Pardon my French
An American icon finds immortality
He was the 20th century's greatest 19th-century statesman.
Maduro struggles to govern as Venezuelans reminisce about the more comedic predecessor.
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The connection between national foods and fears over natural gas exploration
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Instead, he was emphasizing the openness of the Catholic Church, which is perhaps even more important.
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A meditation on "one of the gentlest and loveliest things we can do."
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We're constraining, but not stopping, the use of targeted drone strikes.
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Hunger has grown dramatically in Europe since 2007
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Unsafe communications : today's popular uprisings :: Unsafe sex : the 1980s
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Ahead of Thursday's speech, the president is trying to narrow the use of drones.
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How singer, designer, and dictator-in-training 'Googoosha' has her hand in the bribery terms with TeliaSonera
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The country was just trying to boost its economy -- and some say it worked.
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In some countries, those engaging in public forms of dissent are often tortured and "disappeared." Soccer fans, in contrast, are allowed to vent as much as they want, and in large numbers.
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Oy vey, some remark, as the men's magazine launches an Israel version.
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When fewer girls get married, GDP, health, and wages all increase -- making for a safer, more prosperous world.
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Are consumers pushing for organic coffee inadvertently harming the environment?
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The U.S. gets hit the most, but South Africa, Bangladesh, and Canada also see a fair amount of twisters.
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Between an Islamic insurgency, a security crackdown, and sectarian clashes, 571 people were killed in Africa's most populous country in April.
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You are a Hazara, and you've been on the run for centuries. Now you're in Syria, and things aren't looking up.
Armin Rosen
Witnessing life in Goma, a city that's been invaded, ransacked, inundated with refugees, and flattened by a volcano -- all in the last 17 years.
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Soraya Bahgat, founder of Tahrir Bodyguard, on sexual assault and the future of women's rights in Egypt.
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Iran's unyielding support of Assad is damaging its standing in the Middle East and feeding into a growing regional trust deficit.
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A law to protect women failed to pass parliament this weekend, sparking fears that the country's conservative forces want to roll back the clock on gender.
James Fallows on Jerry Brown's second chance. Plus: the mystery of the second skeleton, how gay couples are getting marriage right, the end of the retail salesperson, and more.
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