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Russian Daredevils Climb Shanghai Skyscraper
About two weeks ago, Vadim Makhorov posted the spooky image below of two disembodied Shanghai skyscrapers to his Instagram account. The picture raised more questions than it answered. Where was it taken from and how did Makhorov get there? On Wednesday...
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Thu, Feb 13 2014 1:47 PM
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Of Roses and Rice Balls - By Yuan Ren
This year, a traditional Chinese family gathering coincided with Western import Valentine's. Which won? Read More...
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Sat, Feb 15 2014 11:50 AM
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No, the Syrian Refugee Marwan Did Not Cross the Desert Alone
In the photograph above, a 4-year-old Syrian refugee named Marwan can be seen crossing the desert, apparently alone, near the Jordanian border. It's a heartbreaking image that went viral after it was posted on Twitter by the United Nations High Commissioner...
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Tue, Feb 18 2014 3:50 PM
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China's Little Secret
Beijing wants people to forget the Sino-Vietnamese War. Read More...
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Wed, Feb 19 2014 2:23 PM
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What a Bummer for Muslim Astronauts: A New Fatwa Bans Travel to Mars
Some 500 " Saudis and other Arabs ," most of whom are probably Muslim, have signed up with a private company, Mars One, which promises to bring them to the Red Planet to establish a permanent human colony. But a new fatwa may force those would...
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Thu, Feb 20 2014 3:04 PM
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A Tale of Two Star-Crossed Lovers on the Front Lines of Ukraine's Protests
Lida Pankiv is a journalist and anti-government protester in Kiev, and in December she found herself in a most unusual situation one the front lines of the Ukrainian capital's anti-government protests. Along with a friend, Pankiv inserted herself...
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Sat, Feb 22 2014 1:59 PM
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Morning Brief: Syria Misses Chemical Weapons Handover Deadline
Syria Misses Chemical Weapons Handover Deadline Top news: Syria on Wednesday missed the Feb. 5 deadline to surrender its entire chemical arsenal, putting at risk the international agreement brokered last September to avert a U.S. strike. So far, Bashar...
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Thu, Feb 06 2014 6:23 AM
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*** Riot Comes to Brooklyn Only to Go Mainstream
BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- It's 12:30 am, and the crowd at the now half-empty Barclays Center looks drained after a four-and-a-half hour show dedicated to human rights and organized by Amnesty International. That all changes when Yoko Ono comes on stage, grunting...
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Thu, Feb 06 2014 7:30 PM
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Russian Television Doctored Footage of the Sochi Opening Ceremony
Technical problems? In the Olympics, there is no such thing. During Friday's opening ceremony for the Sochi Olympics, a set of giant snowflakes descended from the sky and morphed into the Olympic rings. It was a neat trick, except for one problem...
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Fri, Feb 07 2014 3:23 PM
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Morning Brief: Big Day for International Diplomacy Around the World
Big Day for International Diplomacy Around the World Top News: Yesterday and today saw a flurry of diplomatic activity around the world, with several nations floating plans to restore long-severed relations. China and Taiwan began four days of discussions...
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Tue, Feb 11 2014 4:46 AM
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Five Reasons Why Al Qaeda’s New Currency Is Fake
It's been a rollercoaster year so far for the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), one of several extremist organizations operating in Syria and Iraq in the hopes of establishing an Islamic caliphate. The group notched a major military victory...
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Wed, Feb 12 2014 1:03 PM
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Does Amy Chua Understand China?
The Triple Package , the book released Feb. 4 by "Tiger Mom" author and provocateur Amy Chua and her husband, constitutional law expert and novelist Jed Rubenfeld, is unsurprisingly controversial. The authors, both professors at Yale Law School...
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Tue, Feb 04 2014 5:26 AM
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Israeli Jets Bomb Syria-Lebanon Border … Wait, What Border?
On Monday, Lebanese media reported that Israeli warplanes bombed a target near the town of Nabi Sheet, in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley along the border with Syria. Then, subsequent reports offered conflicting information about which side of the Lebanon...
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Tue, Feb 25 2014 3:18 PM
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How Food Became Syria's Next Battlefield
BEIRUT -- They say a picture is worth a thousand words. The one above -- showing residents of the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk, located outside Damascus -- may be worth even more than that. The photograph and corresponding video were taken by the...
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Wed, Feb 26 2014 10:18 AM
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Meet the Journalists Exposing Yanukovych's Deepest, Wettest Secrets
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE When he hastily fled Kiev on Saturday, Feb. 22, ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych left behind a monument to corruption: his lavish Kiev mansion filled with a private zoo, a Spanish galleon, and...
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Thu, Feb 27 2014 6:03 PM
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