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DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP – 19 JULY 2012
Latin America Indigenous tribe clashes with Columbian police forces Columbian police forces have forcefully removed an indigenous tribe from a mountainous region they were occupying, with more than 20 people injured. The tribe ...
Could Rebels be Syria’s Solution?
[twitter style=”horizontal” source=”intlpolitical” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”icon_link”] With “Operation Damascus Volcano” under way, it is clear that opposition forces, ar...
Guns: The New Socio-Economic Divide in America?
With the ongoing debate surrounding gun control permeating the American public sphere since the tragic Newton, Conneticut shooting in December, the National Rifle Association (NRA) recently fired back with a highly propagan...
Youth Champions Grow Up Too
Wishful thinking… I had in my mind in the past an image of youth leaders always fighting for the rights of youth, never stepping back. But that’s an ill-conceived image. On March 27th, I organized a tweet chat under the...
Hong Kong’s Civil Disobedience Campaign Seeks Inspiration from Martin Luther King
The anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream…” speech was on August 28, 2013. Hong Kong local media outlets have given it quite large coverage because Martin Luther King’s civil disobedience campa...
China: The MDG’s Are About More Than Economic Empowerment
The first target of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) was met in 2010, as the global poverty rate of $1.25 a day fell in 2010 to less than half the 1990 rate. This was achieved largely as a result of the huge leaps made b...
