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When Chemical Weapons & Terrorist Groups Are Better Excuses

The last few weeks have been generous in events and catastrophes, from the Boston bombings to the Iraqi bloodshed, from the attack in Libya against the French embassy to the Somali terror wave and the Iranian devastating earthq...

by Mohamed Belarbi

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Hague on Syria, Parliament and Britain’s Place in the World

Yesterday, (September 8th 2013) UK Foreign Secretary William Hague appeared on the leading BBC political and current affairs program – The Andrew Marr Show. Not unsurprisingly, there was only one real topic up for discus...

by Oscar Isham

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Business As Usual

The Snowden revelations have cause us to re-examine our internet freedom and right to self-privacy. The far reaching surveillance by the National Security Agency and the rest of the Five Eyes (Canada, United Kingdom, New Zealan...

by Andrew Herweg

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Attention: Non Consensual Sexualization Of Children In The Media Ahead…

Framed as being ‘hot’, ‘mature’, and ‘sexy’, media representations of children have been critiqued in recent times, yet again. The issue of portraying children, more so, young girls, as sexualized images has been br...

by Arpita Mitra

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Why Do The U.S. Drones In Pakistan Mostly Hit Houses?

Domestic buildings have been hit by drone strikes more than any other type of target in the CIA’s 10-year campaign in the tribal regions of northern Pakistan, new research reveals. By way of contrast, since 2008, in neighbour...

by Urban Times

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Brave New World: The significance of Cuba at the Summit of the Americas

In 2013, US President Barack Obama and the Cuban leader, Raul Castro, shook hands at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service in Johannesburg, and it took the world by surprise. After five decades of separation, it appeared somethin...

by Simon Fraser

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Remember Aaron Swartz – Understand and Support What He Was Fighting For

Aaron Swartz, age 26, committed suicide a few days ago. While friends, family and advocates of his beliefs mourn his untimely death – the media discusses the circumstances of his suicide, weighing in on his accomplishme...

by Urban Times

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USA Aren’t The Only Ones Responding to al-Qaeda in Yemen

A drone attack in Yemen has left four al-Qaeda suspects dead, amid increased fears of a terrorist attack in the Middle East. It follows a global travel warning from the US on 2 August, and a closure of 20 embassies and co...

by Joe Strong

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WATCH: The Indiscriminate Atomic Weapon

When you think about nuclear weapons, what is the first thought that comes to your mind? Destructiveness? Maybe, death? For me at least, power, danger, and control are probably the first three words I associate with nuclear w...

by Conor Sullivan

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When Chemical Weapons & Terrorist Groups Are Better Excuses

Hague on Syria, Parliament and Britain’s Place in the World

Business As Usual

Attention: Non Consensual Sexualization Of Children In The Media Ahead…

Why Do The U.S. Drones In Pakistan Mostly Hit Houses?

Brave New World: The significance of Cuba at the Summit of the Americas

Remember Aaron Swartz – Understand and Support What He Was Fighting For

USA Aren’t The Only Ones Responding to al-Qaeda in Yemen

WATCH: The Indiscriminate Atomic Weapon

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