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Ruins Before The War
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH Whenever I go back to the boxes of slides from my two trips to Syria, in 1972 and 1996, and look at the archeological wonders, I inevitably ask myself: Is this still...
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Thailand's Lessons To Ease Deadly Crackdown In Philippines
Worldcrunch.com / KBR BANGKOK — Luzviminda Siapo is telling me about the day her 19-year-old son was killed — that was just seven months ago. He was dragged from his home by 14 masked men and shot in...
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Trump's Frightening Belief That He Can Act With Impunity
Worldcrunch.com / THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump this week disseminated on social media three inflammatory and unverified anti-Muslim videos, took glee in the firing of a news...
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With Attacks In Sinai, Gaza Border Shuts Even Tighter
Worldcrunch.com / LE FIGARO RAFAH — Here in southern Gaza, the Rafah crossing is the only exit point for Palestinians from the narrow strip of land sandwiched between Israel and Egypt. The possibility...
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Bitcoin To Tesla, False Promises For Saving The Planet
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH -Analysis- Bitcoin’s blistering price rise has broken a new milestone, passing the $10,000 threshold for the first time. It’s a considerable achievement given that the...
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Islam, Ottoman, Erdogan: New Core Of Turkey's Education System
Worldcrunch.com / SUDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG ISTANBUL — Forget about Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Starting this year, Turkish students will instead be taught that human beings were created by God....
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AI Enters Medicine, But Can Doctors Be More Human?
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH PARIS — With breakthroughs in Artificial Intelligence promising to revolutionize all aspects of our lives, the field of medicine is far from immune. Radiology will be one...
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Ostrich-And-Egg Arithmetic
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH It took 14 tourists — including my wife and I — to eat a gigantic omelette made with a single ostrich egg. But when it came to riding one at this South African farm, I...
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When A Movie About Rape Gets Past Pakistan's Censors
Worldcrunch.com / THE WIRE “Power di game saari, power di game ah, Ullu di pathi tenu samajh kyun ni aandi ae?” (It’s a power game, all a power game, Don’t you get it you, foolish girl?) The beat of...
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Syria's Next Battle: Deradicalization In Ruins Left By ISIS
Worldcrunch.com / SYRIA DEEPLY RAQQA — With the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) in retreat in northern and eastern Syria, activists are refocusing their efforts on counter-extremism and establishing...
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From Maduro To Kitties, The Other Side Of The Bitcoin Formula
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH -Analysis- After running into some trouble at the end of last week, the virtual currency bitcoin has hit a new high and is now approaching the $12,000-mark, just days...
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Less Sex? Too Bad! How Society Must Change Post-Weinstein
Worldcrunch.com / THE WASHINGTON POST -OpEd- WASHINGTON — The backlash to the #MeToo movement has begun. As the parade of post-Weinstein exposés marches on, so do the unhappy reactions to a sexual...
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O Mandela, Where Art Thou?
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH -Analysis- Exactly four years have passed since Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid icon, died at the age of 95. Over the course of his remarkable life, the South African...
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Relaxing With The Indian Maidens
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH The Courtyard of the Maidens is one of the most popular destinations in Udaipur, in the Indian state of Rajasthan. With its marble elephants and its lotus fountain, the...
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Erdogan’s Purge Stretches All The Way To Pakistan
Worldcrunch.com / KBR KARACHI — A Turkish family is rushing out to a weekend protest in this populous Pakistani city; outside the Karachi Press Club, Turkish residents release doves as a sign of...
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A Cruel History Lesson In Argentina's Vanishing Submarine
Worldcrunch.com / CLARIN -Essay- BUENOS AIRES — We are enslaved by what we deny, and transformed by what we are able to truly accept. This wise reflection was made by someone who had closely observed...
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Why The World Can No Longer Ignore Bitcoin
Worldcrunch.com / LES ECHOS -Analysis- PARIS — The whole world has been talking about it for over a week, and yet, — admit it — you still don’t quite get what all the Bitcoin fuss is about. You know...
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Donald Trump And Jerusalem: It's Complicated
Worldcrunch.com / BLOOMBERG NEWS JERUSALEM — Calling it a "recognition of reality" and "the right thing to do," President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that the U.S. was recognizing Jerusalem as...
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In Ivory Coast, Stars Campaign To Keep People From Emigrating
Worldcrunch.com / LA STAMPA ABIDJAN — Jumping and dancing to the rhythm of the popular urban music zouglou, they snap pictures on their smartphones of their idols performing onstage. Always smiling...
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The Chinese Way: Power Of But Never For Or By The People
Worldcrunch.com / YONDER For decades, China has been on everyone’s mind, with the country’s incredible pace of change and transformation. To my mind, what China is doing can best be described in the...
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