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I didn't wanna write this as some kind of statement. I just want to tell you about my brief random conversation with a sad Muslim Sydney Uber driver, whose religion is being taken from him.

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History will likely show that ISIS's new strategy was the point in time when it was forced to roll the dice...and lost.

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In times of tragedy, it is natural and easy to hate, but hate does not achieve anything. Strong considered responses by a strong committed Government and people do.

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Two days in. Time itself cried yesterday. For the first time in days, the sky had darkened and a chill blew through the air. The day unfolded with the nightmare of the night before and the dullness of being awake in its midst.

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Positive mental health allows us to appreciate life. To neglect these simple measures exposes us to excessive stress and to its psychosomatic consequences.

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The young couple looking to purchase their first family home shouldn't have to compete with overseas and serial investors, who are driving prices up to unprecedented levels.

Postponing a major conference to a later date, when its main objective is to reduce the dependence on oil and gas, and therefore indirectly weaken the ISIS economy, would be unwise.

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We are not part of them, but unfortunately, these brutes are part of us. They are part of society. Our society. They don't come from Mars. They have been among us. Always. It is our problem and we as a society are responsible for solving this problem.

We are now confronted by one of the gravest threats to our world and our way of life, since rise of the Nazism. We'd better start talking about it openly not only amongst ourselves, but with everyone with whom we relate who plays a role in its sustenance, and that of course includes the Saudis.

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Amid the horror, the blood, the anxiety that have now gripped Paris, one single decision lacerates the soul as a fragile, pathetic, emotional confession of impotence: the French frontiers have been closed.

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We felt the floor and wall vibrate in the room where we were meeting. The management team preferred to reassure us, explaining that it was a firework. But we felt that something serious had happened.

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Who can really "comprehend" such barbaric acts? Who could possibly detach themselves from the solidarity of our nation out of national indignation? Who can say once again, like some have said before, that "they were asking for it?" A drop of hope glistens in a pool of blood.

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I can't have that moment back with my daughter. I'll never get the chance to make that moment right. Nor can I make right the many other moments where I have failed in my role as a mother. This is the paradox of time, that we cannot appreciate the moment until it's gone and we can never get it back.

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There are certain urban myths surrounding twins, as well as a series of strange comments to which parents of twins are often subjected, from pregnancy and beyond.

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TIANJIN, China -- Enlightened self-interest should encourage China to leverage its global economic weight in the pursuit of multilateral pathways to address more effectively critical issues where international cooperation has so far proven clearly insufficient.

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Mothers who experience depression and other forms of mental illness can't help what's happening to them, and surely they're suffering. The mentally ill often aren't capable of seeing the impact of their illness on others, so all-consuming it often is.

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You would be hard pressed to open Facebook or Instagram nowadays and not find an article titled something along the lines of 'I quit my...