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The Daily Beast
America’s fastest growing financial and political powerbase is totally dominated by white men, this is not progress. In a culture that maintains its belief in the individualism of...
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The Daily Beast
As big a threat as ISIS is, the competition that truly defines the Middle East is the one between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Where do we fit in? The grisly and unspeakable beheading by...
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National Journal
Richard V. Reeves is a fellow at Brookings, where his research interests include issues related to social mobility, families and parenting, and inequality. Prior to his Brookings...

This citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Revolution Against Assad's Regime which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows dead bodies on a street in Aleppo, Syria Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013.
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JOHN HEILPRIN Associated Press Comments Geneva — The death toll from three years of Syria’s civil war has risen to more than 191,000 people, the United Nations reported Friday. The figure, covering the period from March 2011 to April 2014, is the...
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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon, Friday, March 15, 2013, to announce that the Obama administration will add 14 interceptors to a West Coast-based U.S.-based missile defense system reflecting concern about North Korea's focus on developing nuclear weapons and its advances in long-range missile technology.
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MOSCOW, August 22 (RIA Novosti) - The United States is warning that the Islamic State (IS) radical group presents a major threat to the stability and security of the Middle East region and long-term efforts from several countries will be required to...
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Authorities in the southern Indian state of Kerala have outlined plans to ban the sale and consumption of alcohol to tackle the state's drink problem. Initially, more than 700 bars and some shops selling alcohol would be shut and alcohol-free...
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469 children killed in Gaza: UNICEF
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A senior official of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday that a total of 469 children were killed in the Gaza Strip, where the situation is “dire” because of its debilitating effect on the one million Gaza...
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 the Iron Dome, an Israeli missile-defense system, intercepted rockets launched from Gaza into Israel.
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Strategically speaking, the Iron Dome antimissile shield, precisely because of its effectiveness, has been disastrous for Israel: It has saved Hamas from destruction and it has helped to seriously undermine Israel's image as a civilized state in the...
photo: Creative Commons / Israel Defense Forces/Shay Vaknin
ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
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Americans are probably not unique in treating philanthropy as a sort of game, with the goal of making it go down painlessly. The ice bucket challenge sweeping the nation – or at least Facebook and Twitter – is another example....
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This file image posted on a militant website on Saturday, June 14, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, appears to show militants from the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) leading away captured Iraqi soldiers dressed in plain clothes after taking over a base in Tikrit, Iraq.
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Related media Travel deals WASHINGTON - (AP) -- The Islamic State militants who beheaded American journalist James Foley in Syria had demanded $132.5 million -- or 100 million Euros-- in ransom for his release, a U.S. official said Thursday. The...
photo: AP / via militant website