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The Falkland Islands: It’s Really Quite Simple

To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Falklands War, Argentina has decided to reassert its claims over the South Atlantic isles (which it calls Las Malvinas), taking its case to the United Nations and pushing through a ser...
by David Rutter
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Daily News Roundup – 17 September 2012

  Worldwide Muslim protests at anti-Islam film escalate across the Islamic world Fresh protests, involving thousands of Muslims worldwide, are taking place over an amateur anti-Islam video produced by private citizens in t...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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The Impact of Social Media on Presidential Campaigns

The 2012 US election has become a revolution in and of itself. Of course, I could be referring to the dramatic changes in campaign finances or the outlandish comments made by candidates such as Todd Aiken.  However, my focus i...
by Kathleen Walpole
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Iran

This is not Islam

We in the West can all too easily believe that every Muslim wishes to kill in the name of religion. The protests that have swept across the Muslim world over the past several days are nothing to do with the inflammatory anti-Is...
by Gareth Lewis
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North America

Riot Ramifications Spill Over to US Presidential Campaigns

While the effects of the recent riots continue to spread across the Muslim world, and details are slowly emerging about its filmmaker, ramifications of the controversial film, The Innocence of Muslims, have also been playing ou...
by Laura Casey
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Romania

Romania: observing modern feudalism. Part one: the nobility

In modern Europe, we believe that feudal practices have been entirely eradicated and that modern democratic republican regimes are the sole source of state authority. By Republic, we refer to a system of government that is a pu...
by Tiberiu Dodan
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DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP – 14 SEPTEMBER 2012

Middle East and Africa Protests spread to Sudan with anger of ‘anti-Islam’ film Protests have erupted in the Sudanese capital Khartoum where both German and British embassies have been attacked after anger was fuelled by a ...
by Tom Dunbar
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Iran

The ‘Innocence of Muslims’ is a trap we must overcome

This week, anger has turned flags into flames and spilt blood in the streets of Sanaa, Benghazi, Cairo and Tehran over a cheap, cowardly trap, set with the one aim of inspiring violence. And it has. But now it is time that we s...
by Chris Wright
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Pro-austerity VVD’s victory in Dutch elections hides the real winners of last night’s poll – a social democratic Europe

With over 96% of votes counted, the result of yesterday’s Dutch election sees Mark Rutte, leader of the right-wing Liberals (VVD), set to stay as Prime Minister. But the closely fought election left his party with only two mo...
by Gareth Lewis
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