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Sweden’s first LGBT retirement home – a model for rainbow ageing?

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http://www.trust.org – STOCKHOLM, Sept 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – There’s a lengthy waiting list for a place at Sweden’s first retirement home for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, its success h…

ART & ENTERTAINMENT

Catherine La Rose, Arte, Poesia, Pittura, Fotografia, Letteratura: ✿ Giulio Aristide SARTORIO (1860–1932) ✿

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catherinelarosepoesiaearte.blogspot.com – ‘E’ nel sibilo canto che audace scivoli nel mare a raccogliere l’incanto… E come quiete dopo la tempesta la dorata chioma di sirena riemerge… Poi sollevi la perla del suo corpo la trascini a te…

LEISURE

I Expanded the Love of Me Myself & I

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cowboywisdom.wordpress.com – I expanded the unselfish uncensored unconditional love of me myself and I today and forever as I felt my expanded energized enterprized… Entrepreneurialized executed experienced love of me myself a…

ART & ENTERTAINMENT

Album of the Week: ‘HitNRun’ hits Prince’s many facets

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usatoday.com – Prince has never been one to follow the rules, and his “experimental” — his word — new album, HitNRun (* * * out of four), is the proverbial pudding containing that proof. First of all, it’s avai…

WORLD

India’s quest for UN Security Council permanent seat: Negotiations may begin – The Economic Times

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economictimes.indiatimes.com – UNITED NATIONS: General Assembly President Sam Kutesa is expected to formally present this week a negotiating document for Security Council reform for adoption before its 69th session ends next wee…

ART & ENTERTAINMENT

The Writer’s Life eMagazine: Interview with Douglas Gardham, author of The Drive In

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thewriterslife.blogspot.com – Title: The Drive In Author: Douglas Gardham Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 130 Genre: Short Stories Format: Kindle/Paperback Have you ever been intrigued by what mysteries lie behind the doors and wi…

LEISURE

Discussion with Leslee Udwin, Director of ‘India’s Daughter’

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sauravdutt.com – Whilst researching, writing and completing my latest book ‘The Butterfly Room’ I-like many around the world-was struck by the power, resolve and unflinching horror of the ‘India’s Daughter’ documen…

POLITICS

Institut Perempuan – » INDONESIAN BILL ON GENDER EQUALITY AND EQUITY: CHALLENGES TO GENDER, SEXUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS

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institutperempuan.or.id – The paper was presented in 2nd International Conference on Human Rights and Peace and Conflict in South East Asia, October 17-18, 2012, Jakarta, Indonesia Indonesia is now in a transition era marke…

LEISURE

The Second Hardest Thing I’ve Done

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asafeworldforwomen.org – By Chris Crowstaff, founder of Safe World for Women. 11th August 2015. Friday 7th August was Mum’s birthday. She turned 79. Mum lives with our son in her bungalow, half an hour away by car. I went …

EDUCATION

Please allow international students to complete their UK HE vocational studies

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change.org – From July 13 2015, new rules extending work restrictions to international students have been introduced to parliament. It is reported as an attempt by Theresa May to reduce annual net migration. T…

WORLD

Army Kidnaps 13 Palestinians In The West Bank – International Middle East Media Center

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imemc.org – Home Searched And Ransacked In Nabi Saleh – File, Nabi Saleh Solidarity Media sources in Jerusalem said the soldiers invaded a number of homes in the al-‘Eesawiyya town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque…

WORLD

BDS National Committee: “EU Move to Label Settlement Products is Insufficient” – International Middle East Media Center

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imemc.org – Boycott Israel label (image from Palestinian Pundit blog) The statement reads as follows: The BNC considered the European Unions move towards labeling Israeli settlement products, announced at a r…

WORLD

Thousands Attend Funeral of Reham Dawabsha, Mother of 18-month old Baby who was Burned to Death – International Middle East Media Center

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imemc.org – Funeral of Reham Dawabsha (image by Ahmed Talat Hasan) Reham Dawabsha was 27, having just marked her birthday on September 5th, hours before she died. Her baby, Ali Saad Dawabsha, was burnt to deat…

WORLD

Bodies of 43 Mexican students incinerated at dump, says Mexico attorney general

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ctvnews.ca – MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s attorney general’s office remained convinced on Monday that many of the 43 students who disappeared in 2014 were killed and incinerated at a garbage dump, one day after an in…

ART & ENTERTAINMENT

Une vie extraordinaire qui a jeté un pont entre l’Orient et l’Occident

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bahai.fr – Le professeur Bushrui était issu d’une famille dont l’histoire remarquable remonte aux premiers jours de la foi bahá’íe. Son attachement profond aux enseignements de Bahá’u’lláh a trouvé une expres…

WORLD

Je suis menacé de mort mais je continuerai à me battre pour le Niger | Ali Idrissa

