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Why Does the Pentagon Love Toasting You Like a Bagel So Much?
In a shopping channel-worthy video released late last month, an excited Lance Corporal Clayton Filipowicz sets off with a huge, goofy smile to "figure out what it takes to get toasted like a bagel," or, in other words, to test out the Pentagon's...
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Mon, Nov 04 2013 10:38 AM
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China's Animated Sex Ed Videos Just Went Viral, And For a Good Reason
A collection of sex education videos have just gone, ahem, viral on the Chinese Internet. Normal 0 false false false EN-US ZH-CN X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 On Oct. 29, a three-person team calling itself the "Nutcracker Studio" released...
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Tue, Nov 05 2013 6:42 AM
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Here's Why Greenpeace Is Now Battling Advocates for Blind Children
It's hard to imagine two less likely combatants. In one corner: Greenpeace. In the other: child health advocates and the Philippines-based International Rice Research Institute. Welcome to the strange and heated debate over genetically modified organisms...
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Wed, Nov 06 2013 4:26 AM
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The World's Billionaires Have Doubled Their Wealth Since 2009. Just In Case You Didn't Hate Them Already.
Recession be damned: There are more billionaires today than there were during the global financial crisis in 2008 and 2009 -- and they're twice as rich, says a new report released Wednesday. The Billionaire Census , jointly compiled by Swiss financial...
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Wed, Nov 06 2013 12:40 PM
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Why Isn't China Censoring Chatter About its Latest Bomb Attack?
Over the past 10 days, two horrific attacks have shaken China -- but Chinese Internet censors seem interested in only one. On Oct. 28, five people died and dozens were injured when an SUV plowed into a crowd right near Tiananmen, the massive public square...
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Thu, Nov 07 2013 2:27 PM
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Morning Brief: Massive Typhoon Ravages Philippines, 10,000 Feared Dead
Massive Typhoon Ravages Philippines, 10,000 Feared Dead Top News: As many as 10,000 are feared dead in the Philippines after a powerful typhoon slammed into the island nation, causing widespread devastation and flooding. Typhoon Haiyan struck the island...
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Mon, Nov 11 2013 7:26 AM
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Why Poland's Right-Wing Thugs Keep Burning Rainbows
On Nov. 11 1918, the end of World War I, Poland regained its place on the map of Europe, after having been wiped off for 123 years. Now, on Poland's Independence Day, the capital's sky gives off a red glow and its streets are enveloped in smoke...
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Tue, Nov 12 2013 12:38 PM
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Did the New York Times Just Get Blocked in China -- Again?
The New York Times' flagship English and Chinese-language websites are already blocked in China -- now, the Times' latest hope for avoiding the wrath of censors there may have suffered a setback. Portions of the Chinese-language site of T Magazine...
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Wed, Nov 13 2013 1:00 PM
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Why Saudi Arabia Hates the Iran Deal
BEIRUT - As President Barack Obama pursues a historic deal with Iran over its nuclear program, he has already made history -- though perhaps not in the way he intended. For the first time since the United States emerged as a major power in the Middle...
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Thu, Nov 14 2013 8:53 AM
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China's Baby Steps Toward More Babies
0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false The reform of China's One Child Policy, which restricts most couples to having a single child, has taken a tiny step in the right direction. On Nov. 15, the Chinese government announced it would loosen the...
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Fri, Nov 15 2013 2:41 PM
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What Convicted Smugglers Tell Us About Iran's Proxy Wars
Yemen has sentenced eight sailors for smuggling arms to local rebels. The crew of the Jihan sailors received sentences ranging from one to six years in prison; the alleged mastermind of the operation, tried in absentia, received ten. No one in the Jihan...
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Mon, Nov 18 2013 9:01 AM
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Why It Took a Superstorm to Expose the Seedy Underbelly of Philippine Politics
More than a week after Super Typhoon Haiyan killed nearly 4,000 people and displaced another 4 million, relief efforts remain hampered by poor roadways, congested airports, and a host of other logistical nightmares. While the Red Cross says they have...
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Tue, Nov 19 2013 9:25 AM
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Meet Bibi's (and Bar Rafaeli's) Favorite French Politician
When French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius traveled to Geneva earlier this month to demand stricter restraints on Iran's nuclear program, he had just got off the phone with a previously obscure French parliamentarian. MP Meyer Habib had delivered...
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Wed, Nov 20 2013 6:33 AM
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Indonesian President Furious to Learn That His Own Spying Tactics Were Used Against Him
On Wednesday, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono suspended a range of bilateral initiatives with Australia amid allegations of spying. According to documents leaked by Edward Snowden, Australian intelligence officials tapped the phones of the...
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Wed, Nov 20 2013 12:27 PM
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Buffalo Teeth, Chicken Dinners, and 'Juju': The Strangest Sports Superstitions
After losing a key match to their rivals How Mine, officials from the Zimbabwean soccer team CAPS United decided to check out the locker room of their opponents. What they found convinced the team that they had lost the match on account of their opponents'...
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Thu, Nov 21 2013 11:21 AM
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