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Syria And The Contagion Of Despotism Across The World
Worldcrunch.com / SUDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG -OpEd- BERLIN — The theater of war that is Syria has brought us scenes of a world devoid of rules: children killed by poisonous gas, the bodies of prisoners who...
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Big Palestinian News Doesn't Even Make Front Page Nowadays
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH The most charismatic living Palestinian leader launches a massive hunger strike from his prison cell and the pages of The New York Times: In another time, it would have...
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A Sri Lankan Mission To Save Endangered Elephants
Worldcrunch.com / KBR SABARAGAMUWA — As the sun rises over the lush mountains in the Sri Lankan province of Sabaragamuwa, a team of veterinarians prepare very large bottles of milk. The babies,...
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Our Identity Is At Stake, The Marine Le Pen Interview
Worldcrunch.com / LE FIGARO PARIS — The final sprint is on in France, with five days to go until the first round of voting in presidential elections with an extra dose of global significance. Marine...
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How Theresa May's Election Gamble Could Backfire
Worldcrunch.com / BLOOMBERG NEWS -OpEd- LONDON — Who can blame UK Prime Minister Theresa May for calling an election now, as her own Conservative party mandarins have been urging? Her party enjoys a...
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Caracas To London To Ankara, Expressions Of Democracy
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH -Analysis- Democracy has never been an easy thing. That most British of statesmen Winston Churchill famously called it “the worst form of government, except for all the...
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Is Taiwan's New President Being Too Soft On China?
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH TAIPEI — After soaring to power last year, President Tsai Ing-wen — arguably the most powerful woman in the Chinese-speaking world — now finds herself on the political...
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Why Half Of Turkey Will Never Accept The Referendum Result
Worldcrunch.com / CUMHURIYET -OpEd- ISTANBUL — The April 16 referendum result that gave Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sweeping powers can be summed up in a single sentence: he won on paper...
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Iran And Trump And The Art Of The Empty Threat
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH -Analysis- Fox News opted for the verb “slam” to describe the first significant comments about Iran from new U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. "Tillerson slams Iran...
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Muslims of France Have Their Say In Race For President
Worldcrunch.com / LE MONDE PARIS — A long line stretched in front of Hall 2 of the Bourget Exhibition Center on the outskirts of the French capital last Saturday afternoon, ahead of an annual...
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Attacks On Africans Unmask India's Ugly Race Problem
Worldcrunch.com / KBR DELHI — A disturbing video has gone viral in India. It shows a mob viciously attacking a Nigerian man at a suburban Delhi mall. The attackers kick, punch and hit him with steel...
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When A Former Hitman For Pablo Escobar Gets VIP Treatment
Worldcrunch.com / EL ESPECTADOR -Essay- BOGOTÁ — Some days ago without expecting or wanting to, I saw Popeye. I'm not referring to the cartoon character but the chief henchman of the late Colombian...
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Paris Attack, French Elections, Heads And Hearts
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH -Analysis- PARIS — Warnings about an imminent terrorist attack had hung ominously in the air in the final weeks of the French presidential election. On Tuesday, police...
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Flying Blind, Trump’s Foreign Policy Keeps Allies Guessing
Worldcrunch.com / THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON, D.C. — As he nears his 100th day in office, President Donald Trump's efforts to appear decisive and unequivocal in his responses to fast-moving global...
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Why So Many Turks In Germany Back Erdogan's Quest For Power
Worldcrunch.com / SUDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG STUTTGART — Such are the consequences of a long-distance relationship. Two-thirds of Germans of Turkish descent voted in favor of a reform of the Turkish...
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French Election: A Nation Of Reason Sliding Into Political Extremism
Worldcrunch.com / LES ECHOS -OpEd- PARIS — Four different candidates are polling around 20%: Jean-Luc Mélenchon of the extreme left, centrist Emmanuel Macron, center-right François Fillon and Marine...
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Lights, Camera, Hamas: Palestinian Militants Shooting Film
Worldcrunch.com / LA STAMPA KHAN YUNIS — A small group of Orthodox Jews walks in the narrow streets of Jerusalem's old town, protected by Israeli border police armed with M16s. They pass by Arabs who...
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Macron-Le Pen, 13 French Newspapers On Unprecedented Election
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH PARIS — After France's two main political parties fell short in Sunday's first round voting, next month's second round will feature a showdown of centrist newcomer...
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Blow Up The System, How The French Election Changed Everything
Worldcrunch.com / LE FIGARO -Analysis- PARIS — Such a result was unthinkable just a few months ago: For the first time in the more than half-century history of the Fifth Republic, the top two...
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A Vicious Cycle of Poverty, Violence And Natural Disasters
Worldcrunch.com / AMERICA ECONOMIA -Analysis- LIMA — Peruvian historian Javier Puente's latest research includes some very interesting maps. The first (and most extensive) covers the area affected by...
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