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My Muslim Faith, Explained To Terrified Americans
Worldcrunch.com / THE WASHINGTON POST SAINT CLOUD — "Do you want to kill us?" It's a question I get a lot. I'm a Muslim Somali-American living in Saint Cloud, Minnesota. My family of 10 emigrated here...
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Putin’s Way, How Russia Is Imposing Its Mandate In Syria
Worldcrunch.com / LE FIGARO ALEPPO — In his smoke-filled office in western Aleppo, Tarif Attoura holds a copy of the draft agreement to let the rebels leave the eastern part of the city, under siege...
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Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH The numbers are impressive, terrifying, bone-chilling. At least 20,000 people have fled their homes in Aleppo this week alone, according to the International Red Cross,...
View ArticleTown In Colombia Aims To Ban Catcalling With New Law
Worldcrunch.com / EL ESPECTADOR A town in southwestern Colombia is trying to clamp down on catcalling — “piropos” (compliments) as they’re known locally — that is all too common in a country long...
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India, A Dumping Ground For Rich World’s Toxic Electronic Waste
Worldcrunch.com / KBR SEEMAPURI — In this neighborhood on the outskirts of Delhi, electronic scrap keeps growing. Piles and piles of electronic waste or "e-waste" litter the narrow alleys here from...
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Cure For Crying Babies? Medical Help For Sleepless Parents In Munich
Worldcrunch.com / SUDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG MUNICH – Marion Schmidt’s baby Felix cried frequently, even after he was fed and changed. Schmidt, whose name has been changed, would get up 10 to 15 times a...
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Cuba Policy Exposes Tensions To Come In Trump Presidency
Worldcrunch.com / BLOOMBERG NEWS The death of Cuba's Fidel Castro offers an early glimpse at how U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will need to balance his pro-growth economic plans and allegiance to...
View ArticleOil Deal Marks New Era For OPEC
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH Oil prices surged today to $50 per barrel, after OPEC and Russia reached what the oil producing cartel described as “a historic agreement” in Vienna. Under the deal,...
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European Democracies And The Referendum Trap
Worldcrunch.com / LES ECHOS -Analysis- PARIS — Long live the people! For a few months now, referendums have been blooming all over Europe. In Britain, to decide whether or not to leave the European...
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François Hollande, The President That Never Was
Worldcrunch.com / LE FIGARO —Editorial— PARIS — For his political farewell — announcing his unprecedented decision to not seek reelection — French President François Hollande could just have well...
View ArticleSpotlight: Crises Of Democracy, Pick Your Poison
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH We can be judged by our own strength, but also by the relative strength of our adversaries. Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. election was also the defeat of Hillary...
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Trump, Just The President Assad Has Been Waiting For
Worldcrunch.com / SYRIA DEEPLY -Analysis- BEIRUT — On the morning of Nov. 9, as the U.S. presidential votes were being counted, residents of rebel-held eastern Aleppo, which has been under total siege...
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Can Martin Schulz Conquer German Politics?
Worldcrunch.com / DIE WELT BERLIN — Martin Schulz can speak himself into rage when talking about the responsibilities of European Union member states. The president of the European Parliament has...
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Fidel’s Unfinished Dream — Massive Art School Is Metaphor For Cuba
Worldcrunch.com / CLARIN -Analysis- One of Cuban leader Fidel Castro's most visionary, and least affordable, projects was the Escuelas Nacionales de Arte or the National Art Schools. The complex was...
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Why Egyptian Women Don’t Breastfeed: Bad Maternity Leave, Public Shame
Worldcrunch.com / MADA MASR CAIRO — Wessam Said, 28, would have liked to breastfeed her child, but something was holding her back that had nothing to do with health or social norms: as the family's...
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After Brexit And Trump, Wave Of Rebellion Triumphs In Italy
Worldcrunch.com / LA STAMPA -Editorial- TURIN — With massive voter turnout and runaway victory of the "No" camp, Sunday’s referendum has revealed the existence in Italy of a kind of popular rebellion...
View ArticleAustria And Italy, Mixed Message
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH Many observers feared that yesterday would be the day that could rock the European Union to its core, six months after the Brexit referendum. Austria looked ready to...
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Iraqi Christians Who Fled ISIS Invasion Return Home
Worldcrunch.com / LE FIGARO QARAQOSH — Last year, Monsignor Gollnisch celebrated Easter mass in one of the refugee camps of Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan. He blessed a Catholic Syrian soldier...
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The Sun May Be Setting On Solar Energy Boom
Worldcrunch.com / LES ECHOS PARIS — Solar has become the new energy El Dorado. With the price of solar panels plummeting, solar energy has developed spectacularly in recent years. Less than 10 years...
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Spotlight: The Cult Of Amma
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH -Farewell- Foreigners who visit Tamil Nadu, a southern state in India that’s home to stunning Hindu temples and a robust economy, would often puzzle over the matronly...
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