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Brazil

WATCH: A Tribe With A Horrific Secret

First, a few facts about the Suruwahan people. They are an indigenous tribe living outside the confines of Brazilian society. They are self-sufficient, sustaining themselves by hunting. They do not feel the need to wear clo...
by Chez
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Religion

Today I Converted to “Islam”

I was “born a Muslim” so to speak. Some of you know my parents; they are “chill parents”. They encouraged me to read relentlessly. Also to argue with them annoyingly about everything the minute I could do so. Our discus...
by Mohamed Firas Arfaoui
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Iran and the Arab Uprisings

Ever since the Islamic Revolution, Iran has tried to cast itself as the head of the radical camp in the Middle East. Iran’s foreign policy did not lose its revolutionary zeal through the years. Iranian support for radical mov...
by Maged Mandour
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Human Rights

Tibet: Inside the Occupation

95 Tibetans have set themselves alight in protest to Chinese rule in Tibet. The majority of these individuals have been in their twenties and teens. On the 7th November three boys, one 15, and two 16, dosed themselves in petrol...
by Jessica Trevis
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Human Rights

In-Depth: Religious Freedom in the Hermit State

Whether or not you believe in god, everyone has a right to religion and a right to be able to manifest it. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, a self-proclaimed “atheist state”, is a hermit pseudo-communist Dictato...
by Rosanna Rafel
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North America

One Nation Under God?

Vice President Joe Biden might be notorious for sometimes speaking before he thinks, but many will agree that he couldn’t have said it better when it came to abortion and the role of religion during last night’s Vice Presid...
by Laura Casey
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Asia

The Politics of Disasters in the Philippines

The Reproductive Health Bill, popularly known as the RH Bill, has been a matter of debate in the Philippines for the past eight years. On 7 August 2012, the House of Representatives voted to end the debate and moved to amend th...
by Alvin Almendrala Camba
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