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Africa

Out of Africa: The Evolution of Football in China

Six months after leading Chelsea to their first Champions League triumph, Didier Drogba returned to London last month to present a number of his teammates with commemorative rings to honour that fateful night in Bavaria. In t...
by Patrick Bourke
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What we know about the Internet and political protest (I)

The quote above is extracted from an article written in 1985 by George P. Schultz, US Secretary of State at the time. Even if I hadn’t just told you that the quote dates back to the 1980s, you would probably have been abl...
by Daniel Cavanillas
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Asia

WATCH: China’s Booming Appetite for Ivory, and What it Means for the Elephant

After hearing that last year alone, more than 12% of the world’s elephants were killed for their tusks, a team from National Geographic decided to make a special on the threats to the world’s largest land animal. Why is the...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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Environment

Talk Is Cheap: Can UN Climate Change Summit Turn Rhetoric Into Action?

The world holds its breath: protesters rally on the streets of New York ahead of Tuesday’s United Nations’ Climate Change Summit, 2014.
by Kamleshan Pillay
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Asia

Hong Kong and China’s influence: Much ado about nothing?

It seems an unlikely question, is Hong Kong falling to the weight of The People’s Republic of China? Hong Kong has always been (and still is) seen as a cosmopolitan city of democracy, human rights and capitalist glory. Hong K...
by Jessica Trevis
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China Detains Human Rights Lawyer After Tiananmen Meeting

China has detained prominent rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang on the charge of “causing a disturbance,” what is seen as an attempt to deter activists from marking the upcoming 25th anniversary of the crackdown on pro-democracy ...
by Abby Norman
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North America

There is only one Superpower

There has been talk of late that the United States is in decline. The BRIC states (Brazil, Russia, India and China) are being looked at now as the world’s custodians, particularly in regards to economy. It is true; the United...
by Hasan Rizvi
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Asia

Kashmir- ‘Trouble in a bloody Paradise’

Snowy white mountains, lush green hills, endless rivers and streams- a scenic depiction of a so called heaven on earth. But the dark clouds and shadows which emerge over the valleys of Kashmir are little less than of bloodshed,...
by Zahid Mahmood
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Asia

The Other Tibet: The Tiananmen Square Crash And Uyghurs

Terrorism is more than a Middle Eastern issue. Islamic terrorism is more than a Middle Eastern issue. The prominence of al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, Hamas, and other affiliate organizations in the public consciousness often obscures...
by Mary Garrett
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