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The Guardian | 2015-10-22
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A domino effect in Afghanistan
A domino effect in Afghanistan
Across a 12,500km expanse of well-irrigated valleys, Faryab province in northern Afghanistan used to be a stable, economically self-sufficient home to nearly one million multiethnic inhabitants. But today, Faryab simmers...
photo: US Army / Cpl. Clay Beyersdorfer
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Senior UN official castigates World Bank over its approach to human rights
Senior UN official castigates World Bank over its approach to human rights
UN special rapporteur accuses bank of leading ‘race to the bottom’ on human rights and says organisation pays lip service to issues without tackling them...
photo: UN / Jean-Marc Ferré
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Alien Engineering Around Strange Star?
Alien Engineering Around Strange Star?
There's a new big dipper in the nighttime sky. No, it's not a cozy constellation, but a distant, non-descript star that behaves like a shipboard semaphore, beaming flashes of light into the cosmic darkness that seem...
photo: NASA
UN chief 'pessimistic' about Israel-Palestinian peace
UN chief 'pessimistic' about Israel-Palestinian peace
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon offered the Security Council a grim assessment Wednesday of prospects for defusing the latest wave of violence between Israel and the Palestinians, a British diplomat said. British...
photo: UN / Rick Bajornas
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Isis in Iraq: Shia leaders want Russian air strikes for battle against militant threat
Isis in Iraq: Shia leaders want Russian air strikes for battle against militant threat
Iraqi political and military leaders are demanding that the government follow Syria in requesting...
photo: AP
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U.S. Policies Aggravate Pakistan's Dysfunction
U.S. Policies Aggravate Pakistan's Dysfunction
By inviting Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to the White House, President Obama may only have wanted to signal America's continued interest in the nuclear-armed country. But in Pakistan it reignited the belief...
photo: UN / Rick Bajornas
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EU calls ‘Balkan route’ talks over migrants as Slovenia boosts security
EU calls ‘Balkan route’ talks over migrants as Slovenia boosts security
Slovenia has moved to beef up security to cope with a surge of migrants arriving from the Balkans, as the European Union invited the region’s leaders for talks on “immediate operational action” to ease the continent’s...
photo: EC / EU
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Biden Decides Against 2016 Presidential Run
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Stepping into the White House Rose Garden on a mild sunny day, Vice President Joe Biden announced that he would not join the 2016 presidential race because he...
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Italy relocates 70 refugees as costs to house migrants double
Italy relocates 70 refugees as costs to house migrants double
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British Airways Parent on the Hunt for Next Deal
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Chris Rock Confirmed to Host the Oscars
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Disputed NASA Study Finds 99.9 Percent Chance LA Will Soon Face Major Earthquake
Disputed NASA Study Finds 99.9 Percent Chance LA Will Soon Face Major Earthquake
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Current Newspapers asks readers for voluntary payments
Current Newspapers asks readers for voluntary payments
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After reading manuscript, scholar bailed on ‘Killing Reagan’ project
After reading manuscript, scholar bailed on ‘Killing Reagan’ project
Annelise Anderson is a research fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution and was an...
CNN hires jolly Islamophobe Bob Beckel, formerly of Fox News
CNN hires jolly Islamophobe Bob Beckel, formerly of Fox News
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Media fail spectacularly
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When news organizations publish stuff accidentally
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“Killing Reagan,” the fifth in the murderous series penned by Fox News host Bill...