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theguardian.com – Tout a commencé en 1990. Je me battais pour la démocratie et de meilleures conditions pour les étudiants. Bien que notre pays ait obtenu son indépendance de la France en 1960, le Niger connaissait …

WORLD

Iran: Schoolteacher due to be executed at dawn

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amnesty.org – The Iranian authorities must immediately halt the execution of Mahmoud Barati, a teacher who was convicted of drug-related offences following an unfair trial that is believed to have included a con…

WORLD

Islamophobia Is On the Rise in London, with Hate-Crimes Up 70 Percent on Last Year | VICE | United States

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vice.com – A veiled Muslim woman in London. Woman wearing the veil are said to be popular targets of violence (via) Read: Shockingly, a Porno Featuring Hijabis and Niqabis Is Not Very Sensitive Toward Islam F…

WORLD

A Religious Activist’s House Confiscated

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hra-news.org – HRANA News Agency – A house owned by Fatemeh Zandi, a member of the faith called “Al-Yasin Community” has been confiscated by the Executive Commission of Imam Khomaini’s Order. According to the rep…

WORLD

Despite the threats, I will not stop fighting for Niger | Ali Idrissa

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theguardian.com – It all started in 1990. I was fighting for democracy and better conditions for students. Despite our nation having gained independence from France in 1960, Niger had been prone to political instabi…

SPORTS

Explanations demanded for football players’ tattoos

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en.radiozamaneh.com – Ashkan Dejagah and Sardar Azmoon, two strikers on Iran’s National Football team, have been summoned by the Ethics Committee of the Iranian Football Federation for revealing tattoos on their arms du…

WORLD

Dutch reporter detained in continuing harassment of foreign journalists – Reporters Without Borders

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en.rsf.org – Reporters Without Borders calls for the immediate release of Dutch reporter Frederike Geerdink, who was arrested in southeastern Turkey yesterday, and urges the government to stop harassing foreign…

WORLD

Murder Rates Rising Sharply in Many U.S. Cities

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nytimes.com – MILWAUKEE — Cities across the nation are seeing a startling rise in murders after years of declines, and few places have witnessed a shift as precipitous as this city. With the summer not yet over,…

WORLD

Iran hopes to export gas to EU through Spain

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reuters.com – DUBAI, Sept 7 Iran hopes to bring its gas to the European Union by shipping liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Spain, its oil minister was quoted as saying on Monday at a news conference with his Spani…

TECHNOLOGY

Iranian Newsha Tavakolian Wins Prestigious Prince Claus Award for Her ‘Bold’ Photography · Global Voices

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globalvoicesonline.org – Portrait of an angry Kurdish woman in Northeastern Syria… #onassignment #Timemagazine A photo posted by Newsha Tavakolian (@newshatavakolian) on Feb 13, 2015 at 5:19am PST Tori Egherman contributed…

WORLD

Mohsen Makhmalbaf voices support for imprisoned fellow director Oleg Sentsov

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theguardian.com – The Iranian film-maker Mohsen Makhmalbaf has added his voice to international protests over the plight of Oleg Sentsov, the Ukrainian director serving a 20-year jail sentence after being convicted …

WORLD

Iran photographer to share prize money with Syria refugees – The Economic Times

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economictimes.indiatimes.com – TEHRAN: Iranian photographer Newsha Tavakolian has said she will donate part of a 100,000-euro (USD 112,000) Dutch award to charity, including Syrian and Iraqi refugees. “It is hard for me to enjoy…

WORLD

Foreign Journalists Under Fire

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nytimes.com – A kangaroo court in Egypt recently sentenced three journalists from the Al Jazeera English network to three years in prison for committing journalism. On Tuesday, in Azerbaijan, an award-winning in…

WORLD

As Europe Grasps for Answers, More Migrants Flood Its Borders

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nytimes.com – HEGYESHALOM, Hungary — Throughout the day on Sunday, train after packed train arrived at this border town from Budapest, the passengers smoothly shifting to a gleaming Austrian train on the opposit…

WORLD

Refugees Who Could Be Us

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nytimes.com – WATCHING the horrific images of Syrian refugees struggling toward safety — or in the case of Aylan Kurdi, 3, drowning on that journey — I think of other refugees. Albert Einstein. Madeleine Albrigh…

LEISURE

Janmashtami Observed in Dhaka | News

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nelive.in – Janmashtami, birth of Lord Krishna was celebratedalongwith India in Bangladesh capital Dhaka as well on Saturday with full religious fervour by the hindu community of Bangladesh. According to Hindu…

LEISURE

Giuliani: De Blasio’s progressivism created city’s homeless crisis

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nypost.com – A city with homeless on its streets is a city that has no love of its people. The so-called “progressive” view, that people have a right to live on the sidewalk, is not only legally devoid of any …

