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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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“Why Edward Snowden Wishes He’d Sought Asylum In Poland”

The Polish vodka Sobieski states on its website that vodka’s “birthplace was in Poland” and not in Russia, as many believe. However what draws attention to the product is the use of whistleblower Edward Snowden in...
by Robert Valencia
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The Rise Of Podemos, Spain’s “We Can” Citizen Party

For Spain, the big news in the European elections is the triumphant emergence onto the political scene of “Podemos” [es] (We Can) (@ahorapodemos), a political entity created four months ago, led by the charismatic Pablo Igl...
by Global Voices
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The Role of Politics and Active Citizenry in the World

 “In our age there is no such thing as ‘keeping out of politics.’ All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.” – George Orwe...
by Bernard Lim
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What Do You Think of These G8 Protest Posters?

The G8, otherwise known as the Group of Eight, is an assembly of world leaders who meet annually to discuss global issues. Each year, the G8 holds a Leaders’ Summit, in which Heads of State and Government of member countries ...
by Natasha Lipman
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Human Rights

Immigrants Are People Too, With Stories: Here’s Mine.

There is something startling in how little the British seem to know about their history. The same holds true for the majority of Europeans. I arrived in the UK aged 13 from Portugal in 2004. My father had been in England for 1...
by Davide Castro
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UNESCO’s “Unite4Heritage” Campaign: Effective in the Middle East?

‘Syrian citizens were bent over, crumbled to the floor in rubble and crying for the loss they felt from seeing their buildings and monuments destroyed. These brave people had risked their own lives to try to save these ...
by Flo Carson
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Lebanese Presidential Elections And Non-Lebanese Selections

As election season heats up in the Lebanese capital, the man to fill Lebanon’s Presidential throne is still very much up in the air. No time like the present, less than fifty days from the May 25 deadline, illustrates just ho...
by Tarek Shehab
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Human Rights

Should We Boycott Sochi?

If you are unaware of what’s going on, here is an update from inside the Russian Bear. The situation for homosexuals in Russia has regressed into Soviet style treatment. Today, over 80% of Russians support the new anti-gay pr...
by Kris Gravning
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