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Eurasia

A Fistful of Bloggers: Russian MP Pressured to Resign

It’s not often that Russian anti-corruption activists can boast about their results. This week is one of those times. On February 12, 2013, head of RossPil and Coordinating Council of the Opposition member, Alexey Navalny...
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Animal Rights
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China’s Dog Meat Festival – Cruelty Or Culture?

In some parts of China, dog meat is considered a delicacy at the dinner table and the practice of consuming dog meat has been around since 500BC, or possibly even earlier. However, as more and more Chinese are raising dogs as...
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Egypt

The Internet Responds: Egyptians Overthrow Morsi & Muslim Brotherhood Rule

Mohamed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood senior member, is no longer the president of Egypt. Morsi’s one-year reign was cut short, after massive protests across Egypt calling for him to resign started on June 30. Head of the...
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Giants, Hackers, Trolls: Where Mythology and Online Activism Meet

Netizens have come to know a “troll” as ”someone who posts a deliberately provocative message” to fuel an argument online. That these inflammatory net users were labeled as “trolls” was no accident. The original m...
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Asia
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Taliban Say Brazen Karachi Airport Attack That Killed 24 People Was ‘Revenge’

The Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan have claimed responsibility for the brazen attack on Pakistan’s busiest airport Jinnah International. The 6-hour siege left 24 people dead, 10 of whom were militants. Just before 5 am, ...
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Iran

Do These Videos Show Iranians Fighting in Syria’s War?

That Iran supports the Syrian regime is well known, but there has been little evidence of direct involvement on the ground. Now a series of videos purporting to show Persian-speakers dressed in military uniforms, operating...
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Politics
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Crooks, Thieves, & the Independent Mayors Who Run Russia

The mayor of Yaroslavl and several of his colleagues will spend the next two months behind bars on extortion charges. Evgeny Urlashov, a former United Russia member who ran as an opposition-friendly independent, won the mayor...
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Asia
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Why Do The Taiwanese Need To Remember The Tiananmen Massacre?

Hong Kong may have taken the lead in observing the Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, but other Chinese speaking communities, such as the people of Taiwan, also organize annual candlelight vigils in memory of the in...
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