ENVIRONMENT

The war of words over 7-day GP services – BBC News

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bbc.co.uk – Talk to a GP and it wont take long for the issue of seven-day services to come up. There are heated and varied opinions. Some argue forcefully that they have a heavy workload on weekdays so extendi…

WORLD

Chechen Jihadis Leave Syria, Join the Fight in Ukraine

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thedailybeast.com – MARIUPOL, Ukraine — Just an hour’s drive from this city under siege, at an old resort on the Azov Sea that’s now a military base, militants from Chechnya—veterans of the jihad in their own lands an…

BUSINESS

Obama adds another worker benefit: paid sick leave

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latimes.com – President Obama plans to use Labor Day to announce a new step toward increased benefits for workers — ordering companies that do business with the government to provide paid sick leave for their e…

WORLD

Young Algerians let their hair down at the mall

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france24.com – Young people don’t have many places to socialise in conservative Algeria. But now the North African’s country’s youth are discovering something their counterparts in the West embraced a generation …

WORLD

Barrel Bombs, Not ISIS, Are the Greatest Threat to Syrians

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nytimes.com – GAZIANTEP, Turkey — As the self-proclaimed Islamic State, or ISIS, commits horrendous videotaped executions, it might seem to pose the greatest threat to Syrian civilians. In fact, that ignoble dis…

WORLD

The National Front Prohibited From Holding Any Meeting

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hra-news.org – HRANA News Agency – Hossain Mousavian, the head of National Front party, was summoned by the intelligence service, and interrogated for three hours. He has been told that the National Front was not…

WORLD

Al-Jazeera journalists jailed for airing ‘false news’, Egyptian court ruling says

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theguardian.com – An Egyptian court released a detailed ruling on Sunday on why it sentenced three journalists working for al-Jazeera English to three years in prison for airing what it described as “false news” and…

LEISURE

Russia’s war on western food is leading to a national cheese revival

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theguardian.com – A year after Russia banned the import of dairy, meat and fish products from European and other western nations in response to sanctions against it over its actions in Ukraine, a wide array of chees…

SCIENCE

Science/AAAS | News

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Syrian family of child found on Turkish beach tried to come to Canada

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theglobeandmail.com – The family of three-year-old Syrian boy Aylan Kurdi, whose photograph was taken at the beach where his body washed ashore, had applied to emigrate to Canada but was refused. A Vancouver-area woman …

WORLD

Seduction Diplomacy

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huffingtonpost.com – As nationalism may seduce the masses, so may vanity have the same effect upon individual diplomats engaged in conflict resolution. While some may debate what strategic interests, conspiracies or pr…

LEISURE

Surrealist Dreams

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500px.com – The beach pictured here is called Wharariki (pronounced “far-a-ricky”) and the rock formations in the image are actually part of the Archway Islands. This beach is located at the extreme north top …

SCIENCE

How Walking 25 MINUTES A Day Could Add 7 YEARS To Your Life (CLICK) – The Trent

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thetrentonline.com – Researchers have found that moderate exercise could halve the risk of dying from a heart attack for someone in their fifties or sixties. Coronary heart disease is the UK’s single biggest killer, ca…

SCIENCE

To Stop Procrastinating, Start by Understanding the Emotions Involved

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wsj.com – Putting off a work or school assignment in order to play videogames or water the plants might seem like nothing more serious than poor time-management. But researchers say chronic procrastination i…

WORLD

Images of Syrian Child Washed Up on Turkish Beach ‘Wake-Up Call’ for EU Leaders

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europe.newsweek.com – Warning: This article contains graphic images documenting scenes of death or injury that some readers may find distressing. In heartbreaking images widely-shared on social media on Wednesday, a res…

WORLD

Cluster munitions report tallies widespread use

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handicap-international.us – The Cluster Munition Monitor 2015, released in Geneva on September 3, finds that cluster munitions have been used in five countries since July 1, 2014. This is most use recorded since the Oslo Trea…

WORLD

Angela Merkel’s humane stance on immigration is a lesson to us all | Will Hutton

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theguardian.com – The list of horrors swells. Last week, 71 migrants were found asphyxiated in an abandoned truck in Austria to add to the tally of hundreds of migrants drowning almost by the day in the Mediterranea…

WORLD

Press briefing notes on Yemen and Chad

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ohchr.org – Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Cécile Pouilly Location: Geneva Date: 1 September 2015 We are alarmed by the steep increase in the number of civilian casualties in Taiz …

LEISURE

The fortune-teller of Kabul | May Jeong

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theguardian.com – Last November, Abdullah Sharifi visited a spirit medium. By his own admission, Sharifi was the last person you would expect to indulge in mysticism. Twenty-two years old, tall, handsome, with slick…

