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Popular Tibetan Performer Detained For ‘Political’ Song

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Chinese security officials have detained a popular Tibetan musician and singer for performing a song calling on Tibetans to ‘unite’ and to learn and speak their own language, as China continues to crack down on public assertions of Tibetan national and cultural identity. Kalsang Yarphel, 38, was taken into custody in Tibet’s regional capital Lhasa […]

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Bangladesh: Call To Free Prominent Rights Activist

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Bangladeshi authorities should immediately release prominent rights activist Adilur Rahman Khan, who was arrested without warrant at his Dhaka home late on August 10, 2013, Human Rights Watch said today. Bangladesh’s donors should press the government to release Khan and end the harassment of human rights defenders and other critics of the government. Khan, a […]

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A New Lease For ‘Thugtatorship’ In Zimbabwe – OpEd

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Zimbabwe had its presidential elections on August 3. The Zimbabwe Election Support Network said these were “seriously compromised”. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai described the polls “a huge farce” and a “sham that does not reflect the will of the people.” Among African Union observers, only Botswana called for an investigation. Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam asks […]

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Saudi Arabia: Rising Gold Prices Threaten Some Factories With Closure

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The rising prices of gold during the past two weeks caused stagnation in the Saudi market, and pushed gold merchants to activate sales because factories didn’t halt their production, according to the National Committee for Precious Metals. The price of the precious metal has registered the second weekly decline, while the dollar has recovered from […]

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India’s Thorny Crown Prickles Again – OpEd

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Is there a sinister side to the events that unfolded in Kashmir in the last few weeks? The deplorable attack on Muslim worshipers, offering Eid prayers, by Hindu fanatics in Indian administered Kashmir’s Kishtwar area suggests so. Previous incidences like massacre of unarmed civilians protesting against desecration of a mosque and Holy Qur’an by India’s […]

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Will Iran’s New President Change Course? – OpEd

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By Hassan Barari Despite the upbeat about Hassan Rohani’s victory in the Iranian presidential elections, it is far from certain that the new president will change course on key issues that has complicated Iran’s regional and international standing. The new president faces a number of challenges that he must contend with in a convenient fashion. […]

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Iran’s Basketball Team Wins Asia Championship Once Again

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The Iranian national basketball team defeated the Philippines in the final game of the Asian championships, winning the sport’s top honour in Asia. Mehr reports that Iran defeated the Philippines 85 to 71 on Sunday in Manila. The Iranian team had won against Taiwan yesterday, which guaranteed the team a spot in the world championships […]

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Nelson Mandela Sees ‘Slow But Steady Improvement’

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Former South Africa President Nelson Mandela’s doctors have told President Jacob Zuma that the former statesman is showing a slow but steady improvement. “The medical team also reiterated that although his health was improving steadily, Madiba still remained in a critical condition,” said the Presidency in a statement. Madiba was admitted to the Medi-Clinic Heart […]

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Humanistic Leaders: Their Time Has Come

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Not that long ago, a leader was portrayed as a heroic figure; a man — and it was usually a man — who gave commands. Thankfully, a leader these days is seen more as a builder of teams and alliances. However, as IESE’s Carlos Rodríguez-Lluesma and Marta Elvira, writing with Anabella Dávila of Mexico’s EGADE […]

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US Embassies Reopening After Terrorist Threat

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(RFE/RL) — The United States is reopening some of the diplomatic missions across the Middle East and Africa that it closed last week following a security alert. Several U.S. embassies, including the missions in the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, Libya, and the U.S. consulate in Dubai reopened on August 11, while others are to […]

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German Agency Downplays Risk Of New Auto Refrigerant

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(EurActiv) — A new air-conditioning refrigerant used in cars poses no material risk to occupants even if it is more dangerous than an older alternative now being phased out to meet environmental rules, German officials said in a closely watched report. The report by Germany’s Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) comes after France banned the […]

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‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’ Perpetuates Violence Against Women – Study

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“Fifty Shades of Grey,” the best-selling novel that’s promoted as a tale of erotic romance, actually perpetuates the problem of violence against women, a new study finds. Reporting in the Journal of Women’s Health, Amy Bonomi and co-authors conclude that emotional and sexual abuse is pervasive in the novel, with the main female character, Anastasia, […]

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Many Evangelicals Ambivalent About Homosexuality And Civil Unions For Gays

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Tolerance toward gays and lesbians is growing within the evangelical community — long a stronghold against homosexuality — with many expressing ambivalent views about the issue, according to a Baylor University study. The emerging voice of the so-called “Messy Middle” — evangelicals who oppose homosexuality on moral grounds but support equal rights such as civil […]

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Greenland Ice Is Also Melting From Below

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The Greenland ice sheet is melting from below, caused by a high heat flow from the mantle into the lithosphere. This influence is very variable spatially and has its origin in an exceptionally thin lithosphere. Consequently, there is an increased heat flow from the mantle and a complex interplay between this geothermal heating and the […]

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Research Explores Evolution Of Hip-Hop From Party Music To Political Platform

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A new University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash College study explores the evolution of hip-hop from party music into a political platform. Todd Callais, an assistant professor of sociology, criminology, and criminal justice at UC-Blue Ash, focused on the hip-hop industry because of its impact on society and because there is a clear timeline of its development. […]

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Why Does The American Middle Class Continue To Struggle Financially?

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Since the mid-1980s, unrestrained household spending has damaged American family finances — despite the fact that globalization and technological change have caused consumer prices to fall widely, says Queens College sociologist Joseph Nathan Cohen. In his paper, “The Myth of America’s ‘Culture of Consumerism’: Policy May Help Drive American Household’s Fraying Finances,” which Cohen will […]

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Not Even Achieving An Impossible Libertarian Dream Will Suffice – OpEd

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Libertarians dream of cutting back the bloated Leviathan under whose weight people now struggle simply to catch their breath—breathing freely being almost beyond imagination. A few of us dream of eliminating the state altogether, however much we recognize the impossibility of doing so. Many more libertarians, however, believe that in propitious circumstances, the state might […]

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Iran Strongly Condemns Terrorist Attacks In Iraq

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Iran Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Araqchi has strongly condemned the recent terrorist attacks in Iraq, calling on regional countries to mount their efforts to counter such an ominous phenomenon. Sixty-nine people were killed and 200 others wounded in a series of car bombs in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, when Iraqis were celebrating Eid al-Fitr on […]

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Iraq: Attacks Amount To Crimes Against Humanity, Says HRW

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Militants who carried out a series of bomb attacks in Iraq on July 29, 2013, deliberately killing more than 60 people committed crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch said today. Crimes against humanity are some of the most serious crimes under international law. The Islamic State of Iraq, as Al-Qaeda in Iraq now calls itself, […]

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P3 Legislation In El Salvador: An Aggressive Reassertion Of Neoliberal Economics? – Analysis

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By Lily Moodey Over the past several weeks, El Salvador has begun to restructure its port and electricity services as the first consequence of the newly enacted Ley de Asocio Público-Privados (Public-Private Partnership Law; P3), which took effect in El Salvador on June 16 after legislative approval on May 23. A history of unsuccessful privatization […]

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