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The Situation in Jerusalem – VICE News’ Intifada 3.0 Dispatch 2
Jerusalem under lockdown Locking Down Jerusalem: Intifada 3.0 (Dispatch 2) from VICE News
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Quote of the Day: The Observer’s Mark Townsend on the Central African Republic
The Central African Republic is all but lawless, with just 200 police to guard 4.6m people from rebel gangs who attack women, kill men and recruit children at will. Despite repeated warnings, the international community has done little, even as arms continue to flood into the country. Mark Townsend, The Observer To read more about the […]
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13-Year Old UK X Box Gamer Slashes Friend’s Throat After Gears of War 3 Bout
A 13-year old boy in Clydebank, Scotland in the United Kingdom allegedly slashed his younger friend’s throat after playing a round of Gears of War 3. The two boys met over X Box Live and there was apparently no ill-will between them prior to the attack. The attack was allegedly provoked by an insult which […]
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25 People Shot Over 48 Hour Period in New York City
25 people were shot over the past 48 hours in the United States largest city of New York with three killed on Saturday and three killed on Sunday June 1 and 2. 12 people were blasted in Brooklyn, eight in the Bronx and another four in Queens, and the only shooting in Manhattan happened in broad […]
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Fighting Breaks Out Between Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar
Violence between Myanmar’s Buddhists and the Rohingya Muslim ethnic minority has intensified since beginning in May 2012, with 84 deaths and 22,500 people displaced in the latest round of conflict according to the United Nations and state-run newspaper New Light of Myanmar. Crisis Overshadows Reforms The emerging crisis between the Buddhists and ethnic minority […]
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The Civil War in Syria
The growing violence in Syria to topple the Bashar al-Assad regime has international spectators increasingly concerned over the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the state. Who exactly is fighting against the Bashar al-Assad regime, and for what are they fighting? Why does the international regime stand-back while so many Syrians are killed in some of the […]
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Caracas: Venezuela’s Capital and Most Violent City
Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, is one of the most dangerous cities in the world. Dozens are murdered every week and numbers are typically higher than in Baghdad, Iraq with less than 7% of cases going to court. The Guardian‘s Sean Smith reports from a hospital in Caracas in the above documentary.
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Russian Warships Moved to Mediterranean to Deny Area to Foreign Intervention Against al-Assad Regime.
Syria’s unrest continues and now Russia has involved itself in the preservation of the al-Assad regime by announcing it is moving warships into Syrian territorial waters to prevent any intervention in Syria’s domestic situation by foreign powers like NATO or Turkey. During the overthrow of Qaddafi, NATO warships and planes provided great assistance to the […]
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Violence Against Bashar al-Assad’s Regime Intensifies in Syria.
According to Al Jazeera at least 70 people have been killed in the “bloodiest day” in the uprising against Bashar al-Assad’s government, many of the victims in the province of Deraa. Syrian Security Forces are responsible for the majority of the killings according to human rights groups in Syria. Regional condemnation of Assad’s regime continues, […]
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