WORLD

Journalists further targeted in South Sudan – UN rights experts warn violence against the media is on the rise

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ohchr.org – GENEVA (27 August 2015) – “The frequency of attacks and violence committed against journalists and media workers in South Sudan is increasing, and has reached a critical level,” two United Nations…

LEISURE

How Giving Up Refined Sugar Changed My Brain

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fastcompany.com – I have a love-hate relationship with food. I love it; it generally hates me. Matter of fact, I love food so much that until a few years ago, I was extremely overweight. So overweight that I invente…

LEISURE

Helping Hands Press: Place:The Importance of Setting (Part II)- Melanie M. Jeschke

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myhelpinghandspress.blogspot.com – Place:The Importance of Setting (Part II)- Melanie M. Jeschke Time and place are the two aspects of setting in a work of fiction. In this post, I will discuss the importance of “place” in my Oxford…

WORLD

UNHCR – South Sudan Emergency

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unhcr.org – Browse by country Browse by country Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangl…

WORLD

As tragedies shock Europe, a bigger refugee crisis looms in the Middle East

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washingtonpost.com – EXODUS | An occasional series examining the causes and impact of a global wave of migration driven by war, oppression and poverty. Children play amid garbage at an informal Syrian refugee settlemen…

WORLD

Migrants or refugees: what’s the right word? | Lindsey Hilsum on International Affairs

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blogs.channel4.com – This weekend, after I reported on scenes of desperation at the Greece/Macedonia border as Syrians, Afghans and others scrambled to cross, there was nearly as much outrage about the use of language …

WORLD

Central African Republic: the fight against impunity

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ohchr.org – A country that does not investigate or hold to account those who are responsible for crimes and violence risks continued and future fighting because the rage, injustice and fear felt by victims fes…

BUSINESS

Swiss move to relax stolen bank data assistance – SWI swissinfo.ch

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swissinfo.ch – Stolen data from HSBC’s private bank in Geneva found its way across the world This significant policy shift was put to consultation on Wednesday and would still have to face parliamentary scrutiny …

SCIENCE

Sorry, SeaWorld. Floating Orcas AREN’T Normal.

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thedodo.com – SeaWorld promoted a video about Tilikum last week as part of its desperate PR campaign to save the sinking marine park. In the video, a cheery SeaWorld trainer tells the camera that Tilikum’s letha…

WORLD

Syria | sebastianwhitewrites

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sebastianwhitewrites.wordpress.com – How can we utter these monotonous narratives… when ‘children’ are being forced to fight, because ‘they’ and actually their families are struggling to survive, and facing the stark alternatives …

WORLD

My daughter Khadija Ismayilova has been jailed for her journalism, but not silenced | Elmira Ismayilova

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theguardian.com – “Mama, brace yourself, you have to be strong.” This is what my daughter, the journalist Khadija Ismayilova, told me just before she was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison yesterday after…

ART & ENTERTAINMENT

New book takes Van Halen fans inside the group’s hardscrabble early years

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examiner.com – You’ve been following Van Halen since grade school. You took up guitar because of Eddie, whose countless featured interviews with magazines like Guitar World and Guitar for The Practicing Musician …

WORLD

Refugees come to EU because they have no other choice – UN

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rt.com – RT: You say there’ll be no end to the flow of people in the coming months. Why is the situation so dire? What is the root of the problem? Melissa Fleming: It is very much a reflection of the viol…

WORLD

France 24 – Fifth trafficker arrested as Austria increases border checks

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france24.com – The bodies of the migrants, which included four children, were discovered in the back of a lorry last Thursday on a motorway in eastern Austria near the Hungarian border. Authorities believe they s…

SCIENCE

Global Scholars Meet to Discuss the Fulbright Foreign Policy Legacy

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news.uark.edu – FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences and the Diane D. Blair Center of Southern Politics and Society will host 17 scholars from around the world Sept. 1-2 for t…

WORLD

Q&A: The Case of Hissène Habré before the Extraordinary African Chambers in Senegal

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hrw.org – On July 20, 2015, the former dictator of Chad, Hissène Habré, will stand trial on charges of crimes against humanity, torture and war crimes before the Extraordinary African Chambers in the Senegal…

WORLD

Tenth Wall Defense 4 Human Rights

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STORIES

Thanks, But I Don’t Need the Pope to Forgive My Abortion

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phillymag.com – By the time I graduated from college in 1978, almost every one of my women friends had had an abortion. The circumstances in each case were different, but the choice we made was the same. I’ve writ…

WORLD

Attempts to take PA to international courts over allegations of torture

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middleeastmonitor.com – Palestinian rights group Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association accused last week the Palestinian Authority (PA) of torturing political prisoners, Quds Press reported yesterday. Dir…

