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Syrian Activist Forced From Hometown Pledges To Keep Publicizing Atrocities
BEIRUT -- The rockets came in the early morning, shattering both the peace and the buildings as the residents of Moadamiyeh were barely standing up from their prayer rugs. There were five of them,...
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela is coming under increasing international scrutiny amid violence that most recently killed a National Guardsman and a civilian in a clash at a protest barricade....
View ArticleMexico Imposes Restrictions On 'Preponderant' Telecommunications Companies
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican regulators declared the country's main television network and Carlos Slim's telecom company as "preponderant" market players on Friday, part of an effort by the government to...
View ArticleTurkish President Gül: There Is No Stepping Back From Freedoms
Late last week, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erodogan stated that, after local elections on March 30, he would pursue a further crackdown on internet freedoms. In an interview with the Turkish...
View ArticleObama Continues Ukraine Phone Outreach
KEY LARGO, Fla. (AP) — Vacationing in Florida, President Barack Obama continued his telephone consultations with world leaders on Ukraine, speaking one on one Saturday with the leaders of three...
View ArticleUkrainian Zoo Animals Faced Starvation Due To Lack Of Funds
People came together this week to help a Ukrainian zoo after the wildlife park announced that its animals could potentially be in danger of starvation. The director of the Kharkiv Zoo reportedly warned...
View ArticleAlleged Mexican Military Incursion Into Arizona May Point To Cartel Collusion
WASHINGTON — Just before 8:30 a.m. January 26, two figures dressed in camouflage and carrying military assault rifles crossed an international border, making their way on foot through the quiet desert...
View ArticleNorth Korean-Flagged Tanker Loads Oil At Seized Libyan Port: Officials
TRIPOLI, March 8 (Reuters) - A North Korean-flagged tanker has started loading oil at a Libyan port seized by rebels in the east of the country, port and oil officials said on Saturday. The Libyan...
View ArticleTelevising Religion in the Czech Republic
In broad strokes, religion became more important for people in East-Central Europe over the last 20 years and less important for people in Western Europe. According to the European Values Survey,...
View ArticleSergey Aksyonov, Crimea's New Prime Minister, Has A Murky Past
SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Two weeks ago, Sergey Aksyonov was a small-time Crimean politician, the leader of a tiny pro-Russia political party that could barely summon 4 percent of the votes in the...
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Peru's Naked Bike Ride Protests Roll Through Lima (NSFW PHOTOS)
Hundreds of nude men and women took to the streets of Lima, Peru this past weekend to protest the traffic problems afflicting their country and promote bicycle friendly policies. PeruThisWeek notes...
View ArticleCountering Sexism in East Germany
In March 1990, just after the first and only democratic elections in East Germany, I visited the House of Democracy in East Berlin. In this building on Friedrichstrasse, at a prime location near Unter...
View ArticleUkraine: Neither War Nor Disgrace
The invasion and occupation of Crimea by the Russian army effectively constitutes an act of war. The EU must now realize that it should no longer be allowed to get away with semantic acrobatics. It is...
View ArticleIguana Tries To Eat Andrew Loupe's Ball At Puerto Rico Open (VIDEO)
With only two holes to go at the Puerto Rico Open, Andrew Loupe probably thought he'd seen everything. And then this happened. While his ball was laying on the green at the 16th hole, a scaly intruder...
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'He Knew That Death Was Coming': Survivors Mourn After A Massacre By Syrian...
OBEEN, Syria -- The rebel fighters arrived in the early hours of the night, moving swiftly and aggressively from village to village across the mountainous terrain 15 miles from the border with Turkey....
View ArticleDecoding Hamid Karzai
By Suchitra Vijayan and Prakhar Sharma Karzai has retreated from many ideological and political positions in the face of recalcitrant events and shifting context. The most irreconcilable are his...
View ArticleLove 'Cosmos?' Then NASA's 'Images Of A Space-Time Odyssey' Will Make Your...
The premiere of "Cosmos," Neil deGrasse Tyson's new TV series, has a lot of science geeks massively pumped. And that includes the folks at NASA, who welcomed the 13-part series by releasing a stunning...
View ArticleThe Fight Against Homosexuality Is The 'Battle Of Our Time,' Bryan Fischer...
The American Family Association's Bryan Fischer called the fight against sexuality the defining "battle of our time" in a heated "Focal Point" broadcast this week. As Right Wing Watch first reported,...
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Next Chapter In The Global Banana Trade's Bloody History: 'Walmartization'
Two of the world’s biggest banana companies announced Monday that they're joining together to form a banana empire. It's just the latest development in the centuries-long power struggle of the banana...
View ArticleBlack Market For Organs Reportedly Alive And Well On Facebook
Desperate for money, a slew of people have apparently turned to Facebook in an attempt to sell their organs, a United Kingdom newspaper investigation has revealed. A journalist from the Sunday Post...
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