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Syria Children's Torture By Security Forces Revealed

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Syria Children's Torture By Security Forces Revealed. 04/04/2012 10:25 am ET. Apr 04, 2012. By Hugh Macleod and Annasofie Flamand, GlobalPost. For 13-year-old Hossam, the "ultimate pain" of his torture at the hands of the Syrian forces was when the "terrifying person" with the "huge body" wearing "black and black" drove a screwdriver up into his big toe nail before ripping it out with pliers. He was shouting at me, 'You want freedom? You want to topple the regime? What is your father's name? There are a ...

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World Water Day 2011: Which Nations Are Most At Risk?

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World Water Day 2011: Which Nations Are Most At Risk? 03/22/2011 10:05 am ET. May 25, 2011. Extreme water security risks across the Middle East and North Africa could lead to political tensions and devastating spikes in global oil prices, according to a new report. The two regions have already experienced months of protests and revolutions, including the ongoing intervention in Libya. Produced by the U.K.-based risk analysis firm Maplecroft. For more information and additional rankings.

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This Chinese City Is Becoming The Silicon Valley Of Hardware

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This Chinese City Is Becoming The Silicon Valley Of Hardware. 11/06/2014 11:59 am ET. Nov 21, 2014. China Correspondent, The WorldPost. Bloomberg via Getty Images. SHENZHEN, China - Chinese technology is chock-full of awkward analogies and misfit metaphors. The social network formerly known as "the Facebook of China" (Renren) turned out to be a flop. The Twitter of China" (Weibo) is slowly sliding toward irrelevance. And e-commerce behemoth Alibaba has burst out of several rhetorical straitjackets. A com...

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For Africa to Truly Rise, Entrepreneurs Must Be Prioritized

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For Africa to Truly Rise, Entrepreneurs Must Be Prioritized. 08/29/2014 03:59 pm ET. Oct 29, 2014. Trustee, Jane Goodall Institute; Board of Advisors, One Leap. Brent Stirton via Getty Images. ACCRA - In the summer of 2012, I quit my job in London to move back home to Ghana. The decision was long overdue but the catalyst was the culmination of a number of factors, mostly trying to find a deeper sense of purpose. BEEKEEPERS SHOW THE WAY. It will not come as a surprise that the largest constraint to growth...

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Looting Turns Deadly In Venezuela Amid Severe Food Shortages

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Looting Turns Deadly In Venezuela Amid Severe Food Shortages. The farther you get from the capital, the worse the economic situation is.". 08/01/2015 12:25 pm ET. Credit: Juan Barreto/Getty Images. Members of national guard patrol a supermarket in Caracas, on Feb. 3, 2015. CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - A man was killed and dozens were arrested Friday as a mob looted a supermarket and other shops in an industrial Venezuelan city, Bolivar state authorities said. Credit: Ariana Cubillos/Associated Press. A grou...

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Gobiernoscopia: marzo 2015

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Este blog pretender compartir con los lectores la política internacional tal y como yo la veo. Un análisis de los procesos electorales y de los que ejercen el poder en un mundo cada vez mas multipolar pero que sigue organizado según la formula inventada por Mahbunani, The West and the rest. La actualidad política del planeta, de la mano de un periodista ciudadano. El mundo desde mi mac. Jueves, 26 de marzo de 2015. Hillary Clinton: la candidata 'inevitable'. Queda poco mas de un año para los caucus.

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Gobiernoscopia: febrero 2014

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Este blog pretender compartir con los lectores la política internacional tal y como yo la veo. Un análisis de los procesos electorales y de los que ejercen el poder en un mundo cada vez mas multipolar pero que sigue organizado según la formula inventada por Mahbunani, The West and the rest. La actualidad política del planeta, de la mano de un periodista ciudadano. El mundo desde mi mac. Martes, 18 de febrero de 2014. Violencia en México. Más allá de Michoacán. Enviar por correo electrónico. Adicto a la a...

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Why Would Israel Attack Iran, Really?

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Why Would Israel Attack Iran, Really? 02/09/2012 06:42 pm ET. Apr 10, 2012. Blogger at MythicAmerica.us. Just days after the. New York Times Magazine. S lurid cover story, " Israel vs. Iran. Struck back with a two-fisted effort to win the "most dire prediction" contest. The Post's foreign policy pundit David Ignatius wrote a widely-circulated column. Warned ominously, "Israel: Iran Must Be Stopped Soon.". When the administration tells the. Ignatius put it delicately. Complicating matters is the 2012 pres...

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Tokyo Thigh Advertisements Turn Young Women Into Walking Billboards (VIDEO)

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Tokyo Thigh Advertisements Turn Young Women Into Walking Billboards (VIDEO). 07/23/2013 12:21 pm ET. Jul 23, 2013. A Tokyo public relations consultant has hatched the latest stunt in that advertising-saturated market: advertising on young women's thighs. That thighs are "an absolutely perfect place to put an advertisement as it is what guys are eager to look at and girls are okay to expose," and he recommends that the women wear miniskirts and high socks to draw attention to the branding.

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Why You Should Care About Taiwan

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Why You Should Care About Taiwan. 11/18/2011 01:15 pm ET. Jan 18, 2012. Political Analyst and Consultant. It was a bright, sunny day as Chinese President Hu Jintao. Woke up for his first full day at the APEC summit in Hawaii last Friday. Everything seemed just perfect. Maybe it was the fresh, clean air coming off the Pacific. Maybe it was the tropical water, the sun, the aloha spirit of the Hawaiian people. Or, maybe it was the op-ed in the. With a single bold act. Paul Kane writes, ". It seems to say&#4...