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Africa
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China-Africa Relations: From Asymmetrical Dependence to Symmetrical Interdependence

Notwithstanding the increase of trade between China and the African Union countries in the last decade, and the large number of Chinese investments in Africa, these relations are mostly to the advantage of the Chinese and thei...
by Ahmed Alqarout
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Green

No Monkeying Around With Golden Langurs

They look so bright and paint a gorgeous sight but sadly, it seems that the Golden Langurs will not be around for much longer. Found in North-eastern parts of India, the State of Assam to be precise; the Golden Langur is an end...
by Nishant
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Asia

‘Gender-Based Violence’ Mapping in Cambodia

The Open Institute NGO has launched a crowdsourced gender-based violence mapping tool in Cambodia to promote and protect women rights. Notably, gender-based violence has remained a significant issue in Cambodia. A UN repor...
by Sopheap Chak
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Asia

Dear Prime Minister Najib: Please Shut Your Gob

[twitter style=”horizontal” source=”intlpolitical” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” float=”left”] ‘Liberalism’ and ‘pluralism’ are two words that have powe...
by Yoonah Je
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Asia

WATCH: Google Shows Us How To Unite India And Pakistan In Just Three Minutes

For years, tensions between India and Pakistan have remained hostile. It seems that the people of both countries have entirely erased from their memories a time when they were one – no boundaries, no conflicts, just one c...
by Priyanka Mogul
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Asia
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Cricket – A Uniting Force Among Pakistanis

Over the past decade Pakistan has gone through a period of turmoil, both in terms of politics and economy. We have seen floods cause massive losses, we have seen the stock market crash, we have seen rising inflation, we have wi...
by Sohaib Rubnawaz
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Asia
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Climate Change Threatening Women’s’ Reproductive Power

Salma Banu is 23 years old, a worker of shrimp cultivation in Tafalbari village , Southkhali Union in Bagherhat Bangladesh, she expressed “ while my husband‘s monthly income from his cultivated land was not enough to contin...
by Tithe Farhana
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Asia
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Are Female Vigilantes The Answer To Stop Rapes In India?

A 22-year-old intern working as a photojournalist at a magazine was gang-raped in Mumbai, India while on assignment on August 22, 2013. The injured victim underwent surgery and is now recuperating. One man out of five suspect...
by Lakshmi Sarah
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Asia
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Myanmar: The Golden Land in the East

Racked by ethnic violence in recent months, Myanmar is fast re-entering the mainstream news sphere for all the wrong reasons. While the country has been under military rule since the 1960s, since 2010 the country has re-opened...
by Urban Times
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