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Turkey Pulls the Plug on YouTube

Turkey: YouTube Block Violates Free Expression (Istanbul) – The Turkish government’s decision to close down YouTube by administrative order is a disastrous move for freedom of expression and the right...

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Changing Perceptions in Afghanistan

I recently met a friend who works for a nonprofit advocacy organization for Afghanistan. As we traded stories about Afghanistan, he asked me if I had "felt" the changes in the eight years that I spent...

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Legislators Ask Why Mexicans Should Die Over A Drug The U.S. Is Legalizing

Two Mexican legislators say they're sick of cramming their jails full of pot smokers. Few countries have suffered the consequences of the U.S.-led war on drugs more than Mexico. As the principal...

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American Media Brands Cast Web Over News in India

The Indian news cycle has been operating at a feverish pitch of late. The world's most populous democracy is about to choose a new government, politics is at its polarizing best, and a colorful cast of...

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Attack Victim Bares Battered Face In #NoMakeupSelfie To Help Rape Victims

A woman who was viciously attacked in a nightclub in England is baring her battered face for the entire world to see in order to raise funds and awareness for other victims of violence. Jeanne Marie...

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With friends like these

Stability is both the mantra and the brand of the King of Saudi Arabia Abdullah bin Abdulaziz. He is prepared to pay any price to keep it. He will release jihadis from prison to fight in Syria one...

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The Russian Open Games: Thwarted at Every Turn by the Powers That Be, but a...

In the vein of the late Dr. Tom Waddell, who founded the Gay Olympics (now the Gay Games) in San Francisco in 1984, Konstantin Yablotskiy and Elvina Yuvakaeva, co-presidents of the Russian LGBT Sports...

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Russia May Have 40,000 Troops Near Ukraine's Border: US sources

By Phil Stewart and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON, March 28 (Reuters) - Russia's reinforcement of troops near Ukraine has brought the total forces there to as many as 40,000, U.S. officials estimated on...

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'We Want To Make Sure They Know They're In A Safe Place': Sochi Strays Arrive...

After several weeks of preparations and a long journey, 10 strays dogs from Sochi, Russia, will now have the opportunity to be adopted in the United States. Following allegations that dogs were being...

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Cairo Clashes Leave At Least 5 Dead

CAIRO, March 28 (Reuters) - At least five people were killed in clashes in Cairo on Friday involving security forces, Muslim Brotherhood supporters and residents days after after hundreds of Islamists...

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What Next for the UN Security Council and Humanitarian Access in Syria?

Let us quickly recap where we are at in terms of human suffering in Syria. The latest conservative figures tell us that 146,000 people have died and 680,000 have been injured since the conflict began...

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Vatican Says It's Willing To Play Mediator Role In Venezuela

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican said Friday it was "willing and desirous" to intervene diplomatically in Venezuela's crisis after weeks of deadly unrest but says it must study expectations and options...

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8 Questions on Ukraine

Events in and concerning Crimea have raised to fever pitch the cacophony in the West over Ukraine. For one observer, there are some fundamental questions that seem to apply from the very beginning of...

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9 Ideas That Can Change Everything We Think About Cities

By 2050, a staggering 70 percent of the world's population will live in cities. (Right now it's 51 percent.) That will be about 6.72 billion humans putting pressure on a lot of aging infrastructure....

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Obama Urges Russia To Pull Troops Back From Ukraine Border In Call With Putin

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — President Barack Obama is urging Russian President Vladimir Putin to pull back Russian troops from the border with Ukraine. The White House says Putin called Obama on Friday...

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World History Shows U.S.- Russia Relations Must Move Beyond Fear and Conflict

In the 2003 documentary The Fog of War, Robert McNamara recalled that during the Cuban Missile Crisis, it was Ambassador Tommy Thompson's personal insight on Khrushchev from his time in Moscow that...

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Finally, a Cultural Melting Pot Too Hot for Religious Fundamentalism

I grew up in a magic island but for most of my childhood, I was banned from participating in its culture. You see I was raised in an American-founded Fundamentalist Christian faith so it did not matter...

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Can Russians' Seizing of Crimea Be Legalized?

For a few months, media and politicians in the U.S. and Western Europe were cheering the populous upheaval in Kiev, triggered by the decision of then-President Victor Yanukovich to abandon negotiations...

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Russia Threatened Countries Ahead Of UN Vote On Ukraine, Diplomats Say

By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS, March 28 (Reuters) - Russia threatened several Eastern European and Central Asian states with retaliation if they voted in favor of a United Nations General...

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Can International Intervention Assist Domestic Reconciliation?

The adoption of the third U.S.-sponsored resolution by the United Nations Human Rights Council, in as many years, on Sri Lanka will now result in an international investigation being carried out in to...

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