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Do You Speak the World's Weirdest Language?
Are you one of the 6,000 people in the world who speaks Chalcatongo Mixtec? Congratulations! You speak the world's weirdest language. That's what Tyler Schnoebelen and the researchers at Idibon , a natural language processing company, found when...
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Mon, Jul 01 2013 3:30 PM
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Why Flight Safety in South Korea Lagged Behind Its Economic Boom
By 1999, South Korea was already well on its way to joining the world's most advanced economies. Companies like Samsung and Hyundai were fast becoming household names and, at a little less than $10,000 , the country's GDP per capita -- having...
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Mon, Jul 08 2013 4:43 PM
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Kim and Kanye May (or May Not) Be Getting Married at Egypt's Pyramids
Take this with several grains of salt, but Kanye West, croissant enthusiast and self-professed " Steve [Jobs] of Internet, downtown, fashion, culture ," and Kim Kardashian, noted cultural ambassador to the Arab world, might be planning a special...
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Mon, Jul 08 2013 2:17 PM
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Middle East
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Graphic Novel Urges Western Muslim Youth to Join Jabhat al-Nusra
In the annals of jihadi groups, the story is an old one: A disaffected Muslim youth returns to Islam, reconnects with his faith, finds himself outraged at the injustices done to his brothers abroad, and travels to a conflict zone to wage jihad. Think...
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Thu, Jul 18 2013 2:30 PM
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al Qaeda
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Media
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Islam
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Syria
Report: Indonesia Emerges as Hacking Powerhouse
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Internet hackers have found a new home from which to spread online mayhem , and it's not where you might expect. According to a new report from cloud computing provider Akamai...
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Tue, Jul 23 2013 11:47 AM
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Internet
The Great Global Drone Gender Gap
A new global survey from the Pew Research Center has revealed a striking difference of opinion along gender lines. The issue? Drone strikes. "It's one of the most extreme gender differences we've ever seen [on an issue]," Bruce Stokes...
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Thu, Jul 25 2013 9:04 AM
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Assassination and Protests Rock Tunisia
As Egypt braces for a day of rival protests tomorrow, Tunisia was also plunged into turmoil today with the assassination of secular politician Mohamed Brahmi, the head of the country's Constituent Assembly and the opposition Movement of the People...
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Thu, Jul 25 2013 12:49 PM
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The Postage Stamp That Has France in a Frenzy
Not everyone in France is thrilled with the new postage stamp featuring a youthful Marianne, one of the symbols of la République Française , that François Hollande unveiled at the Élysée Palace on Bastille Day -- as part of a tradition in which each new...
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Mon, Jul 15 2013 3:40 PM
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Meet the American Supporting Myanmar's Controversial Pro-Buddhist Movement
He's a self-proclaimed "white American national" who has no family connections to Myanmar and has never visited the country. He's not an expert on its politics either, he tells me -- which becomes clear later in our conversation when...
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Fri, Jul 12 2013 11:50 AM
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German Green Party Politician Has Some Questions for 'Mr. PRISM'
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Anyone searching for a good summer farce to keep themselves entertained during these hot, meandering summer months should take a trip to Berlin, where an elegant little comedy is...
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Fri, Jul 26 2013 10:35 AM
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Germany
Russian Media Blames U.S. for Snowden Affair
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Edward Snowden, continuing his confounding dance around the expectations of the international media, won't be leaving the Moscow airport after all. In a confusing series of...
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Wed, Jul 24 2013 10:21 AM
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Russia
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If Detroit Were a Country, Would It Be a Failed State?
The city of Detroit has sorrows to spare. Its government -- officially, as of Thursday -- can't pay its bills. Its police don't arrive in time to stop criminals , and its ambulances don't arrive in time to save lives . Its citizens are fleeing...
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Fri, Jul 19 2013 3:12 PM
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North America
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The Best Bluffs of the U.S.-Afghan Relationship
As the Obama administration considers what the residual U.S. force in Afghanistan will look like after its planned drawdown in 2014, the general consensus has been that some troops -- particularly special forces for counterterrorism missions -- will be...
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Tue, Jul 09 2013 11:30 AM
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Afghanistan
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Taliban
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Obama Administration
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South Asia
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Military
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Moscow to Caracas -- The Scenic Route
So Edward Snowden finally has somewhere that will take him in -- if he can just figure out a way to get there first. After rejections from more than a dozen countries, word came late Friday that three Latin American countries -- Venezuela, Bolivia and...
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Sat, Jul 06 2013 2:31 PM
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Russia
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WikiLeaks
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Venezuela
Japanese Nationalists Attack Animation Master's New Film
Hayao Miyazaki, the renowned animator of critically acclaimed flims like My Neighbor Totoro , Spirited Away , and Howl's Moving Castle , is courting controversy in Japan and drawing the ire of the aggressively nationalist supporters of Prime Minister...
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Tue, Jul 23 2013 2:28 PM
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Japan
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East Asia
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Politics
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