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Uzbekistan rips off Facebook with 'YouFace'
Global Voices Uzbekistan blogger Ekaterina has a new post discussing Uzbekistan's recently-launched Facebook competitor, ammusingly called "YouFace." As you can see from the image above, it's pretty clear where the site got its design...
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Thu, Jul 12 2012 6:35 AM
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The return of French presidential family drama
The French may have thought that by trading in President Bling-Bling for Monsieur Normal , they were putting an end to the tabloid frenzy that often accompanied President Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni. They clearly didn't take into account Hollande's...
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Thu, Jul 12 2012 2:49 PM
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London Olympics organizers confuse the Koreas
North Korea's women's soccer team walked off the pitch yesterday after players' faces were mistakenly projected next to the South Korean flag. The angered team refused to return until the image had been corrected, delaying the game substantially...
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Thu, Jul 26 2012 9:22 AM
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The Election 2012 Weekly Report: European Vacation
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Mitt Romney may have hoped for a couple of days of softball coverage as he began his three-country international tour with a stop at the London Olympics, but he's run straight into the buzzsaw of the...
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Fri, Jul 27 2012 11:58 AM
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Morning Brief: Thousands flee Aleppo as fighting drags on
Thousands flee Aleppo as fighting drags on Top news: Syrian government forces shelled the Salaheddine district of Aleppo and claimed to have retaken the district area from rebel forces, though rebels claim to still be holding out in the neighborhood....
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Mon, Jul 30 2012 5:26 AM
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Erdogan insinuates that IOC is anti-Islam
From Beijing to Moscow from Rio to Sydney, the Olympics have spanned continents, traversed intense political terrain, and remained competitive for bidders of all colors and creeds. That said, Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan recently questioned the IOC's...
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Mon, Jul 30 2012 12:44 PM
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The next generation of UAVs
In an example of how the next-generation of stealthy UAV will be here within the decade, Lockheed Martin has just revealed the Sea Ghost, an unmanned Naval strike jet. While the vast majority of the world's current fleet of combat UAVs aren't...
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Tue, Jul 31 2012 11:00 AM
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The life and times of Omar Suleiman
0 0 1 722 4119 Foreign Policy magazine 34 9 4832 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE When it rains, it pours. One day after a Damascus bombing killed at least three top Syrian security officials, Egypt's former intelligence chief and vice...
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Thu, Jul 19 2012 4:07 AM
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Protest breaks out in my old Beijing apartment building
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Every year tens of thousands of mass protests break out in China. Some, like environmental protests that broke out in early July in the southwestern city of Shifang, feature tens...
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Thu, Jul 19 2012 10:15 AM
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How to get rich from the global obesity crisis
The worldwide rate of obesity more than doubled between 1980 and 2008 and over 500 million people are obese around the world today. Once confined only to wealthy countries, obesity rates are skyrocketing in developing powers like Brazil and China as well...
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Fri, Jul 20 2012 9:26 AM
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Who should worry about SyriaLeaks?
WikiLeaks has struck again. The self-professed whistleblower site announced this morning that it would release a whopping 2.4 million emails from Syrian political figures, ministries, and the companies with which they interacted. Founder Julian Assange...
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Thu, Jul 05 2012 8:58 AM
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Is Romania's democracy in danger?
Romania's government today began impeachment proceedings against President Traian Basescu, who has been locked in a bitter feud with Prime Minister Victor Ponta. The move seems to be the latest in a move by Ponta and his allies to purge opponents...
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Fri, Jul 06 2012 2:12 PM
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Israel plans for naval buildup
Energy resources are a hot commodity in the Levant Basin days, and with 1.7 billion barrels of recoverable oil, 122 trillion cubic feet of recoverable gas, and 5 billion barrels of natural gas liquids at stake, the Israeli defense ministry is asking for...
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Mon, Jul 09 2012 10:37 AM
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As South Sudan turns 1, scandal looms
On the eve of his country's first anniversary of independence , prominent South Sudanese human rights activist Deng Athuai was found brutally beaten and tied in a bag by the side of the road in Juba, the capital. According to local sources : A military...
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Mon, Jul 09 2012 1:36 PM
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Jordanian MP pulls gun, raises bar for bad parliamentary behavior
Clausewitz said that war is the extension of politics by other means. But Jordanian lawmaker Mohammed Shawabka seems to have gotten the Prussian military strategist's aphorism backwards. Last Thursday, Shawabka heaved his shoe and then pointed a pistol...
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Tue, Jul 10 2012 9:47 AM
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