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Meet Timothy Tracy, the American detained by the Venezuelan government
Late last week, the Venezuelan government detained Timothy Tracy, a 35-year-old American filmmaker, on charges of attempting to foment unrest in Venezuela following its contested April 14 presidential election. Given the Venezuelan government's long...
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Tue, Apr 30 2013 3:00 PM
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The toilet paper theory of Chinese international development
In January 2012, Guo Shuqing, then head of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, employed an unusual segue to discuss the internationalization of China's securities. Guo's powerful organization, roughly similar to the U.S. Securities and...
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Fri, Apr 12 2013 11:45 AM
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Why is there radioactive waste in the English Channel?
It looks like the English Channel is more than just polluted -- in a sense, it's also radioactive. On Friday, Der Speigel reported that a team of German journalists has discovered barrels of radioactive waste at the bottom of the waterway, just a...
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Fri, Apr 12 2013 5:30 PM
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Rapping jihadist's tweets showcase al-Shabab's internal divisions
It's been more than a year since Omar Hammami, an American-born jihadist in Somalia who made a name for himself with lo-fi propaganda rap productions , posted a video telling viewers he feared for his life. The threat he felt came not from the Somali...
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Tue, Apr 30 2013 4:15 PM
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Morning Brief: Italy swears in unity government, 2 police shot outside PM's office
Italy swears in unity government, 2 police shot outside PM's office Top news: Two months of political gridlock in Italy came to an end Sunday with the swearing in of a grand coalition government headed by Prime Minister Enrico Letta, a member of the...
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Mon, Apr 29 2013 5:43 AM
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You can buy jihadi rap on iTunes, but is that a good thing?
I didn't think it would be hard to find " 9 Disturbingly Good Jihadi Raps " online, but it was. There were, of course, the stylings of al-Shabab's rapper laureate, Omar Hammami, and the music video for "Dirty Kuffar," which...
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Tue, Apr 30 2013 9:50 AM
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Billionaire sheikh scrubs name from private island
Back in 2011, I wrote about a story that seemed way, way too good to be true: Sheikh Hamad Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan -- a member of Abu Dhabi's ruling family famous for owning rainbow-colored cars, the world's largest truck, and a globe-shaped motor...
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Tue, Apr 30 2013 9:35 AM
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Turkmenistan's president won a horse race in the most embarrassing way possible
During a race on Sunday to mark the Day of the Turkmen Racehorse, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov and his horse Berkarar (Mighty), of the national Akhal-Teke breed, were the first to stride across the finish line, claiming an $11 million...
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Tue, Apr 30 2013 1:00 PM
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North Korea reflects on the last two months: America is a 'reckless' nation
With the Foal Eagle joint military exercise between the United States and South Korea drawing to a close , North Korea took a moment to reflect on the last two months -- a period in which it declared a "state of war," voided its existing non...
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Tue, Apr 30 2013 2:40 PM
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Saudi Arabia launches first anti-domestic violence ad
Saudi Arabia has long been known as one of the worst places in the world to be a woman: Under the kingdom's legal system, women are treated as minors and are forbidden from traveling or working without the permission of their male guardians. According...
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Mon, Apr 29 2013 12:45 PM
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Do bags of cash ever help the CIA get what it wants?
On Monday, the New York Times revealed that the CIA has been funneling tens of millions of dollars to Afghan President Hamid Karzai. The cash payments -- delivered to his office every month -- arrived in suitcases, backpacks, and plastic bags, and were...
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Mon, Apr 29 2013 4:10 PM
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Obama's 'red line' has become the international community's 'red line'
Clarifying his administration's "red line" policy, Barack Obama told reporters Tuesday that if Syria used chemical weapons against its citizens, it would represent a "game-changer not simply for the United States, but for the international...
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Tue, Apr 30 2013 10:30 AM
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Morning Brief: Damascus bombing kills 13 after prime minister survives attack
Damascus bombing kills 13 after prime minister survives attack Top news : A car bomb exploded in the center of the Syrian capital, Damascus, on Tuesday, killing at least 13 people and wounding another 70. The attack, near the rear entrance of a building...
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Tue, Apr 30 2013 5:40 AM
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Is Iran about to seal itself off from the Internet?
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 With its "national information network" nearing completion, Iran may soon be able to seal itself off from the World Wide Web. The ambitious project to create a second...
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Mon, Apr 29 2013 5:00 PM
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U.S. manufactured false intel on chemical weapons in Syria, winks Dennis Kucinich
Allegations of chemical weapons use in Syria may be supported by the United States, France, Britain, Israel , and Qatar , but former Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich thinks they might just be Western-manufactured pretexts for war. The anti-war Democrat...
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Mon, Apr 29 2013 1:30 PM
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