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The False Illusion Of Female Power In Politics
Worldcrunch.com / SUDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG MUNICH — Recent parliamentary elections in France resulted in a new record: 224 of the country's lawmakers — or 39% — are now women, up from just 155 after the...
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Mosul, A New Textbook Case For Urban Warfare
Worldcrunch.com / LE FIGARO -Analysis- To win back Mosul, the Iraqi armed forces paid with their blood. But the difficult victory — obtained with the help of the international coalition — also marks a...
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African Blood Diamonds For Sale On Facebook And WhatsApp
Worldcrunch.com / LE MONDE They don't hide in the abyss of the Dark Web. From Bangui, Beirut, Bordeaux or elsewhere, they use social media to promote their products and services. They are blood...
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An Architect's Tallest Ambition, Just A Corner Of A Beautiful City
Worldcrunch.com / CLARIN -Essay- BUENOS AIRES — I write as one who loves architecture. It gave me a direction in life and has been the source of much delight. I admit that I derive particular pleasure...
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Not A Game: Erdogan, Maduro, Trump And The Thirst For Power
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH The new season of Game of Thrones, which premiered Sunday, will surely be filled with all manner of sabotage, conspiracy, and politicking. The fictional world of author...
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Portugal's Economic Miracle Makes A Case Against Austerity
Worldcrunch.com / LES ECHOS -Analysis- LISBON — What a successful gamble for Lisbon: The European Commission is about to ratify the proposal to end Portugal's excessive deficit procedure. The country...
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Headbangers In Hijabs: Meet Muslim Teen Girl Metal Band
Worldcrunch.com / KBR JAKARTA — Siti, Widi and Firdda are petite. But the sound of their band, Voice of Baceprot is huge. When I met them, the three girls were dressed entirely in black: from...
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Trump's Cuba Policy Proves Obama Was Right
Worldcrunch.com / AMERICA ECONOMIA -Analysis- Former US President Barack Obama's strategy toward communist Cuba made a clear-eyed diagnosis based on an initial assumption. This was that a...
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A French Case For Dismantling GAFA, America's Tech Oligarchy
Worldcrunch.com / LE FIGARO PARIS — Without freedom, there is no human dignity. And yet, men have a dangerous propensity to choose bondage, either for comfort, or due to laziness or fear. Tyrants know...
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India And China, The Planet Is In Your Hands
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH -Analysis- When Donald Trump pulled the United States out the Paris Agreement on Climate Change last month, he declared that the historic international accord “hamstrings...
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Venezuela On The Brink, Lessons From Castro And Perón
Worldcrunch.com / EL ESPECTADOR -OpEd- BOGOTÁ — After the fall of the Soviet Union, the Colombian novelist Gabriel García Márquez told Cuba's communist ruler Fidel Castro that his island nation was...
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Tourist Hell Is My Hometown, Living In A Vacation Destination
Worldcrunch.com / SUDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG PALMA — You live in one of those special places where people travel from all around the world to visit. A dream? More like a neverending tourist hell, says Venice...
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Of Lions And Plastic, Strongmen And Mother Nature
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH Throughout history, nature has had to bear the consequences of human delusions of grandeur. Among the various and extravagant ways men devised to display their power,...
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What's That You Say, Mr. Tillerson? U.S. Diplomacy Adrift Under Trump
Worldcrunch.com / THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's close relationship with President Donald Trump was on display during Trump's formal sit-down with Russian...
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Algerian Bikini Revolt One Year After Burkini Battle In France
Worldcrunch.com / LA STAMPA ANNABA — Could this summer go by without the inescapable brouhaha over burkinis and bikinis? Certainly not. Last year, it was France that was consumed by debate over the...
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Holocaust Rhymes And Lamborghinis, A Jewish Rapper Breaks Taboos In Germany
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH -Essay- Watching the music video for SpongeBOZZ’s latest single “Yellow Bar Mitzvah,” it is not immediately clear what is really going on. The first 15 seconds are a...
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How Brazilian Soccer Became An Elitist Pastime
Worldcrunch.com / FOLHA DE S. PAULO SÃO PAULO — Marlene Matheus is filling up a glass of beer when she's suddenly taken aback as the TV cameras zoom in on the crowd at the Porto Alegre stadium. It's...
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Bain De Soleil, How France Invented The Modern Tan
Worldcrunch.com / LE MONDE -Essay- PARIS — For a superficial observer, it is one of the lesser-known cultural revolutions and a rather trivial one at that: the dramatic shift in the Western physical...
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French Press Stands With Cumhuriyet As Trial Opens In Turkey
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH Libération, July 24, 2017 Leading French daily Libération showed its support for embattled Turkish opposition daily Cumhuriyet, as a trial gets underway for 17...
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Floating By The Sugarloaves
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH Near Guilin, my wife and I hopped on a short cruise on the Li River. The makeshift houseboats built from discarded modern materials were interesting to look at, but...
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