WORLD

A Drop in the Ocean, But it’s a Very, Very Significant Drop, it Gives Us Hope

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huffingtonpost.com – “Brilliant job by Gunilla, you and the others. But Nuri, post images of children, so people can see who they are. Post the interviews Rihan has done and all that. You need to see the kids; it will …

TECHNOLOGY

How to get more Twitter followers free fast: @UNIR1Network

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twiterhero.blogspot.com – Finding great followers on Twitter can be hard. This blog makes it a lot easier with the most current and active users showing up in the timeline. These are the people you need to have on your Twit…

WORLD

Click here to support Humanitarian Aid for Yemen. by Dr.RS Karim

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gofundme.com – At #20ForYemen we are humbled by the generosity and spirit of humanity shown by our donors, we have managed to raise £550 so far, but much more is needed to send substantial critical food aid to Ye…

WORLD

‘Airbnb for refugees’ group overwhelmed by offers of help

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theguardian.com – A German group which matchmakes citizens willing to share their homes with refugees said it had been overwhelmed by offers of support, with plans in the works for similar schemes in other European …

WORLD

Syria crisis: Gulf States should open their doors to Syrian refugees

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ibtimes.co.uk – Over the past few years the world has witnessed the greatest refugee crisis of the 21st century unfold live on its television screens. What started as peaceful protests by Syrians demanding rights …

TECHNOLOGY

Discoverly Debuts A Gmail Plugin That Makes Up For What Rapportive Users Lost

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techcrunch.com – Since being acquired by LinkedIn, things have not been going well for Rapportive, the handy Gmail widget that shows your contacts’ social accounts and updates in Gmail’s sidebar. LinkedIn, in the s…

ART & ENTERTAINMENT

Local author publishes second novel – The Drive In

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newtectimes.com – Local author, Douglas Gardham, has done it again. The award–winning author of, The Actor, recently released a second novel – a collection of short stories, entitled, ‘The Drive In’. “The Drive In i…

WORLD

Domestic Abuse & Violence: Eradicating the Stereotypes

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sauravdutt.com – Stereotypes are powerful. Often they can be rooted to a sliver of fact. Even more often is the observation that there is barely a scintilla of evidence to support those facts. In both case, stereot…

LEISURE

Discussion with Leslee Udwin, Director of ‘India’s Daughter’

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WORLD

Six Palestinian Journalists Kidnapped in August – International Middle East Media Center

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imemc.org – The Union stated, in the monthly report issued on Thursday, that Israeli forces detained six Palestinian journalists and two photojournalists, including Hazem Obaid, who works for Al-Quds TV. Accor…

WORLD

Arrest warrant issued for Guatemalan president – Al Jazeera English

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aljazeera.com – A judge has issued an arrest warrant for Guatemalan President Otto Perez, who faces prosecution for allegedly masterminding a huge fraud scheme, according to the country’s prosecutor-general. The d…

WORLD

Libyan symbol of freedom facing 6 years behind bars – CNN.com

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cnn.com – (CNN)Eman al-Obeidi escaped Moammar Gadhafi’s dictatorship and became a symbol of freedom of the Libyan revolution. But four years later in America, she is no longer free. A Colorado judge sentence…

LEISURE

See What Happened When This American Couple Visited Iran

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yahoo.com – This article was written by Audrey Scott and Daniel Noll and originally appeared on Yahoo Travel. Before we set off to Iran there was fear. Not so much from within us, but certainly from our family…

WORLD

UN: Middle East wars hit 13 million schoolchildren – Al Jazeera English

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aljazeera.com – More than 13 million children are being denied an education due to conflicts in the Middle East, the UN has said, warning “the hopes of a generation” would be dashed if they cannot return to classr…

WORLD

Un petit kurde échoué sur une plage turque – La photo de la honte

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parismatch.com – L’image d’un enfant kurde noyé, échoué sur une plage turque, a fait le tour du web. Il est mort dans le naufrage de l’embarcation qui devait le conduire vers l’île de Kos. Il est face contre le sab…

WORLD

Beirut riot police use violence against journalists – Reporters Without Borders

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en.rsf.org – Reporters Without Borders condemns the many cases of violence against journalists by security forces in recent weeks in Beirut during demonstrations in protest against the collapse of garbage colle…

WORLD

Buy a Pen, Save a Life. A Syrian Father Inspires a Fundraising Cause · Global Voices

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globalvoicesonline.org – Social media is often regarded as a “powerful way of changing lives,” and the #BuyPens trending hashtag on Twitter and Facebook over the last week is a case in point. The campaign is a collaborati…

WORLD

Officials Fear the Spread of Teacher’s Protests in Academic Year

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roozonline.com – As restriction on teacher activists continue, this week another member of the ruling body of the teachers association and an independent teacher activist were arrested in Tehran. Mohammad Habibi, a…

