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Canada: The truth about our health system
feature Americans have been fed a pack of lies about Canadian health care, said Stephen Lautens in The Calgary Sun.
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Afghanistan: Where boys are kept as concubines
feature The practice of bacha bazi, which means “boy for play,” was banned by the Taliban during its rule in the 1990s, but it has returned in recent years, said Ghaith Abdul-Ahad in The Guardian.<
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World Cup: Where cheaters and fakers rule
feature “The embarrassment has gone out of cheating” at the World Cup, said Suresh Menon in India’s Tehelka.com.
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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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Jamaica: An attempted arrest turns into a bloodbath
feature A battle erupted in the Kingston neighborhood of Tivoli Gardens when soldiers and police tried to seize gang leader Christopher “Dudus” Coke to turn him over to the U.S. on extradition charges.
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Canada: Coulter tests the limits of free speech
feature Demonstrations outside a lecture hall at the University of Ottawa forced the cancellation of a speech by Ann Coulter.
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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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Australia: End our subservience to America
feature Australian troops have died helping the Americans in Vietnam, in two wars in Iraq, and now in Afghanistan, said Paul Sheehan in The Sydney Morning Herald, yet they continue to ignore us.
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How they see us: Harsh sentence for a Pakistani
feature The conviction of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui to 86 years in prison for trying to kill an FBI agent prompted demonstrations throughout Pakistan.
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Pakistan: Confronting homegrown terrorism
feature The appalling bombing of the Islamabad Marriott this week was “Pakistan’s very own 9/11,” said the Islamabad News in an editorial.
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Why ethnic homogeneity is dangerous
feature When a small state "dominated by a single ethnic group" starts to whip up nationalistic sentiment, there’s no stopping it, said Boris Kagarlitsky in The Mosc
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Bolivia: Can civil war be avoided?
feature There’s just one way out of this domestic crisis, said Jose Ocampo Castrillo in Bolivia’s El Diario: Both sides must acknowledge some blame.
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How to tell if porn is truly homegrown
feature Should Canadians put Canadian landmarks in their Canadian porn?
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Why we only need one political party; How lawlessness breeds more lawlessness
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