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South Africa: Is a song inspiring blacks to kill whites?
feature “Kill the Boer,” an apartheid-era anthem that calls for the shooting of white farmers, has become a hit once again, now that a prominent black politician has begun singing it at his rallies.
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Russia: Who’s to blame for the summer of fire?
feature The Russian Meteorological Center says this summer’s heat wave is the worst in 1,000 years.
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Israel: The rise of the ultranationalists
feature The Israel Is Our Home party made such a strong showing in last week’s national elections that it will have to be included in any new ruling coalition.
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Russia: If you pay, you get our natural gas
feature Europeans shouldn’t be so quick to swallow Ukraine’s lies about Russia disrupting gas supplies, said an editorial in Russiatoday.com.
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India: The seamy side of Mumbai on display
feature Slumdog Millionaire, which was directed by Danny Boyle, an Englishman, was released in India just this week. The last Indian movie to deal with life in the slums was Mira Nair’s 1988
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Making up with our old friend Cuba
feature Mexico and Cuba are friends once again, said Mexico City’s La Jornada in an editorial.
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Canada: Detainee abuse, followed by a coverup
feature Confirming the evidence of a senior diplomat based in Afghanistan, the head of Canada’s armed forces has admitted that at least one suspected Taliban member turned over to Afghan authorities had indeed been tortured.
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Lebanon: A tribunal that will never produce justice
feature The U.N. investigation of the assassination of Rafik Hariri is a sham, said Michael Young in The Daily Star.
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Canada: An Olympic host that’s in it to win it
feature Are the Canadians taking the Olympics a little too seriously?
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China: Why are men slaughtering schoolchildren?
feature In the past three months, six different middle-aged men have burst into a school and stabbed little children at random.
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Israel: The fallout over the flotilla fiasco
feature Israel faces denunciations from the rest of the world, a possible United Nations inquiry, and pressure to relax or lift the blockade.
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South Africa: The vuvuzelas shall not be silenced
feature The five Chinese factories that produce vuvuzelas have been working overtime since last November to fill the orders pouring in from South Africa.
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India: No justice for Union Carbide victims
feature The Indian government, which has taken more than two decades to bring Union Carbide executives to trial for the Bhopal disaster, finally convicted seven executives of negligence. Each was sentenced each to two years in prison.
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Pakistan: Tired of being blamed for terrorism
feature Pakistan's assessment of the strike on Mumbai.
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