WORLD

Massive manhunt after officer’s death – CNN.com

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Mama Merkel: the ‘compassionate mother’ of Syrian refugees

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Nepal: Conflict Alert – International Crisis Group

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Guards Punish Jailed Scientist for Media Reports

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en.iranwire.com – Jailed scientist Omid Kokabee has been denied family visits, access to reading materials and a reading light, IranWire has learned. On August 27, prison guards searched Kokabee’s belongings twice, …

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Al-Sissi, coqueluche du far west

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lemonde.fr – Le président égyptien Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi. Crédits : KHALED DESOUKI / AFP On prête à Napoléon Bonaparte cette réflexion : « Tout s’use ici, je n’ai déjà plus de gloire, cette petite Europe n’en f…

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ICC: Long-Awaited Trial Begins for DR Congo Crimes

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#NewOrleans, Love Me or “Hate Me for my Freedom”?

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The ‘saddest bride I have ever seen’: Child marriage is as popular as ever in Bangladesh

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In Iran deal debate, Jewish Democratic NY assemblyman plays Holocaust card – World

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Intelligence and Security Officials Shut down City Water to Baha’is of Dazgareh – Iran Press Watch

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No Hospital Beds for Millions of Mental Patients

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Le film “Mahomet”, succès populaire en Iran, chahuté à Montréal

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Gaffe de l’ambassadeur de Suisse en Iran à l’égard de Netanyahou

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Iran’s Rouhani urges patience over opposition leaders

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Migrant crisis: Libya boats capsize off Zuwara carrying hundreds – BBC News

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Voices in Danger: How can we prevent journalists from being sexually assaulted in conflict zones?

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The Barak tapes: Former defense minister calls Netanyahu ‘weak’ and worried – Diplomacy and Defense

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haaretz.com – Former Defense Minister Ehud Barak harshly criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his performance as prime minister and his decision to appoint former military advocate general Avichai Ma…

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A Feminist Islam is biased Islam – but what’s a Patriarchal Islam?

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The lies and the myths of the anti-Israeli crowd

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North Korea’s new airport has an ‘internet room’—with no internet

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Ukrainian filmmaker sentenced to 20 years by Russian court

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Iran: Exécution d’un prisonnier politique kurde

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ncr-iran.org – Le régime iranien a exécuté ce matin, mercredi 26 août, un prisonnier politique kurde à Oroumieh. M. Behrouz Alkhani avait subi six ans d’emprisonnement et de torture. Ce prisonnier politique kurde…

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MI5 spied on suspected communists & anti-colonial leaders, secret files reveal

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Hezbollah sides with protesters, deepening crisis in Lebanon

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Why Obama’s Wrong: Iran Deal Would Make War More Likely

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Some say it is ‘high time’ a woman led the United Nations – The Economic Times

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U.S. pushes for world outrage at ISIS targeting gays

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Triple amputee ex-Marine had to ‘beg, borrow and steal’ to get care – BelfastTelegraph.co.uk

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Islamic State blows up temple at Palmyra ruins in Syria

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todayonline.com – NEW YORK — Militants from the Islamic State destroyed a temple in the ancient ruins of Palmyra in Syria, activists and government officials said yesterday (Aug 23), continuing a pattern of destruct…

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Gallery: Dustin Yellin’s resin and glass megaworks

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Recalling #MLK & US Civil Rights at UN

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Women’s Equality Day | National Women’s History Project

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IRAN: Homeless pregnant women forced to sell unborn babies at $585 out of poverty

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The Iran Deal Leads to War. There Is a Better Way..

Iran is the world’s No. 1 state sponsor of terrorism. Americans agree it should not have a nuclear weapon.

President Obama’s Iran deal does not prevent Iran from doing so—and, in fact, the deal makes the prospects for war more likely. If approved, the deal with Iran would dismantle the sanctions that forced the regime to the negotiating table.

There is a better way. Watch this new Heritage Foundation video to find out how America should move forward.

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There Is a Path to a Better Deal with Iran

Robert Satloff

The Atlantic

August 13, 2015

Because a ‘no’ vote on the Iran deal would have little practical impact until next year, lawmakers have time to work with the president on making reasonable fixes to the agreement even if they disapprove it in the short term.

Imagine you’re a conflicted lawmaker in the U.S. Congress. You’ve heard all the arguments about the Iran nuclear agreement, pro and con. A vote on the deal is coming up in September and you have to make a decision. But you are torn.

Most of your colleagues don’t share your angst. They have concluded that the risks of the nuclear accord far exceed its benefits. They will vote to disapprove.

Some take the opposing view. They accept President Barack Obama’s argument that the agreement will effectively block Iran from developing a nuclear weapon for a very long time at little risk to U.S. interests.

