade unions, women's groups and left-leaning political parties marched on the house of Hong Kong’s Chief Executive C.Y. Leung on Wednesday after he told media outlets...
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Burmese, Like Cubans, Are Fighting for Real Democracy
The Burmese activists Nay Phone Latt (left) and Soe Aung (right). (14ymedio) 14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez, Prague, 15 October 2014 -- A few years ago, when I was overcome with despair about the situation...
View ArticleEpic 'Hobbit' Flight Safety Video Debuts On Air New Zealand
It's called "The Most Epic Safety Video Ever Made," and for once the word "epic" isn't being misused. Air New Zealand's new in-flight safety video was created with help from some of the team behind the...
View ArticleNotebook From Antarctic Explorer's Last Expedition Found Encased In Ice
A notebook from the last expedition of legendary British explorer Robert F. Scott was found encased in ice in an Antarctic hut, according to the Antarctic Heritage Trust. The notebook belonged to...
View ArticleCoal-Rich Poland Ready To Block EU Climate Deal
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — European Union leaders meeting in Brussels to stamp their new, ambitious greenhouse gas emissions plan should prepare for unyielding opposition from coal-reliant Poland and some...
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12 Of The Sketchiest Things The DEA Has Done While Waging The War On Drugs
This is part one of a two-part series. The Drug Enforcement Administration was established under the Justice Department in 1973 by President Richard Nixon. Its mission was to keep the nation off and...
View ArticleUkrainian PM Warns Russia May Try To Disrupt Sunday's Election
KIEV, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk on Thursday warned of possible attempts by Russia to disrupt Sunday's parliamentary election in Ukraine and ordered a full security...
View ArticleFootprints in the Sand
Fifty-one thousand American troops have come home from Iraq or Afghanistan diagnosed with brain injury. What's become of them? Many have worked with military or VA specialists to learn to overcome or...
View ArticleA Psychiatrist Who Survived The Holocaust Explains Why Meaningfulness Matters...
"It is the very pursuit of happiness that thwarts happiness." In September 1942, Viktor Frankl, a prominent Jewish psychiatrist and neurologist in Vienna, was arrested and transported to a Nazi...
View ArticleCanadian Police: Only One Shooter In Ottawa Attack
Canadian authorities confirmed early Thursday that there was only one shooter in Wednesday's horrific attack in Ottawa, the Associated Press reported. Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, 32, was shot dead by police...
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Your Ebola Questions, Answered
Since the start of the Ebola outbreak, we’ve noticed a lot of questions floating around out there about exactly what the disease is, how it spreads and how the world is responding to it. To set...
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7 Reasons To Be Proud Of Being A Night Owl
It's been said that early birds get the worm, but night owls also reap a whole lot of benefits just by being who they are. And it's time they got some praise. Please don't get us wrong: We are...
View ArticleThe Exclusive Election Body At Heart Of Hong Kong's Protests
HONG KONG (AP) — It's among the most powerful clubs in this city of enormous wealth and influence. Only 1,200 people are allowed in, and they decide who leads Hong Kong every five years. As thousands...
View ArticleTwo Denver Girls Tried To Join ISIS: Authorities
SADIE GURMAN, Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The case of three teenage girls being investigated for trying to join Islamic State militants poses vexing questions for U.S. officials about the use of...
View ArticleNorth Korea Steps Up Ebola Measures, Possibly Bans Foreign Tourists
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea has stepped up measures to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus into the reclusive country, state media reported Thursday, while a travel agent that...
View Article21 Gorgeous Pumpkins You'll Want To Display Long After Halloween Is Over
It's pumpkin mania up in here (and by here, we mean America). And while everyone is decorating their homes with Jack O'Lanterns and other Halloween pumpkin regalia, what about all the other pumpkins...
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If (When) Baghdad Falls, Keep American Soldiers Away From the Mess Created By...
When President Bush invaded Iraq in 2003, long before ISIS controlled an estimated 12,000-35,000 square miles of territory between Iraq and Syria, the Decider stated the following in his now infamous...
View ArticleTunisia Forces Kill 5 Women In Raid Ending Militant Standoff
TUNIS, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Tunisian security forces on Friday killed six people, including five women, after a standoff with an Islamist militant group on the outskirts of Tunis two days before a...
View ArticleHow Would the Buddha Handle North Korea? Mindfulness in Diplomacy
Today's diplomacy is dysfunctional, and it seems as if the more we try to fix things without negotiations, the more serious the problems become. Recently the challenges in places like Iraq or Syria...
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Kenya Is Poised to End Maternal Deaths, Led by the First Lady
Ms. Margaret Kenytta the First Lady of Kenya Visits a Maternity Ward in Wajir County on 14 Oct 2014 Kenya is amongst the 10 most dangerous countries for pregnant women. Between 6000 and 8000 women die...
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