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Egypt Hunts Down the Right to Love
Cairo - Abeer Fakhry, a young Christian woman, had only wanted to live with a man who would love and respect her, and not with her abusive husband. But …
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How China Plans to Leapfrog the American Economy (and It’s Not What You Think)
Many Americans are already concerned about China’s growing economic challenge to the United States. Indeed, the challenge itself is hardly news anymore. But a new book, Red Alert …
Thomas Pogge on the Past, Present and Future of Global Poverty
Thomas Pogge. (Photo: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) Keane Bhatt: Could you begin by outlining the key issues of global poverty and why you consider its existence …
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Theories and Hoaxes Are Blurring Reality
After his End Times prediction failed last week millionaire radio prophet Harold Camping eventually came up with an excuse. During his show “Open Forum” in Oakland on May 23, …
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Veterans Court Seeks Alternate Justice System in Philadelphia
John Fleming is a 58-year-old African American born and raised in Philadelphia who served in the Army from 1969 to 1972 maintaining nuclear weapons in silos in Germany. …
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Libya: Water Emerges as a Hidden Weapon
Libyan postcard artwork representing the Great Man-Made River project. (Photo: sludgegulper) Cairo - Libya’s enormous aquatic reserves could potentially become a new weapon of choice if government …
WikiLeaks: Mauritanian Child Brides Embody the Dark Side of Globalization
One of the least remarked upon aspects of the WikiLeaked embassy cables is the persistent focus by diplomats on the so-called “dark side of globalization”—the illicit global economy. From …
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GOP Push to Tighten Voting Rules May Disenfranchise Young, Poor
Voters in Westfield, Massachusetts, November 4, 2008. (Photo: hlkljgk) Miami - Less than 18 months before the next presidential election, Republican-controlled statehouses around the country are rewriting …
Morocco: Rabat Protests
Members of the Feb. 20 Movement meet in Rabat, Morocco, on Feb. 28, 2011. The movement is trying to promote democratic institutions despite government intimidation. (Photo: Andrea Bruce / …
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Europe’s SB1070
CRS officer at a student demonstration. (Photo: Martin Le Roy) Arizona, for Americans, has come to symbolize anti-immigrant hysteria codified into law. Under its highly controversial terms, …