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Iraq: Al Qaida on the rise in Anbar province
feature Last week, an al Qaida group—the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS—took control of the restive Sunni cities of Fallujah and Ramadi.
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Philippines: A land of fanciful monikers
feature One politician is named Jejomar, “a name made up of the first few letters of Jesus, Joseph, and Mary,” said Nury Vittachi in The Jakarta Post.
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Israel: Exchanging live prisoners for dead bodies
feature The latest prisoner swap between Israel and Hezbollah revealed the true natures of both sides, said The Jerusalem Post in an editorial.
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Israel: Who are you calling a Nazi?
feature The Knesset has taken the first step toward approving a law that would ban the use of the word “Nazi” as an epithet.
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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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Indonesia: The dark side of Bali’s blissful allure
feature The “sense of privilege” and entitlement that our tourists project helped incite terrorist attacks in Balinese tourist zones in 2002 and 2005, said Jeff Lewis at The Sydney Morning Herald.
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Argentina: Did the pope collude in the Dirty War?
feature Old allegations have resurfaced that Pope Francis was complicit with the right-wing military junta during 1976–83 Dirty War.
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Russia: Putin, the womanizer in chief?
feature The glimpse of Lyudmila Putina at her husband’s presidential inauguration was only the third sighting in years.
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Cambodia: Where corporal punishment is ingrained
feature Most teachers resist any suggestion that corporal punishment is counterproductive, and opponents have an uphill fight, said Ung Chansophea in Cambodge Soir Hebdo.<
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Australia: Redheads are not oppressed
feature In fact, getting all worked up over redhead jokes simply bolsters the stereotype that redheads have “fiery tempers” to match our fiery hair, said Michelle Griffin in The Age.
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Canada: Is Toronto’s mayor a crackhead?
feature We have seen a cellphone video of what looks very much like Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack.
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Pakistan: Where gang rapists walk free
feature All but one of 14 men accused of arranging and executing the rape of a village woman were acquitted by Pakistan's Supreme Court.
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Israel: Blowback from creating Hamas
feature Israel is to blame for the hate-mongering entity that is Hamas, said Anat Saragosti in Yedioth Ahronoth.
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Israel: Does the army target civilians?
feature Last month at a military academy, several Israeli soldiers and officers said they are essentially being encouraged to kill civilians.
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