UK training Saudi forces used to crush Arab spring | World news | The Observer

Britain is training Saudi Arabia's national guard – the elite security force deployed during the recent protests in Bahrain – in public order enforcement measures and the use of sniper rifles.

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Despite danger, Central Americans migrate through Mexico - CNN.com

Gunmen raid trains, demanding money and taking prisoners. Government officials run human trafficking rings.

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Forty-eight women raped every hour in Congo, study finds

From the article: About 48 women are raped in the Democratic Republic of the Congo every hour, a study has claimed.

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How Osama Bin Laden Changed America

The weather on the morning of Sunday, May 1st, was a springtime glory: crisp, sunny, infinite blue skies––the sort of conditions that pilots call “severe clear.” Such a morning comes along so infrequently that, especially if you were walking along Vesey o …

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Blackwater Founder Forms Secret Army for Arab State - NYTimes.com

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Late one night last November, a plane carrying dozens of Colombian men touched down in this glittering seaside capital.

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Study: Paul Krugman most accurate pundit predictor, liberals more accurate than conservatives

Op-ed columnists and TV’s talking heads build followings by making bold, confident predictions about politics and the economy. But rarely are their predictions analyzed for accuracy. Now, a class at Hamilton College led by public policy professor P.

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Johann Hari: Donald Trump's lunacy reveals core truth about the Republicans - Johann Hari, Commentators - The Independent

Since the election of Barack Obama, the Republican Party has proved that one of its central intellectual arguments was right all along. It has long claimed that evolution is a myth believed in only by whiny liberals – and it turns out it was on to something.

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Is It Wrong To Celebrate Bin Laden's Death? : NPR

Impromptu celebrations erupted near the White House in Washington and ground zero in New York when news of Osama bin Laden's death was reported and tweeted. Laura Cunningham, a 22-year-old Manhattan reveler — gripping a Budweiser in her hand and sitting atop the shoulders  …

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On Osama Bin Laden`s Death

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Payback, Served Cold | Al Jazeera Blogs

There is no doubt America would have rather this day come sooner.

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How Osama bin Laden perverted US justice

Osama bin Laden's death is a moment to reflect on the damage he caused us to inflict on American justice in the 'war on terror'

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Mexico's drug policy not a 'war,' security spokesman says - CNN.com

Mexico`s National Security Spokesman, Alejandro Poire, claims that that the government`s efforts against Narcotraffickers are part of strategy aimed at implementing justice and the rule of law. It is not, he argues, a war on drugs. 

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An Innocent in the Terror Prison: The Guantanamo File on Germany's Murat Kurnaz - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

The Americans built Guantanamo to hold the most dangerous terrorists, but secret files show that their information on the inmates was often based just on rumors and suspicions.

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More bodies found in mass graves in northwestern Mexico

"Forensic experts in Mexico have found 13 bodies buried in shallow graves in northwestern Sinaloa state."

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No Farc in Venezuela, says Colombian President Santos

"Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos says Venezuela is no longer harbouring Colombian left-wing rebels."

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Colo. man went on solo mission to kill bin Laden

DENVER – An American construction worker has been detained in the mountains of Pakistan after authorities there found him carrying a sword, pistol and night-vision goggles on a solo mission to hunt down and kill Osama bin Laden. Catching bin Laden was Gary Brooks Faulkner's " …

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UN Urges Global Move to Meat and Dairy-Free Diet

A global shift towards a vegan diet is vital to save the world from hunger, fuel poverty and the worst impacts of climate change, a UN report said today.

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At Least 10 Are Killed as Israel Halts Flotilla With Gaza Aid

JERUSALEM — Israeli naval commandos raided a flotilla carrying thousands of tons of supplies for Gaza in international waters on Monday morning, killing at least 10 people, according to the Israeli military and activists traveling with the flotilla.

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English Defence League: Inside the violent world of Britain's new far right

From the Article: MPs expressed concern tonight after it emerged that far-right activists are planning to step up their provocative street campaign by targeting some of the UK's highest-profile Muslim communities, raising fears of widespread unrest this summer.

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