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Do Elephants Have The Right To File A Lawsuit Against Their Zoo?
Worldcrunch.com / CLARIN BUENOS AIRES — Ever heard the one about the elephant and his lawyer? In a landmark lawsuit that aims to "grant rights" to animals, an Argentine NGO is taking the capital's zoo...
View ArticleSpotlight: Erdogan And EU, A Strongman And Weak Continent
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH Looking eastward from Western Europe, Turkey used to be seen as both a model of secular democracy in the Muslim world and a huge business opportunity. But longstanding...
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Not The First Time Elites Failed To See History Being Made
Worldcrunch.com / DIE WELT BERLIN —The elites' misreading of current events did not begin with the blindness to Donald Trump's impending victory in the election to become president of the United...
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How To Talk About Your Eyebrow-Raising Job At A Cocktail Party
Worldcrunch.com / SUDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG MUNICH — The question “What do you do for a living?” is an innocuous one, often used in social situations to help the conversation flow. But how does a person who...
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Why Black Friday Makes No Sense In Britain
Worldcrunch.com / BLOOMBERG NEWS LONDON — British retailers are trying to go cold turkey on Black Friday. The trouble is, they just can't seem to kick the habit. Black Friday first crossed the...
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Kish, Iranian Oasis Of Freedom Far From Pious Mainland
Worldcrunch.com / LA STAMPA KISH — The island of Kish is a far cry from the rest of Iran. Although it's just 19 kilometers from the mainland, this Persian Gulf outpost features the kind of open...
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"Canine Gangs" Threaten Brazilian Indigenous Tribes
Worldcrunch.com / FOLHA DE S. PAULO SAO PAULO — Anywhere you look, they're there. You could be attacked, even inside your own home. For the 800 indigenous Guarani people living in the four villages of...
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Fidel Castro Dead At 90, Cuban Leader Defied U.S. For A Half-Century
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH HAVANA — Fidel Castro, leader of Cuba's Communist revolution who ruled over the island nation in defiance of the United States for a half-century, died late Friday at the...
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Netanyahu, The Real Master Of Populism
Worldcrunch.com / DIE WELT TEL AVIV — After 2,793 days, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now stands as the longest consecutively serving leader since the modern state's founding in 1948....
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In Syrian War, Numbers Can Be Numbing But We Desperately Need Them
Worldcrunch.com / SYRIA DEEPLY -OpEd- GAZIANTEP — On Feb. 15, 2014, the medical staff in the Syrian region of eastern Ghouta, my home, decided to close the unit housing incubators for premature babies...
View ArticleSpotlight: Fillonomics? In France, Free Market V. Far Right
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH He was the candidate she feared the most. Not only could he unify his own party, but he could siphon crucial votes from her conservative Catholic base. And now that...
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Reaching Immortality, But Would We Even Want That?
Worldcrunch.com / LE TEMPS GENEVA — Can man become immortal in a decade? Ray Kurzweil, the director of engineering at Google, is familiar with this subject. He has written books on health, artificial...
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Populism Is Bad Economics. Lessons For Donald Trump From Latin America
Worldcrunch.com / LES ECHOS -Analysis- Populists sometimes have good ideas. Taking advantage of historically low interest rates to launch a stimulus plan, for example, is a good idea. Standing up to...
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Draghi, Yellen And Central Banks In The Age Of Trump
Worldcrunch.com / LA STAMPA -Analysis- BRUSSELS — Two of the world’s most powerful central bankers have united to warn U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump to leave financial regulations intact. After...
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Populism Is Bad Economics, Lessons For Donald Trump From Latin America
Worldcrunch.com / LES ECHOS -Analysis- Populists sometimes have good ideas. Taking advantage of historically low interest rates to launch a stimulus plan, for example, is a good idea. Standing up to...
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Fidel Castro, Last Of Latin America’s Absolute Monarchs
Worldcrunch.com / CLARIN BUENOS AIRES — Fidel Castro was the last of the Hispanic rulers in the absolutist tradition of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castille. He lived a lot, and talked even...
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Sealing Chernobyl For Another 100 Years
Worldcrunch.com / WHILE YOU SLEPT It was the worst nuclear plant accident in history, measured in both casualties and cost. And though the death count paled in comparison to the more than 100,000...
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Starbucks "Creative" Cup Sizes Shake Up Customers In China
Worldcrunch.com / ECONOMIC OBSERVER BEIJING — If you've ever had trouble ordering at Starbucks, just know you probably have plenty of company: millions of Chinese coffee lovers. When one customer...
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Welcome To The Deep Web: The Internet's Dark And Scary Underbelly
Worldcrunch.com / AMERICA ECONOMIA SANTIAGO - "The visible web is the tip of the iceberg," says Anand Rajaraman, co-founder of Kosmix, a search engine for the Deep Web (DW). One of Kosmix’ investors...
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What Divides Turkey And The EU Goes Deeper Than Politics
Worldcrunch.com / CUMHURIYET -OpEd- ISTANBUL — Over the years, as Turkey's European Union membership process stalled, I have seen plenty of blame on both sides. Ultimately, I never believed Turkey...
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