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Beyonce's New Album Got FP Global Thinker Chimamanda Adichie All Wrong
This Croatian Group Has Had Enough of Bob Dylan's Racism
The Rise and Fall of the World's Most Brazen Twitter Clones
They Love Twerking in Tunisia: Mapping the World's Most Popular YouTube Videos
Saudi Arabia's First Female Filmmaker: We Found Wonderful Girls -- but They Won't Act
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Beyonce's New Album Got FP Global Thinker Chimamanda Adichie All Wrong
Beyonce is just full of surprises. In the past 24 hours, she dropped an album, joined Weibo, and -- to our particular delight -- paid tribute to one of Foreign Policy's 2013 Global Thinkers , Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, whose 2013 novel Americanah is...
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Fri, Dec 12 2013 1:30 PM
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This Croatian Group Has Had Enough of Bob Dylan's Racism
Bob Dylan may be an icon of the American civil rights movement, but that hasn't stopped a Croatian community group in France from suing the folk singer over allegedly racist comments he made last year. With songs like "The Lonesome Death of Hattie...
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Mon, Dec 12 2013 11:44 AM
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The Rise and Fall of the World's Most Brazen Twitter Clones
Twitter shares hit a high of $50 on Thursday in its first day of trading. It's a sizable opening-day pop, given that the initial public offering price was initially marked at somewhere near half of that. The opening generated a lot of buzz among investors...
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Thu, Nov 11 2013 10:30 AM
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They Love Twerking in Tunisia: Mapping the World's Most Popular YouTube Videos
After watching the world's most popular YouTube videos, I've reached one conclusion: Everyone loves Miley Cyrus. Well, almost everyone. The map above is a rough guide to the popularity of the singer's controversial music video "Wrecking...
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Tue, Oct 10 2013 3:00 PM
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Saudi Arabia's First Female Filmmaker: We Found Wonderful Girls -- but They Won't Act
That the first feature film shot in Saudi Arabia (a country with no commercial theaters) was directed by a woman (in a country where women still famously cannot drive) would have been enough to spark a media firestorm. That the film, Wadjda , which hit...
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Fri, Sep 09 2013 9:40 AM
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Seth Rogen will try to kill Kim Jong Un in next movie
North Korea is getting the Hollywood treatment yet again. But this time, instead of puppets , actors Seth Rogen and James Franco are taking on the Hermit Kingdom in a film entitled The Interview . "James and Seth play reporters who get an interview...
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Wed, Jun 06 2013 3:30 PM
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Why Indian-Americans d-o-m-i-n-a-t-e spelling bees
When, in 2010, Anamika Veeramani correctly sounded out the letters to " stromuhr " (I hadn't heard the word before either) to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee, she captured the hearts and minds of the Indian and U.S. media alike. This...
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Thu, May 05 2013 2:30 PM
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Why do authoritarian leaders give such long speeches?
On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin sat for his nearly annual televised live-call-in show -- which, this year, went on for nearly five hours. In addition to tackling some weightier questions about the Russian economy and the country's hot...
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Thu, Apr 04 2013 2:10 PM
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Malawi accuses Madonna of emotional blackmail
Emotional blackmail. No, it's not Madonna's new hit single, but rather one of the accusations hurled at the pop star in a statement released by the Malawi State House on Thursday. Earlier this week, we wrote about the material girl's less...
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Thu, Apr 04 2013 9:55 AM
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North Korean aggression: the soundtrack
"Leader, Just Give Us Your Order" KCNA North Korea's threats have dominated international news over the past month. But a quick scan of North Korea's state-run news agency KCNA suggests we've been missing something: Pyongyang's...
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Wed, Apr 04 2013 12:20 PM
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Margaret Thatcher's legacy -- in political cartoons
Margaret Thatcher's death on Monday has prompted a great deal of reflection on the Iron Lady's many legacies. But one in particular has been less explored: the former British prime minister's recurring appearance in political cartoons. "She...
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Tue, Apr 04 2013 2:10 PM
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How to turn six tweets and a blog post into an opera
When, in 2012, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman chose to title a blog post about Estonia's less-than-stellar economic recovery " Estonian Rhapsody ," we should have known that this was no run-of-the-mill fiscal commentary -- but rather...
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Fri, Apr 04 2013 4:00 PM
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Does Iran have a legal case against 'Argo'?
On Tuesday, the Iranian press reported that the country is seriously considering a lawsuit against the makers of Argo over the film's unrealistic and negative portrayal of Iranians. According to AP : Several news outlets, including the pro-reform...
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Tue, Mar 03 2013 3:30 PM
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Predictable Argo win at Oscars causes predictable Iranian outrage
Last night, Argo , Ben Affleck's account of the Iranian hostage situation, surprised few when it claimed the Academy Award for best picture. Also unsurprising was the reaction of Iranian media. The film, which looks at Hollywood's role in helping...
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Mon, Feb 02 2013 8:08 AM
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North Korea releases nuclear destruction video set to 'We Are the World'
With a North Korean nuclear test looming imminently on the horizon, the nation's propaganda machine appears to be in full 1980's-pop-swing. Last weekend, the government uploaded a video to its official website depicting a young Korean man falling...
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Tue, Feb 02 2013 8:01 AM
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