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Asia
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South China Sea Dispute: New Battleground for US-China Interests

For over a decade China has been involved in maritime boundary disputes with the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei. With the recent pivot to Asia by the US, the South China Sea has become the new battleground for US-Chi...
by Gaanashree Wood
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Politics

Miley Twerking On Things We Should Talk About

The last few days my Facebook news feed has been inundated with ‘news’ from the MTV Video Music Awards. Newspapers are picking up on the ‘drama’ from the award ceremony, and the internet is aflutter with...
by Natasha Lipman
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Politics
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Putting an End to Racial Stereotypes Amid a Broken U.S. Criminal Justice System

I have witnessed, on numerous occasions, New York Police Department (NYPD) officers in plainclothes stopping and frisking African-American and Latino youth on the street corners and subway stations of East Harlem, where I have ...
by Robert Valencia
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Egypt

F.A.Q. on U.S. Aid to Egypt: Where Does the Money Go, And How Is It Spent?

Questions about the United States’ aid to Egypt have intensified in the wake of last month’s military coup. More than 1,000 Egyptians have been killed in the last week, most apparently supporters of ousted president Mohamed...
by ProPublica
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Africa

The Internet Responds: At 89 Years Old, Zimbabwe President Mugabe Sworn in for Five More Years

President Robert Mugabe took the oath of office in Zimbabwe’s capital city of Harare on August 22, 2013 after beating his closest rival, former Prime Minister of the coalition government Morgan Tsvangirai for the Moveme...
by Madalitso Mwando
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Politics
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Is Sex An Effective Tool For Empowerment?

Sexuality has occasionally been employed by women as a campaigning tool for gender equality. This has been manifested numerous times in campaigns such as SlutWalk, which aims to fight against the notion that women ought to be ...
by Josie Poulter
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Politics
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Snowden, Censorship & the Surveillance State

Sighs of relief are being breathed across the world now Edward Snowden has been granted temporary asylum in Russia, ending his one-month confinement in Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport. Snowden, who told the world the truth abo...
by Marienna Pope-Weidemann
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Egypt
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Egypt: A New Hope?

What have we learned from the Egyptian revolutions? Yes, Mubarak was a dictator and taking down his regime was the ‘right thing to do’, but, countries surely do not fix themselves overnight. Two years after the first revolu...
by Nadim Souss
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Egypt

Egypt: “I Literally Felt a Bullet Pass Over my Shoulder”

Egyptian photojournalist Mosa’ab Elshamy was shot at, had a bullet fly over his shoulder, and had his equipment stolen as he ventured into Rabaa Al Adawiya, where a pro-Morsi sit-in was violently dispersed in Cairo, Egyp...
by Amira Al Hassaini
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