You are in a third group. You recognize the substantial achievements in the deal, such as Iran’s commitment to cut its stockpile of enriched uranium by 98 percent, gut the core of its plutonium reactor, and mothball thousands of centrifuges. But you have also heard experts identify a long list of gaps, risks, and complications. These range from the three and a half weeks that Iran can delay inspections of suspect sites, to the billions of dollars that Iran will reap from sanctions relief — some of which will surely end up in the hands of terrorists.

For his part, the president seems to believe that he negotiated a near-perfect deal. In his recent speech at American University, he described the pact as a “permanent” solution to the Iranian nuclear problem. It was a shift from when he told an NPR interviewer in April that once limitations on Iran’s centrifuges and enrichment activities expire in 15 years, Iran’s breakout time to a nuclear weapon would be “shrunk almost down to zero.” Both statements — achieving a “permanent” solution and Iran having near-zero breakout time — cannot be true.

The president has said a “better deal” is a fantasy. But you never took seriously the unknowable assertion that the Iran accord is “the best deal possible,” as though any negotiator emerging from talks would suggest that what he or she has received is anything but “the best deal possible.” And you cringe whenever advocates of the agreement hype its achievements as “unprecedented,” knowing this is not a synonym for “guaranteed effective.”

You may not believe in unicorns, as Secretary of State John Kerry said you must to accept the idea of a “better deal,” but you have been impressed by suggestions on how to strengthen the agreement. The United States could even implement many of these proposals without reopening negotiations with the Iranians and the P5+1 group of world powers. Here are several such options:

Consequences: Repair a glaring gap in the agreement, which offers no clear, agreed-upon penalties for Iranian violations of the deal’s terms short of the last-resort punishment of a “snapback” of UN sanctions against Iran. This is akin to having a legal code with only one punishment — the death penalty — for every crime, from misdemeanors to felonies; the result is that virtually all crimes will go unpunished. The solution is to reach understandings now with America’s European partners, the core elements of which should be made public, on the appropriate penalties to be imposed for a broad spectrum of Iranian violations. These violations could range from delaying access for international inspectors to suspect sites, to attempting to smuggle prohibited items outside the special “procurement channel” that will be created for all nuclear-related goods, to undertaking illicit weapons-design programs. The Iran deal gives the UN Security Council wide berth to define such penalties at a later date, but the penalties have no value in deterring Iran from violating the accord unless they are clarified now.
Deterrence: Reach understandings now with European and other international partners about penalties to be imposed on Iran should it transfer any windfall funds from sanctions relief to its regional allies and terrorist proxies rather than spend it on domestic economic needs. U.S. and Western intelligence agencies closely track the financial and military support that Iran provides its allies, and will be carefully following changes in Iran’s disbursement of such assistance. To be effective, these new multilateral sanctions should impose disproportionate penalties on Iran for every marginal dollar sent to Hezbollah in Lebanon, Bashar al-Assad in Syria, etc. Since these sanctions are unrelated to the nuclear issue, they are not precluded by the terms of the Iran agreement.
Pushback: Ramp up U.S. and allied efforts to counter Iran’s negative actions in the Middle East, including interdicting weapons supplies to Hezbollah, Assad, and the Houthis in Yemen; designating as terrorists more leaders of Iranian-backed Shiite militias in Iraq that are committing atrocities; expanding the training and arming of not only the Iraqi security forces but also the Kurdish peshmerga in the north and vetted Sunni forces in western Iraq; and working with Turkey to create a real safe haven in northern Syria where refugees can obtain humanitarian aid and vetted, non-extremist opposition fighters can be trained and equipped to fight against both ISIS and the Iran-backed Assad regime.
Declaratory policy: Affirm as a matter of U.S. policy that the United States will use all means necessary to prevent Iran’s accumulation of the fissile material (highly enriched uranium) whose sole useful purpose is for a nuclear weapon. Such a statement, to be endorsed by a congressional resolution, would go beyond the “all options are on the table” formulation that, regrettably, has lost all credibility in the Middle East as a result of the president’s public rejection of the military option. Just as Iran will claim that all restrictions on enrichment disappear after the fifteenth year of the agreement, the United States should go on record now as saying that it will respond with military force should Iran exercise that alleged right in a way that could only lead to a nuclear weapon. It is not for the president 15 years from now to make this declaration; to be effective and enshrined as U.S. doctrine, it should come from the president who negotiated the original deal with Iran.
Israeli deterrence: Ensure that Israel retains its own independent deterrent capability against Iran’s potential nuclear weapon by committing to providing technology to the Israelis that would secure this objective over time. A good place to start would be proposing to transfer to Israel the 30,000-pound, bunker-busting Massive Ordnance Penetrator — the only non-nuclear bomb in the U.S. arsenal that could do serious damage to Iran’s underground nuclear installations — and the requisite aircraft to carry this weapon. This alone would not substitute for U.S. efforts to build deterrence against Iran. But making sure Israel has its own assets would be a powerful complement.

