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Venezuela's Chilling "Self-Coup"
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH -Analysis- You don't need to be an army general marching in with troops to mount a coup in a country. Sometimes democracy can be crushed by the very person elected at its...
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When Brexit Hits An Anglo-Iranian Living In Spain
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH -Essay- VALENCIA — As a British national living in Spain, it is strange to (still) be an EU citizen and yet start to feel unwelcome in this "European home." All this...
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Clergy Without A God, Humanist Churches On The Rise
Worldcrunch.com / THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON — The name of the gathering almost sounded like an oxymoron: the "Humanist Clergy Collaboratory." A meeting to organize religious leaders — for people...
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Africans Face Difficult Days In China's "Chocolate City"
Worldcrunch.com / LE FIGARO GUANGZHOU — After flocking to the megalopolis by the tens of thousands, Africans seem to be going sour on Guangzhou, or "Chocolate City," as it's been nicknamed by the...
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Banksy In Bethlehem, Lessons For A Skeptical Israeli
Worldcrunch.com / CALCALIST -Essay- BETHLEHEM — Some journeys begin with a sigh. An old acquaintance of mine, an artist, wrote on Facebook this week about a Banksy exhibition that was about to open in...
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Sectarian Cleansing In Syria: More Than Meets The Eye
Worldcrunch.com / SYRIA DEEPLY QUNEITRA — Perhaps one of the most controversial aspects of the Syrian conflict is the concept of “demographic change”: the allegation that the Syrian government, with...
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Trump Flexes Deal-Making Muscles On Foreign Front
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH -Analysis- Donald Trump is already discovering the old dictum that presidents are elected on domestic policy but eventually take refuge in foreign policy. With his own...
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Behind India's First Female Mosque, A Women's Rights Champion
Worldcrunch.com / KBR LUCKNOW — It’s Friday afternoon at the Ambar mosque in the northern Indian city of Lucknow. The call to prayer, or Azan, rings out in the afternoon heat. Women start to gather....
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Red Hot Gastronomy
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH These rows of red chilies, drying by the side of a road in northern India, bring back culinary memories of a painful kind. My French stomach, unaccustomed to eating spicy...
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The Dalai Lama's Overcast Trip
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH -Analysis- A planned visit by the Dalai Lama, a Tibetan spiritual leader, to a remote corner of northeast India could just have escalated tensions between nuclear-armed...
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In One Mexico City Neighborhood, Residents Threaten Criminals
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH MEXICO CITY — Residents of Iztapalapa, a crowded area on the edge of Mexico City, have hung up sheets warning criminals they would be lynched if they threaten locals,...
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In The Kitchen Of The Future, 3D Printers Prepare Your Food
Worldcrunch.com / LA STAMPA CAGLIARI — Danilo Spiga isn’t your everyday chef. He is a trained engineer and all the dishes he cooks are crafted by 3D printers. None of the diners were sick after...
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Another Chemical Attack In Syria, Still No Accountability
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH Members of the U.N. Security Council will gather today for an emergency meeting following reports of a chemical attack in Syria that may have have killed between 50 and...
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Delivering Amazon To The Middle East
Worldcrunch.com / MADA MASR CAIRO — Amazon announced this week that it had acquired Souq.com, the major e-commerce website in the Middle East, in a deal that has long been speculated over and whose...
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A Doctor's View, The Horrific Rush Of Colombian Mudslide Victims
Worldcrunch.com / EL ESPECTADOR MOCOA — Doctors have the power to save lives. Their decisions are especially important when natural disasters strike, as they determine procedures aimed at ensuring...
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China Is In Driver's Seat When It Comes To Powering Electric Cars
Worldcrunch.com / LE TEMPS -Op-Ed- LAUSANNE — While plenty of attention has been paid to Donald Trump's "America First" pledge — as troublesome or laughable as it may seem — relatively little is being...
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Trump TV Changes Channels On Syria
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH We all know Donald Trump is sensitive to what he sees on TV. But rather than displaying thin skin about comedy sketches aimed at him, the American president has now...
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Is The World Flat Again? How An Old Debate Was Revived In Tunisia
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH In our age of endless debates and alternative facts, at least we thought this question was long settled. Everyone from Ferdinand Magellan to Apollo astronauts had...
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Sorry Davos, Xi Jinping Is Not Your Free Trade Savior
Worldcrunch.com / SUDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG -OpEd- Is this China’s big moment? The World Economic Forum in Davos is welcoming Chinese president Xi Jinping as a special guest. It’s the first time a Chinese...
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Bonjour And Bye-Bye, A Video Postcard Of Obama's Foreign Travels
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH The end of the road has come for Barack Obama's eight years as President of the United States. From China to Kenya and Argentina to Laos, Obama has traveled thousands of...
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