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The diplomatic career of the former Special Assistant to the President of the United States National Security Affairs Michael McFaul did not have a particularly successful start. First, he provoked a tremendous domestic political scandal by inviting representatives of opposition parties and movements to a closed meeting
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The Emir of Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah tasked the newly appointed Prime Minister Sheikh Jabir al-Mubarak Al-Sabah to form a new cabinet. All top positions in the country are occupied by members of the ruling al-Sabah dynasty. Why did protests intensify in one of the richest countries?
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Just imagine for a moment that the Bible is NOT a religious book. Think of it as some stories of historical figures, a look into how people lived several thousand years ago and some good lessons on how to live your life. Forget the church aspect. I'll cover that at the end
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In a recent paper titled "Dissecting Darwinism," Baylor University Medical Center surgeon Joseph Kuhn described serious problems with Darwinian evolution. He first described how life could not possibly have come from chemicals alone, since the information residing in DNA required an input from outside of nature
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Two schoolgirls committed suicide in the town of Lobnya, the Moscow region, two days ago. The girls leapt to their deaths from the top of the apartment building. They took each other's hands, screamed and jumped off the roof of the 16- storeyed building. The problem of teen suicide in Russia should be analyzed on the level of the state
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As a translator, who has translated both from Hindi to English and vice-versa, I have found that a loss in translation may occur due to the failure in communicating shared traditional beliefs from one culture/language to the Other. Although the risk remains throughout, this is largely so when the languages reflect 'different' cultural set-ups.
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How long has NATO been in Afghanistan? Three months? Five years? Or since 2001? Before NATO countries armed, aided and abetted the Mujaheddin terrorists against the socially progressive Governments of Afghanistan, women had full rights, girls went to school and slave labour was something relegated to the past. And now?
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Five airplanes of Russia's Air Force caused quite a commotion in Japan. The planes were flying near Japan's airspace, although they did not violate any international laws. In the meantime, NATO jets will be patrolling the airspace of the Baltic States on a permanent basis, flying along Russia's border. Russia did not set forth any claims about it
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"Why would any sensible human being put meat filled with ammonia in the mouths of their children?" asked the chef, who wages a war against the fast food industry. "Basically, we're taking a product that would be sold in the cheapest way for dogs, and after this process, is being given to human beings."
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ALBA, the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (Allianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra America), was established in 2004. Member countries are Antigua and Barbuda, Bolivia, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Venezuela.