You wish the president would embrace these sound, sensible suggestions. Inexplicably, he hasn’t. And nothing in the administration’s public posture suggests that he will change course before Congress votes. So, what will you do?

Some of your colleagues have floated the idea of a “conditional yes” as an alternative to “approve” and “disapprove.” They, like you, recognize that the agreement has some significant advantages but are deeply troubled by its risks and costs. They want to attach strings to their “yes” vote, in the belief that this will bind the president and improve the deal.

But the legislation enabling Congress to review the Iran deal does not accommodate a “conditional yes.” Votes are to “approve” or “disapprove.” Legislators may negotiate with the White House over every comma and colon in a resolution of conditionality, and they may even secure one or two grudging concessions from the White House. But neither a resolution of Congress calling for these improvements nor ad-hoc understandings between the White House and individual legislators has the force of law or policy. According to the Iran-review legislation, the only thing that matters is a yea or nay on the agreement.

Is there really no “third way”? The answer is yes, there is. Pursuing it requires understanding what the relevant congressional legislation is really about.

Advocates of the agreement have characterized a congressional vote of disapproval as the opening salvo of the next Middle East war. In reality, a “no” vote may have powerful symbolic value, but it has limited practical impact according to the law. It does not, for example, negate the administration’s vote at the UN Security Council in support of the deal, which sanctified the agreement in international law. Nor does it require the president to enforce U.S. sanctions against Iran with vigor. Its only real meaning is to restrict the president’s authority under the law to suspend nuclear-related sanctions on Iran.

Here’s the catch: By the terms of the nuclear agreement, the president only decides to suspend those sanctions after international inspectors certify that Iran has fulfilled its core requirements. In other words, congressional disapproval has no direct impact on the actions Iran must take under the agreement to shrink its enriched-uranium stockpile, mothball thousands of centrifuges, and deconstruct the core of its Arak plutonium reactor. Most experts believe that process will take six to nine months, or until the spring of 2016.

Why would Iran do all of these things if it can’t count on the United States to suspend sanctions in response? While it’s impossible to predict with certainty how Iranian leaders would react to congressional disapproval of the agreement, I’d argue chances are high that they would follow through on their commitments anyway, because the deal is simply that good for Iran. After Iran fulfills its early obligations, all United Nations and European Union nuclear-related sanctions come to an end. They aren’t just suspended like U.S. sanctions — they are terminated, presenting Iran with the potential for huge financial and political gain.

The “deal or war” thesis propounded by supporters of the agreement suggests that Iran, in the event of U.S. rejection of the deal, would prefer to bypass that financial and political windfall and instead put its nuclear program into high gear, risking an Israeli and American military response. But that volte-face makes little sense, now that Iran has painstakingly built a nuclear program that is on the verge of achieving the once-unthinkable legitimacy that comes with an international accord implicitly affirming Iran’s right to unrestricted enrichment in the future. In such a scenario, Iran would reap an additional benefit in continuing to implement the agreement: The United States, not Iran, would be isolated diplomatically.

The key point is that a “no” vote on the Iran deal has little practical impact until next year. Between now and then, such a vote buys time, adding up to nine months to the strategic clock. If, before the vote, Obama refuses to adopt a comprehensive set of remedial measures that improves the deal, then a resounding vote of disapproval gives the president additional time to take such action and then ask Congress to endorse his new-and-improved proposal.

Chastened by a stinging congressional defeat in September — one that would include a powerful rebuke by substantial members of his own party — the president might be more willing to correct the flaws in the deal than he is today. That would surely be a more responsible and statesmanlike approach than purposefully circumventing the will of Congress through executive action that effectively lifts sanctions — an alternative the president might consider if he is hell-bent on implementing the agreement.

Those who claim that a “no” vote would destroy the agreement argue that Europe would simply stop enforcing sanctions against Iran should Congress reject the deal. But this too doesn’t stand up to close scrutiny. In my view, the Europeans are more likely to wait six to nine months to see whether Iran fulfills its core requirements under the deal so that they can claim validation for their decision to terminate sanctions. If Congress were to approve Obama’s new-and-improved proposal before Iran complies with its requirements, the United States would still be on schedule to waive its sanctions at the same time that the European Union and United Nations terminate theirs.

So, if you are among the legislators who view the Iran agreement as flawed and are frustrated by the administration’s unwillingness to implement reasonable fixes, there is a way to urge the president to pursue the “better deal” that he keeps urging his detractors to formulate, but that he can’t seem to accept as a possibility. “No” doesn’t necessarily mean “no, never.” It can also mean “not now, not this way.” It may be the best way to get to “yes.”

Robert Satloff is executive director of The Washington Institute. This article was originally published on the Atlantic website

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